The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

Mustered out of service because of trouble with his eyes, he served 6 short term in the Senate in l9l4 to fill vacancy created by death.
 Hooslers have been talking about Jenner for many years, now. He's an excellent speaker aggressive and honest. The folks" like him. Politics has been second nature to him ever since he's been a kid. He came up through county politics and knows the game inside and out. Jenner was in wide de- mand as a political speaker in other states during the campaign.
 Born July 2l, 1908. he is married and has one son,
 His Number One program calls for taking care of World War II veterans. Hes a Methodist, Mason and has a prosperous priv ate law practice. Keep your eye on this man.
 Washington, Dec. i8- (NEA - Curley haired. youthful Richard Milhouse Nixon took on one of the toughest jobs the Republicans had to offer in California, licking able Jerry Voorhis for a seat in the House of Representatives. But he succeeded by avoiding personal at tacks on his opponent and with s.siiver-tongued oratory." His cam paign motto was, Eject Nixon and needle the P. A. C."
 He is a tall, husky ex-football player and OPA attorney. He served with the Navy in the last war as a Lieutenant Commander in the Pacific.
 As soon as the roth Congress con- venes, Nixon plans to try to get that body to do something about veter- ans housing. He is a believer in Americas participation in interna- tional affairs and supports the US bipartisan foreign policy. He is B years old.
 Washington, Dec. 1S- (NEA) - When Preston Peden was an Army captain in Europe during the war he ran across former Congressman Victor wickersham from his home state of Oklahoma making a quick trip and shaking everybody's hand" Peden decided that when he got back to Oklahoma he would run for wickersham's job. This year he did, and as a victor on the Demo- cratic ticket, becomes one of the youngest of the new Representa- tivex
 Before entering the service Peden, now si, practiced law in Altus, Okla. He also served at ate torney for the State Insurance Fund. His wartime Army travels took him through France, Ger many, and into Czechoslovakia.
 Peden plans to try for a seat on the House Agriculture Commit tee. He is an ardent admirer oi Bernard Baruch. During his cam paign, whenever Baruch made some statement, got up on the stump and said it too," Peden says '.It went over big back home" He is convinced the US. has to feed Europe if we are to avoid another war.
 Washington, Dec. IS - (NEA) - It was his grandfather, who, they say, played the largest part in keep ing the United States out of par- ticipation in the League of Nations after World War I. But the newly elected Republican Senator from Massachusetts, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr, claims he has no ambition to follow in those footsteps. He says he is strongly in favor of effective international cooperation.
 This handsome, smiling Senator elect is no stranger to the Q. s. Senate. While still Senator he saw the African campaign in l942. In 1os4, he quit his connection with the Senate entirely and became e lieu- tenant colonel on naison duty with ! the French Army.
 The political environment in which this new Senator was raised is partly responsible for the shrewd Job he does a politicking, coupled with a keen mind and a serious sense of responsibility. His record in the Senate was almost d0wn-the- line anti-Roosevelt.
 He is 42-year-old, married and hns two sons. He has had experi- nzces as a newspaperman. He was graduated with honors from Har- yard in 1924.