G.O.P. CONGRESSMAN WANTS INSURGENTS ELIMINATED IN COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On November 20, 1924, Representative Allen T. Treadway* (R-Massachusetts) "urged that the insurgents** (of his party) be eliminated in Republican committee assignments in the newly elected Congress."
According to The Evening Star, there has been talk privately among G.O.P. congressmen of "reading out of the party" members of the insurgent group.
Rep. Treadway, after meeting with President Calvin Coolidge, said he would be for "grouping these men as part of the minority of the House and giving committee assignments accordingly."
He said, "We have suffered long enough."
*Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts & graduated from Amherst College in 1886. ATT served in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives & Senate, 1904-1911 & the US House of Representatives, 1913-1945.
**insurgents are those members of a political party who oppose their party's platform and/or policies. In 1924, insurgents represented the progressive wing of the G.O.P.
SOURCES
"Treadway, Allen Towner," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, www.bioguide.congress.gov/
"Treadway Urges Minority Places For Insurgents," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 20, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
