Helms pledged during the campaign that he would retain his chairmanship of the Agriculture committee. She also stepped down from her chairmanship of the House Judiciary subcommittee. In January 1967, the House Democratic Caucus stripped Powell of his committee chairmanship. Schulze subsequently resigned his chairmanship of the company. It is elected by the World Council on the recommendation of the Chairmanship. Stalin was elected to the government chairmanship on 6 May 1941. A Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of the Sovereign dealt with all interdepartmental matters. Lieberman credited President-elect Barack Obama for helping him keep his chairmanship. Coucillorship and chairmanship elections are held regularly. He was one of three freshmen representatives assigned a chairmanship. Rykov also lost the Council of People's Commissars chairmanship, from the Politburo. This function was combined with chairmanship of the Politburo. The chairmanship of this council would rotate between the communities. It began hearings on 18 May under the chairmanship of Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. Later that year he announced a bid for the chairmanship of the Party.