Evening star., 1939-01-14
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

ties In Congress.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.
The United States Senate gains
a strong group of men seasoned in
public life in its 13 new members.
One of these, Senator Warren w.
Barbour of New Jersey, is come
back" who has been out two years.
-Four are House members who were
advanced" in the November elec-
tions-Senators James NJ Mead of
New York, D. Worth Clark of Idaho
Scott w. Lucas of Illinois and
Charles w. Tobey of New >Hamp-
shire. The other eight are new to
Congress.
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio
Is the elder son of the late William
Howard Taft, former President, Su-
preme Court Chief Justice, Secre-
tary of War and Governor General
of the Philippines. At 10 Senator
Taft lived in the White House for
four years and while residing there
was graduated from Harvard Uni
versity. He received his law de-
gree three months after the family
left the Executive Mansion.
He married Martha Wheaton
Bowers of Washington the follow
ing year. They have four sons. He
was assistant counsel for the United
States Food Administration during
the World War and later counsel
for the American Relief Admins
tration. He was in the Ohio House
of Representatives for five years
and the last year was Speaker He
served two years in the Ohio State
Senate
He also has been president of the
Cincinnati Terminal Warehouse Co.,
director of the Cincinnati Street
Railway Co., of the Greeley Square
Hotel Co., the Central Trust Co.,
the Covington & Cincinnati Bridge
Co., the Taft Cotton Oil Co. and
the Cincinnati Union Terminal Co.
Veteran U. S. Employe.
Senator Clyde NJ. Reed of Kansas
Is veteran Government employe.
He was born in Illinois. but his par
ents took him to Kansas when he
was years old. After he taught
school for one year he received an ap-
pointment in the railway mail serv-
ice when he was 18 and was an en-
ploye of the Post Office Department
in the transportation of mail branch
for % years, advancing through all
grades to be field superintendent Of
divisions at Cleveland and Cincin-
natl, New Orleans, Omaha and St.
Paul. He was for two years super
intendent of the railway adjust
ment division with headquarters in
Washington 80 years ago.
He resigned from the Federal serv-
Ice to manage and publish daily
newspaper of which he is still edi-
tor and publisher. He was secretary
to Gov. Henry j. Allen of Kansas 20
years ago. Two years later he was
appointed a member of the Kansas
Court of Industrial Relations. He
was chairman of the Kansas Public
Utilities Commission in 1921 and
served for three years. He was
Governor of Kansas, 1929-31 He
has practiced extensively before the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and State commissions throughout
the Middle West. He is the father
of seven children.
Senator Rufus c. Holman of Ore
gon is the youngest of II children
of a pioneer couple who crossed the
plains in covered wagon IN 1852.
After graduating as president of his
high school class he followed a ca
reer of farm work, teacher of dis
trict school, steamboating, book
keeping, accounting, then became a
paper box manufacturer and
branched out into various manufac-
turing and financial enterprises.
He operates a show farm where
he breeds registered Guernsey cat
tie. He held many important State,
county and civic Offices, including
that Of State treasurer. He also has
held high Office in a number of
fraternal organizations. including
the seventh degree of the Patrons of
Husbandry in the National Grange,
and is president OF the Sons and
Daughters of Oregon Pioneers.
Practlced Law "a Years.
Senator Lucas has practiced law
for "a years. Five years after he was
admitted to the bar he was elected
States attorney. He was State COM
mander of the American Legion, and
in 1927 was unanimously elected ma
tional judge advocate of the Legion
at its Paris convention, and there
after unanimously reelected to that
office four times. Gov. Henry Horner
appointed him chairman of the Illi-
nois State Tax Commission six years
ago.
He entered the World War as a
private and came out a lieutenant,
and served continuously with the
Officers Reserve Corps until ap-
pointed judge advocate general of
the Illinois National Guard with
rank of colonel. He served two
terms in the House before being
elected to the Senate.
Senator Barbour was president of
q linen thread company and direc-
tor in the United States Shoe Ma
chlnery Co. He was treasurer of
the American Protective Tariff
League. He was appointed to the
United States Senate on December
/, 1881, by Gov. Larson, and elected
on November 8, 1882, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of SEN
ator Dwight w. Morrow for the term
ended January 3, 1887. He was
elected last November to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Senator A. Harry Moore.
The Senate has yet to meet it's
new colleague, Senator Tom Stewart
OF Tennessee, who has been con-
tinuing on the job as State attorney
general until the new Governor ap-
points his successor. He is the son
Of chancery Judge and has been
prominent in State politics and
public affairs for many years. He is
q forceful speaker. Two years ago