Dartmouth on Capitol Hill
THOMAS B. CURTIS '32 (R) of St. Louis, now beginning his eighth consecutive term as Representative from Missouri's 2nd District, is one of the most respected and influential men in Congress, both as No. 2 Republican on the powerful Ways and Means Committee (in whose hearing room he is shown) and as ranking Republican member of the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee. Known as a "legislative wheelhorse" who digs deeply into the issues and comes up with his own honest answers, he was picked by the American Political Science Association in 1963 as the outstanding Republican Member of Congress. Congressman Curtis is an expert in economic matters, and in addition to fiscal and tax bills bearing his name he has had an important hand in other legislation dealing with manpower retraining, Social Security coverage, tax reform, the Reciprocal Trade Act, the modernizing of Congressional rules and procedures, and civil rights. He has made unemployment a special concern and the results of a research study he organized provided part of his book, 87 Million Jobs - A Dynamic Program to EndUnemployment. Congressman Curtis, who is a Dartmouth Trustee, took his law degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 1934. He was a Navy officer in the war, and has a long string of city, state, and national honors, many saluting him for the integrity and stature he brings to Congress.
THOMAS J. McINTYRE '37 (D) of Laconia, N.H., shown at the White House with President Johnson, is Dartmouth's only member of the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1962 as the first Democratic Senator from New Hampshire in 30 years. Senator McIntyre is a member of the Armed Services, Banking and Currency, and District of Columbia Committees. He was co-sponsor of legislation establishing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and he also has been a backer of bills dealing with civil rights, area redevelopment, Medicare, and federal aid to education. Senator Mclntyre was a delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Conferences of 1963 and 1964, and in 1963 he was a Senate delegate to the Third Mexico-U. S. Interparliamentary Group. A graduate of the Boston University Law School in 1940, he interrupted his law practice to serve with the Third Army's 94th Division in Europe and came out as a Major, with decorations and four battle stars. He was Mayor of Laconia in 1949-51, City Solicitor in 1953, a Democratic candidate for Congress in 1954, and a delegate to his party's national convention in 1956. In that year he was New Hampshire chairman of Senator Estes Kefauver's campaign for the Presidency. Senator McIntyre's wife, Myrtle Clement McIntyre, is a former Democratic National Committeewoman from New Hampshire.
DAVID T. MARTIN '29 (R), from the 3rd District of Nebraska, begins his third term in the House of Representatives this month. A lumberman from Kearney, Nebraska, he is a member of the House Rules Committee and for the past two terms he also served on the Education and Labor Committee. He has been particularly interested in legislation that would bring national labor unions under the anti-monopoly provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Law, and in the 89th Congress he plans to introduce a bill to extend the term of all House members to four years, one half of the membership coming up for election each two years. This would require a Constitutional amendment. Congressman Martin is a former Republican county chairman and state chairman. He served on the Republican National Committee and was a delegate to his party's nominating conventions in 1944 and 1948. He made a bid for the U. S. Senate in 1952 but was defeated in the primary. His elder son is David K. Martin '54 of Boulder, Colo.
ROBERT MCCLORY '30 (R), on the right in this picture with classmate Edward M. Conklin '30, returns to the House for his second term, representing the 12th District of Illinois. In the 88th Congress he was a member of the Committee on Government Operations and was the ranking minority member (rare for a freshman) on the subcommittee dealing with water resources and power. Another first-term distinction was his selection by his colleagues to be one of the two freshmen granted places on the Republican Policy Committee for the first time in history. McClory, who once taught in a Swiss school, took his law degree at Chicago-Kent and settled in Lake Bluff, Ill., where he began his public career as village attorney. He was elected to the Illinois state House in 1950 and to the state Senate in 1952, serving there until he successfully ran for the U. S. Congress in 1962. A foe of federal deficit spending, he has introduced bills on civil rights and on tax reduction for companies that create new jobs.
WILLIAM E. MINSHALL '35 (R) of Lakewood, Ohio, has represented the 23rd District of Ohio since 1956 and will be returning to the U.S. House of Representatives this month for his fifth term. He is one of the ranking Republican members of the influential Committee on Appropriations and serves on the sub-committees for defense and foreign operations. He has sponsored legislation to guarantee the right of secret strike votes to all union members. Congressman Minshall left Dartmouth in his freshman year and attended University of Virginia for two years. He received his LL.B. degree from the Cleveland-Marshall Law School in 1940. He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly, 1939-40, before serving in the Army in World War II. He was General Counsel to the Maritime Administration in 1953-54 and has served on the Board of Visitors to both West Point and Annapolis.
