Evening star., 1953-01-04
New Faces

NEW FACES in the House count
IN for little or nothing. But in
the Senate, where there are fewer
people and the turnover is slower,
the identity of new members is
always a matter of interest. This
time, one-Sixth of the seats in the
upper house are occupied by new
incumbentS-or at least by men
who were not elected to the Senate
of the 82d Congress.
These 16 men, who make up the
"Class of so" appear likely on the
basis of their records to make a
sounder contribution to American
Government than did the 13 who
have become known as the "Class
of 49,"
OF the 13 elected to the Senate
six years ago, 10 have survived their
first test at the polls and are on
hand for the 83d Congress. The
three others-Republicans Cain of
Washington, Ecton of Montana and
KEN of MiSsouri-were defeated.
Experience Helps
Compared to the new Glass of
80, the 1946 group was short on
the type of experience that helps
men along to legislative greatness.
Only four had any considerable ad-
miniStrative training. These men,.
Bricker of Ohio, Martin of Pennsyl-s
vania, O'Conor Of Maryland and
Thye Of Minnesota, had been Gov
ernors before reaching the Senate,
None Of the nine others had held
high administrative Office or legis-
lative posts at the Federal Govern
ment level.
The Class of 80, on the other
hand, includes II men with expert
euce of the kind that is valuable
toea new Senator. One is former
Senator with considerable foreign
affairs experience in the United
Nations. one has served as both
Governor and Congressman; two
others are former Governors; six
have had experience in the lower
House, and one was top-level
appointee in Washington.
Although freshman Senators are
traditionally considered to have
scant say in Government, the per-
Torrance of the Class of '46 indi-
Gates that their Importance fire.
quently is underrated. The corrup-
tion-hunter, Williams of Delaware;
the rime-hunter, O'Conor of Mary
land, and the Red-hunter, Nc
Carthy of Wisconsin, all made their
names-for better or worse-in
their first term.
The Men Who
So the names of the Glass of so
most of them relatively unfa-
miliar now-may bulk large on the
political horizon in the next few
years. Here are brief biographical
notes on the 16 new Senators:
Frank A Barrett, SO, Republi-
can. of Wyoming. A lawyer with
both administrative and legislative
experience, Senator Barrett's last
job. was as Governor of his State.
Before that. he served four terms
in the House, from 1943 through
1880 His voting record in the
House shows him to be a Republi-
can regular" with the normal
sectional interests to be expected
Of a legislator from the Mountain
States. He defeated Joseph c.
O'Mahoney in November.
J.. Glenn Beall. So. Republican,
of Maryland. Senator Beall is well
known in this area as Representa-
tive for five terms for the Western
Maryland counties. A conservative,
he has long been critic of the
New and Fair Deals, but has often
refused to vote straight down the
line with his party. He won the
Republican nomination to fill Sem
ator O'Conor's place when that
legislator decided not to run again..
and won In November over George
P. Mahoney OF Baltimore. "a
Prescott Bush, So, Republican,
Of Connecticut. A financier, SEN
ator Bush is one of five in the Glass
of so without top-level Govern
ment experience. He ran for the
Senate in 1850 but lost by 1,1O2
votes. This time he defeated Rep
resentative Abraham Ribicoff, Dem
ocrat, in the race for the seat
vacated by the death of Brien Nc
Mahon. Senator Bush, long active
In Republican State politics, is q
partner in the Wall Street firm of
Brown Bros, Hartman.
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