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Show APPOINTING I COMMITTEES I Big Democratic Ma- jority in House Calls For General Shifting- Washington. March 8 The work of I planning the Republican assignments to the house committees has begun. The immense increase in the Democratic Demo-cratic majority in the new congr will necessitate a general shifting The grand prizes are the five minority minor-ity vacancies on the ways and means eommittee, the tariff making body of the house. Then come appropriations, appropria-tions, judiciary and other important committees In the minority room at the capita big alphabetically arranged file book are kept, indicating the congresslon- j al service of tho old representatives iD the new house, their former committer preferences and assignments, the pref erences Of the new members and i hot of other details which will gc I j into a systematic tabulated record I to form the basis of the recommendations recommenda-tions which Republican Leader Mann will make to the ways and means committee the committee on committees commit-tees for minority places. While Mr. Mann probably has the ways and means members tentatively tentative-ly slated, there will be no decision on the committee distribution of the Republicans until Just before the extra ex-tra session of congress convenes. Time honored custom calls for acceptance ac-ceptance by the committee majority of ihe minority leaders recommendations recommenda-tions as to the Republicans on committees. |