Evening star., 1937-01-04
105NEW NJ N|EMBERS
HERE Fol } SESSION
Youngsters il House and
Senate Read for Terms
to b egin.
b the Associated Pre- S.

" the Associated Pre- bs.
One hundred ano i've new Congress
men, many of tho m appearing self
conscious in fresh cutaway coats, will
take their seats Jpn the House and
Senate tomorrow r oon.
Thirteen Democrats, two Repub-
iicans and one Fatmer-Laborite from
the Senate,s freshman class. Besides
the SO newcomers in the House, six
former Representatives will start the
comeback trail.
The new Republican Senators-H.
Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., of MasSa-
chusetts-are comI IIarative youngsters.
Bridges, who plans to resign the
governorship of his State at midnight,
is 80, one-time county farm agent
and school teacher who carried New
Hampshire twice in the midst of
Roosevelt landslides.
Husky and bl unt-spoken. he is
known as a ''libe raj" Republican, a
snappy dresser, arely getting more
than five hours sleep a night. He
can doctor sick pig and draft COM
plex legislation v 18th equal deftness.
Lodge, "a, is member of a top
flight family in Massachusetts, soci-
ETY. and politics A grandson of the
late Senator Hem ty Cabot Lodge, he
once wrote Washington news for a
New York newspa per.
New Dem0c ratio Senator.
Among the new Democratic Senators
are Josh Lee, cnce known to his
Oklahoma neighbp prs as boy orator;
Gov. Clyde L. Herring of Iawo, former
cow-puncher, jew elry clerk and auto
salesman, and Gov. Edwin c. john
son Of Colorado. who spent his boy
hood Is a railwa section hand.
Representative Ernest Lundeen, So,
Of Minnesota, VIII b opposed American
entry into the We rid War, is the new
Farmer-Laborite, joining Senator
Shipstead of the same State.
Like that in the Senate, the Demo-
cratic majority ih the House will be
the heaviest Of g my party since the
Civil War.
The two youngest newcomers there
Representatives OConnell, Demo-
crat, of Montana and Boren, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma are bringing brides
to Washington. The bridegrooms are
each 81.
California Progressive.
Among other new members are
Franck R. Haven ner, lone California
Progressive, who has done newspaper
work in San FraIl lcisco and Washing
ton; 50-year-old Clyde L. Garrett Of
Eastland, Tex, who defeated Repre-
sentative Blanton, long known as the
watchdog of the Treasury" and Will
liam S. jacobsen Of Clinton, Iowa,
who takes the seat Of his late father,
Representative Bernhard M. Jacobsen.
Emporia, Kans J., home town of
Publisher William Allen White, sent
Republican to succeed Representa-
tive Carpented, d Democrat. He is
Ed H. Rees, a Lawyer banker stock
man promoted from the Kansas
Senate.
Among the old-timers starting
comeback careers are Representative
Ross Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi
who attracted attention as an advo-
cate Of a motorized army, and Repre-
sentative Dowell, Republican. Of
Iowa, noted as q parliamentarian.
Many other amiliar figures re-
turned by their constituents include
Representative SABBATH, Democrat, of
Illinois. dean Of the House, who is
beginning his s. xteenth consecutive
term, and Rer resentative Taylor,
Democrat, of Colorado, who has seen
~ years service. William E. Borah,
Republican, of Id Rho, Senate dean, is
starting his thirtH-frst year.