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Show WILSON SELECTS I TW BOARD I Professor Taussig of Harvard University to Be Chairman Authority on Economics. 1 ROPER ON STATISTICS I All Members Chosen With View to Especial Fitness for the Work. j WASHINGTON, March 14. Preal- dent Wilson has selected the following men as members of the tariff commi- Prof. Frank W. Taussig of Harvard Former Representative David J. Lewis of Cumberland, Md jH Former Representative William Kent, of Ken'field, Cal. 'H Daniel C. Roper of McCall, S. C. LM K. P. Costigan of Denver, Colo. W. S. Culbertson of Emporia, Kan. Prof. Taussig Chairman Prof. T.t'issiK. who will be chairman of the commission, is a native of St. Louis. He has been connected with Harvard University since 1882 and has i obtained a leave of absence from that mmm I , institution until September, 191S, to ac- H j c.ept the position on the commission. Prof. Taussig is an authority on eco- H nomics and has written extensively on H the H David J. Lewis, Democrat, was H ehairman of the labor committee of ih last house of repri Be fB I I from Maryland in the last election. I I II'- oi Pei p H I Daniel C. Roper, Democrat, was con-I con-I neeted with the house ways and means comniin,. i r n tin- Iraniin nf die H I j pnaaen.1 tariff bill aa an authority on (statistics. He is a native of South H Carolina and until recently was first assistant postmaster central. H William Kent, independent, was a H member of congress from the First California district in the last con- H s. but did not run for re-election. H Daring 1 1 1 - aa! campaign he support- H ed President Wilson and was president H of the Wilson Independent League. He H is a native of Chicago, but has lived H in California most of his life H j E. P. Costigan is a lawyer who is H looked upon as one of the founders of H i the Progressive party in Colorado. Originally he was a Republican but in ; 1912 and again in 1914 he was the Pro- greaslve candidate for governor. Mr Culbertson. a Republican, is an examiner in the legal department of the federal trade commission. He comes from Emporia, Kan. |