Show RUH TO COMMIT IDAHO SOLON CHAIRMAN OF FOREIGN RELATIONS BODY IN CONGRESS success late senator lodge on important committee senator johnton johnson Is I 1 also elevated washington senator dorah borah of idaho is now chairman of the senate foreign relations committee succeeding the late senator lodge at the same time two new members were named on the committee mclean of connecticut and edge of new jersey senator borah was one of the ir in the league of nations fight has opposed american adherence to the world court unless the tribunal is dissociated from the league of nations and is an ardent opponent of the state departments policy of recognition non of the russian soviet government in order to succeed to the foreign relations chairmanship senator borah was obliged to relinquish the chairmanship of the senate education and labor committee senator phipps of colorado succeeded him as chairman of that committee senator johnson of california was named to succeed the late senator colt as chairman of the immigration committee in accepting that place senator johnson retired from membership on the military committee and was succeeded by senator willis of ohio as chairman of the insular com mitt tee senator cummins of iowa became chairman of the judiciary committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of senator brandegee assignments given to the three n new ew republican senators were butler massachusetts judiciary naval and patents means colorado immigration judiciary mines and mining aal claims metcalf rhode island education and labor naval patents and library the committee changes were approved by the republican conference on recommendation of the committee on committees this was the first party gathering since senators la follette of wisconsin sin ladd and frazier of north dakota crid Bro brookhard oard of iowa were excluded from party councils their names had been eliminated from the conference tally list but they retain their present committee assignments other senators absent from the conference fer ne included norris of nebraska and borah who have assailed the action ti of the conference against the four senators and couzens of michigan democratic vacancies on committees caused by the retirement of senator adams of colorado were filled as follows banking george of georgia and irrigation and reclamation ashurst ot of arizona |