The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-07
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un.Amerlcan AffAlm-New chairman wlll he s| pArnen Thomas ol New Jersey, bald snappg ofesneH and wory wraneler HlA last nAlne ence vas Eeaney. but he changed N to more hleh.soundlng v. paSnell Thomas" Thomas s wall street broker on leave from Paine webber and Company. Il he had hts way, the un.American Committee would spend all hs time marrying labor leadeFs Re wln out.Rankln Rankin and ex-oOngressnian Ham Fish will be very
 Rnles commlssee-New chairman ol ths An tn. poFtant committee which decides what leelseton can S Snss cannot s sS S hs ssO O o 0a,s s ne w s r s Republican leader Joe Martina closest friend saks little IS middle .the-road conservative does ex. scty what Jce Martin tells nlm m sns iss world war
 Agriculture Committee = New chairman of this important body win be Cliff Hope of Garden City, Kanse probably the aAest member Of Congress in most of wendell wilkies farm speeches and was scheduled to be wlkes Secretary of Agriculture had wkie been elected. Hope talks little moves slowly works hard. He is co-author of the Bin for Farm Research, believes that the uSA must get ready to take care of farm surpuses again. should begin now to study quick freezing new packasing of farm products
 The Veterans COmmltsee-Thls important com. mlttee will shift from the chairmanshp of Mis- sisslppis rootn'-tootln' John Rankin to that of d hard-working effective lady-Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell Mass Mrs. Rogers Is one of the oldest members of Congress from the point of service hav- Ing SucceeoeQ ner nuSDanQ m tb<o Sne mas served the Government 25 years, is e4 years old, and not afraid to state her age.
 Her husband was author of the Rogers Act which created the American career diplomatic service Ever snce Mrs Rogers has kept up her interest in foreign affairs, well doing terrific job for her dis@ trict Few Congressmen work harder and Ret more accomplished. Probably she got more favors from the Democratic Administration than the average Democrat As longtime member of the Veterans Committee, Mrs. Rogers has been battling bitterly with Chairman Rankin will be a vast improvement over the gentleman from Mississippi.
 Rivers and Harbors rs- New chairman probably be George A. Dondero of Royal Oak, Micha home town of Father Coughlin Dondero served in Con- gress for thirteen years one of three Congressmen of Italian descent the others, DAlesandro of Balti- more and Marcantonio of New York, being much more in evidence. Dondero is great expert on Line con boased of friendship with the late Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the Civil War President Is nice con- servative, harmless. For time he let his office be used by Walter Steele, vigorous isolation lobbyist After King George and Queen Mary came to the capital, Dondero held out his hand to friends, say- ing, shake the hand that shook the hand of king and has held four kings few times"
 Banking and Currency-This committee formu- lates all legislation dealing with Federal Reserve System, national banks and fiscal policy. New chair man will be Jesse wolcott of Michigan, sometimes called the General Motors representative in Con- gress" Wolcott is roly-poly, smart hes a sense of humor sets policy for members of his party on fiscal affairs First opposed to the British loan he later championed it. wolcott will move to knock out Fed- eral Reserve Board Chairman Eccles policy of dis- couraging installment buying. Big bankers will wear broad smiles when Wolcott takes over this commit