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AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS

DONALD MACKAY FRASER, Democrat-Farmer-Labour, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Attorney and former State Senator for 1954-62; Born in Minneapolis, February 20, 1924; Educated in Minneapolis public schools and University of Minnesota, B.A., cum laude, 1944, LL.B., 1948; Served in Pacific Theater, World War II; 1969-71 chairman, Democratic Study Group; chairman, Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection Democratic Advisory Council; Vice Chairman of the Commission on the Democratic Selection of Presidential Nominees, 1968; Participating member, Anglo-American Parliamentary Conference on Africa 1964 onwards; active in D.F.L. Party since 1947; chairman, Minnesota citizens for Kennedy; Former officer, Minneapolis Foreign Policy Association, Minneapolis Citizens' League; Minneapolis Citizens' Committee on Public Education; Delegate to 1972 and 1973 Conference on Disarmament: Congressional adviser on the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Seabeds Committee; 1973-76 national chairman, Americans for Democratic Action; Representative on the U.S. delegation to the 7th special session and the 30th session of the General Assembly of the U.N., 1975; Member, National Democratic Party Commission on Role and Future of Presidential Primaries, 1976-; Chairman, Democratic Conference, 1975-; Married to former Arvonne Skelton; six children (one deceased); Partner in former firm of Linquist, Fraser & Magnuson; Elected to the 88th Congress; November 6, 1962; re-elected to each succeeding Congress.

SAM M. GIBBONS, Democrat, of Tampa, Fla.; Born in Tampa, January 20, 1920, son of Gunby Gibbons and Jessie Kirk Cralle Gibbons; Educated in public schools of Tampa; Received J.D. degree from the University of Florida; Named to the University's Hall of Fame and to its honor society Florida Blue Key; Member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity; Married to the former Martha Hanley; They have three sons: Clifford, born 1950; Mark, born 1952; and Timothy, born 1958; Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1952 and served for 6 years; Elected to the Florida Senate in 1958 and served for 4 years; Named one of the top ten members of each body; Named Tampa's Outstanding Young Man of the Year in 1954; Received Chamber of Commerce president's award; Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Florida in 1973; Deacon First Presbyterian Church of Tampa ; First President of and member of University of South Florida Foundation; Served in U.S. Army 5 years during World War II with 501st Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division; Awarded Bronze Star; Was in initial assault force landing before D-Day in Europe; Took part in other major combat actions, including operations at Bastogne; Released from active duty as major; Elected to the 88th Congress November 6, 1962; Reelected to each succeeding Congress; Member of Ways and Means Committee.

JAMES C. CORMAN, Democrat, of Van Nuys, Calif.; Born October 20, 1920, in Galena, Kans.; Moved to California in 1933; Graduate Belmont High School, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942, and University of Southern California Law School, 1948; Admitted to California Bar, 1949; Married Virginia Little (deceased), 1946; Two Children, Mary Anne and James C., Jr.; Private law practice, 1949-57; Los Angeles City Council, 1957-60; Member: Methodist Church, Lions International, American Legion Post 193, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2323, American, California, Los Angeles, and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations; Colonel, USMCR; Elected to 87th Congress, November 8, 1960; Reelected to each succeeding Congress; Member House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Small Business; National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967; June 1976 elected chairman, Democratic National Congressional Committee; District office, 14545 Friar Street, Van Nuys, Calif.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Democrat, of Norwich, Conn.; Born in Willimantic, Conn., May 27, 1944; Son of Thomas J. and Grace Murphy Dodd; Graduated, Georgetown Preparatory School, 1959-62; B.A., English literature, Providence College, 1963-66; J.D., University of Louisville School of Law, 1970-72; Admitted to Connecticut Bar, 1973; Served in U.S. Army, 1969-75; Peace Corps Volunteer, Dominican Republic, 1966-68; Married to Susan Mooney Dodd; Elected to the 94th Congress, November 5, 1974; Reelected to the 95th Congress.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, Democrat, of Lafayette, Ind.; Born in Vesta, Nebr., November 3, 1928; Attended public schools there and graduated from Vesta (Nebraska) High School; Peru State College, Nebr., B.A., 1951; Graduate work at the University of Nebraska, M.A., 1955, and in the U.S. Naval Reserves, 1955-71, as commander; Held the positions as high school teacher, college professor at Nebraska Wesleyan, and associate professor of history at Purdue Univer

sity; Member: Indiana Cattlemen's Association, Lafayette Farm Cooperative, past president of Indiana Council of Social Studies, American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Tippecanoe County Historical Society, and State Council for Social Studies; Attends, and is a certified speaker and past chairman of the administrative board and youth director of Grace United Methodist Church, Lafayette; Married to the former Marjorie Heim, 1952; Three children: Cindy, Judy and John; Elected to the 94th Congress, November 5, 1974; Reelected to the 95th Congress.

BILL FRENZEL, Republican, of Golden Valley, Minn.; Born in St. Paul, Minn., July 31, 1928; Dartmouth College, B.A., 1950, and M.B.A. in business administration, 1951; Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1951-54, Korean Theater; Elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1962; re-elected 1964, 1966 and 1968; Ex-President, Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Co.; past member executive board, American Warehousemen's Association; Married Ruth Purdy, June 9, 1951; three daughters: Deborah, Pamela, and Melissa; Elected to the 92nd Congress, November 3, 1970; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

JAMES P. JOHNSON, Republican, of Fort Collins, Colo.; Born in Yankton, S. Dak., June 2, 1930; B.A. Northwestern University, 1952; LL.B., University of Colorado, 1959; Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1952-56; Prosecuting attorney, 8th Judicial District, Colorado; Municipal judge, Ault, Colo, 1962-65; Member, Poudre R-1 School Board, Fort Collins, Colo., 1969-71; President, Larimer County Bar Association; Elder, First United Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, Colo.; Member: board of trustees, San Francisco Theological Seminary; board of directors, Fort Collins, Colo., Chamber of Commerce, 1968-70; charter member, Dean's Law Club, University of Colorado; Married Nancy Brown of Oconomowoc, Wis., 1952; Three children: Dea Lynn, Julie Conner, and Drake Bartel; Elected to the 93d Congress, November 7, 1972; Reelected to each succeeding Congress. EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Republican, of Lincoln, Ill., Born in Lincoln, Ill., Jan. 13, 1936; Graduate, Lincoln Community High School and Lincoln College; Honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters; State representative, 1967-72; Received the Outstanding Legislator Award from the Illinois Association of School Superintendents, 1968; Past State vice president, Illinois Jaycees; Past district governor, Young Republican Federation of Illinois; Married Evelyn M. George, 1955; Three children: Kemberly, Kellie and Mary Beth; Elected to the 93d Congress, November 7, 1972; Reelected to each succeeding Congress.

JAMES ROBERT MANN, Democrat, of Greenville, S.C.; Born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., April 27, 1920, son of Nina Griffin Mann and the late Alfred Cleo Mann; Attended public schools of Greenville, S.C., Graduated from The Citadel (B.A. degree in 1941); Entered U.S. Army as second lieutenant in July 1941, separated in March 1946, as lieutenant colonel at age 25; Colonel USAR (Ret.); Graduate from the Law School of the University of South Carolina in 1947, magna cum laude; Member of Greenville County, South Carolina, and American Bar Associations, American Judicature Society; Member South Carolina House of Representatives, 1949-52; Appointed solicitor (prosecuting attorney), Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina (Greenville and Pickens Counties) by Gov. James F. Byrnes to succeed Hon. Robert T. Ashmore upon his election to Congress, and elected in 1954 and 1958 without opposition; Returned to full-time practice of law in January 1963; Active in many local civic and fraternal organizations, including Kiwanis, Elks, Wade Hampton Lodge No. 404, A.F.M., Shrine and American Legion, V.F.W., W.O.W and American Business Club; South Carolina Judge Advocate. R.O.A., 1963; Board of Directors, Greenville Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1950; Board of Directors, Family Service Agency, 1952; President, Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, 1965; Secretary. Greenville County Planning Commission. 1963-67; Board of Trustees, Greenville Hospital System, 1965-68: Editor, South Carolina Law Review, 1947; Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa; South Carolina State Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1951-52; Chairman, Greenville County Heart Association, 1952; Served Earle Street Baptist Church as teacher, Sunday School superintendant and chairman, board of deacons; Board of Development, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; Board of visitors, Presbyterian College; Advisory Council, Area 3, Southeastern Region, Boy Scouts of America; Married Virginia Thomason Brunson, January 15, 1945; three sons and one daughter: James Robert, Jr., born October 5, 1946; David Brunson, born April 22, 1949; William Walker, born September 4, 1951; Virginia Brunson, born March 15, 1953; Elected to 91st Congress, November 5, 1968, reelected to each succeeding Congress.

JAMES G. MARTIN, Republican, of Davidson, N.C.; Born in Savannah, Ga., December 11, 1935; Graduate, Mt. Zion High School, Winnsboro, S.C., 1953; B.S. in chemistry, Davidson College, 1957; Ph.D. in chemistry, Princeton University, 1960; Associate professor in chemistry, Davidson College, 1960-72; Member, Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, 1966-72, chairman, 1967-68 and 1970-71; Founder and first chairman, Centralina Regional Council of Governments, 1966-69; Vice president and trustee, Beta Theta Pi fraternity, 1966-69; President, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, 1970-71; Vice President, National Association of Regional Councils, 1970-72; Current national president of Beta Theta Pi, 1975-78; 32d degree Mason; Shriner; married Dorothy Ann McAulay, 1957; Three children: Jimmy, Emily and Benson; Elected to the 93d Congress, November 7, 1972; Reelected to each succeeding Congress. RICHARD M. NOLAN, Democrat-Farmer-Labor, of Waite Park, Minn.; Born in Brainerd, Minn., December 17, 1943; Married, the former Marjorie Langer; Four children; Michael, Leah, John and Katherine; Attended St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., 1962; B.A. Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1966; Postgraduate work in public administration and public policy formation at the University of Maryland, 1967; Educational director of Headstart for three central Minnesota counties, 1968; Curriculum coordinator for Adult Basic Education for Little Falls School District, 1968; Social Studies teacher in Royalton, Minn., 1968-69 Project coordinator for the Center for the Study of Local Government at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., 1971; Staff assistant to U.S. Senator Walter F. Mondale, 1966-68; Elected to Minnesota House of Representatives in 1968 and reelected in 1970; Federal/State coordinator for the Minnesota House of Representatives 1973 legislative session; General labor at United Parcel Services 1964-66; Member of Teamsters Union; Administrative assistant to the senior vice president of Fingerhut Corp., 1973-74; Elected to the 94th Congress, November 5, 1974; Reelected to the 95th Congress.

LEO J. RYAN, Democrat, of Belmont; Born in Lincoln, Nebr., May 5, 1925; M.S., Creighton University, 1951; Enlisted in the U.S. Navy, 1943, served in submarine service; Teacher; School administrator; Appointed to South San Francisco Recreation Commission; Elected city councilman and served as mayor; Authored book entitled "Understanding California Government and Politics", also edited the book "The USA: From Where We Stand" elected to California State Assembly, 1962; Elected to the 93d Congress, November 7, 1972; Reelected to each succeeding Congress.

JOHN WILLIAM STANTON, Republican, of Painesville, Ohio; Born in Paineville, February 20, 1924; Graduated from Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., in 1942; Entered the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. in July 1942; Left studies to enter the U.S. Army in December 1942; Served overseas in the Pacific theater for 33 months and discharged as a captain January 1, 1946; Reentered Georgetown University, majored in government and economics and received B.S. degree in 1949; Member St. Mary's Catholic Church in Painesville; Lake County Commissioner 1956-64; Married December 3, 1966, to the former Peggy Smeeton; One daughter, Kelly Marie, born November 11, 1967; Elected to the 89th Congress, November 3, 1964; Reelected to each succeeding Congress.

LUXEMBOURG AND BRUSSELS PROGRAMS

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1977

2100-Arrival in Luxembourg and transfer by bus to Hotel Holiday Inn. 2130-Welcome drinks given by Mr. Zagari, Chairman of the European Parliament delegation at Hotel Holiday Inn.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1977

0900-1015-Working Breakfast with Mr. Hans Nord, Secretary-General of the European Parliament at Hotel Holiday Inn.

1030-Attend European Parliament plenary debate and Question Time. 1230-Luncheon given by the President of the Government of Luxembourg and Minister of State Mr. Gaston Thorn at Chateau de Senningen, Luxembourg. Afternoon-Visit to Arbed Steelworks.

1830-1930-Reception given by U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, Hon. James Lowenstein at U.S. Embassy.

2100-Dinner given by Mr. Emilio Colombo, President of the European Parliament in honor of U.S. delegation at President's Suite, Centre Europeen.

THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1977

Morning-Depart by bus for Brussels. Lunch en route.

1500-Arrive Brussels and transfer to Hotel Royal Windsor, Rue Duquesnoy 5–7: 1600-Briefing at U.S. Mission to European Communities (USEC) by Ambassador Deane Hinton and USEC staff.

1730-Meeting with Mr. Fernand Braun, EC Commission Director General for Internal Market and Industrial Affairs (Berlaymont).

1830 Return to hotel.

1900-2030-Reception given by U.S. Ambassador to the European Communities and Mrs. Hinton at 64, Avenue du Vert Chasseur.

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1977

1000-Meeting with Raymond Phan Van Phi and Benedict Meynell, Directors in EC Commission Directorate General for External Relations (Berlaymont). 1100-Meeting with Mr. Claude Cheysson, EC Commissioner for Development. 1145 Meeting with Leonard Williams, EC Commission Director General for Energy. 1230-Drinks/Discussion with Permanent Representatives from member coun-tries: Salon on first floor of Charlemagne Building.

1315-Lunch hosted by Christopher Tugendhat, EC Commissioner for Budget and Financial Control.

1530-Meeting with Gen. Alexander Haig (Conference Room, U.S. NATO). 1630-Meeting with Frank Perez, U.S. NATO Political Counsel and Laurence Legere, U.S. NATO Defense Adviser.

1830-2000-Reception given by U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Anne Cox Chambers, 2 Rue Zinner.

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1977

1000-Depart for London by boat train.

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U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THIS SERIES

The European Community and the American Interest, January 1972. (First Meeting)

A Growing Bond: The European Parliament and the Congress, May 1972. (Second Meeting)

New Dimensions in the Transatlantic Dialog, May 1973. (Third Meeting) 'To Restore Harmony: New Efforts in Transatlantic Cooperation, October 1973. (Fourth Meeting)

Turbulent Era: The Year of Europe in Retrospect, March 1974. (Fifth Meeting)
The Multinationals: Their Function and Future. September 1974. (Sixth Meeting)
The Multinationals: The View from Europe, April 1975. (Seventh Meeting)
The Ascendancy of Economic Goals in the World Order, October 1975. (Eighth
Meeting)

Assessing the New Political Trends, April 1976. (Ninth Meeting)

Renewed Concern for Democracy and Human Rights, September 1976. (Tenth Meeting)

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