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APPENDIX

BIOGRAPHIES OF PARTICIPANTS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS

GÉRARD BORDU, born April 21, 1928, at Melun, C.A.P. and qualified electrician. Member of the National Assembly since March 1973. Member of the Central Committee of the French Communist Parliamentary Group. Former secretary of the Federation of the French Communist Parliamentary Group in the Seine and Marne district. Vice President of the European Parliament; Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Communist and Allies Group, France.

JAN. B. BROEKSZ, born February 12, 1906, at Amsterdam. Office manager in Vara Broadcasting, then Secretary/Treasurer in 1940. Network secretary 194566, then chairman of Vara. Chairman of European Broadcasting Union from 1965 to 1971. From 1935 to 1962 member of Hilversum local council. Member of the First Chamber of the States General since 1956, Dutch Labour Party (pvdA). Member of the Legal Affairs Committee and the Committee on Development and Cooperation. Vice Chairman of the Socialist Group, Netherlands.

PIERRE-BERNARD COUSTE, born June 29, 1920, at Rochefort-sur-Mer. Doctor of Law; Company Director; National chairman of "Centre des jeunes patrons" 1958-61; Chairman of "Fédération des jeunes chefs d'entreprises d'Europe" 1961-64. Managing Director of Société Lumière. Chairman of RhôneLoire committee of foreign trade advisers. Member of the National Assembly since 1962. Allied to the Union des démocrates pour la Republique (UDR). Former Vice-President of the European Parliament. Member of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs, External Economic Relations, and the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the EEC-Turkey Association. Group of European Progressive Democrats, France.

ERNEST GLINNE, born March 30, 1931, in Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium. Diploma in Political Sciences, Brussels University. Member of the Belgium Parliament since 1961. Minister of Employment and Labour 1973–74. Mayor of Courcelles since 1964. Member of the Belgium Delegation to the United Nations; specialist in problems of the Third World. Member of the Committees on Social Affairs, Employment and Education, and on Development and Cooperation; Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the EEC-Greece Association. Vice President of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament, Belgium.

ROGER HOUDET, born June 14, 1899, in Angers. Agricultural engineer; Graduate of "Ecole supérieure d'électricité"; General engineer for rural areas. 1937 Principal Private Secretary to Mr. Georges Monnet, Minister of Agriculture; 1952 Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture; 1953-55 and 1958-59 Minister for Agriculture; 1958 President of the Committee of Agricultural Ministers of OECD countries. 1959 resigned from ministerial office to serve term of office as Senator; 1968 re-elected Senator (Seine Maritime). 1962 elected Mayor of Luneray. 1962-64 Member of the supervisory board of RTF. Member of CODER (regional economic development committee) in Upper Normandy. 1965-68 Delegate to Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and to the Assembly of the WEU. Member of the Senate Committee on Cultural Affairs. Group of Independent Republicans. Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture; Member of the Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Transport. Liberal and Allies Group, France.

NORBERT HOUGARDY, born November 1, 1909, in Etterbeek. Studied for degree at the "Institut Superieur de commerce". 1939 President of the Brussels Young Liberals. 1940-45 Lieutenant Colonel in the Resistance; decorations.

Journalist and Company Director. Senator for Brussels since 1956; Vice Chairman "Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès" (PLP); 1967-68 Vice President of the Senate; Member of the Committees on National Defence and Finance. Former Vice President of the European Parliament. Member of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and on Energy and Research. Vice Chairman of the Liberal and Allies Group, Belgium.

EDGAR JAHN, born November 21, 1914, in Neustettin (Pomerania). Studied history, law and political science in Berlin and Graz. Doctorate in political sciences. War service. Author and publisher since 1947. Chairman of "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Demokratischer Kreise" 1951-69. Vice Chairman of the refugee federation. Member of CDU since 1947. CDU Land Chairman for Brunswick and Member of the CDU Land executive for Lower Saxony. Member of the Bundestag since 1965. Vice Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection; Member of the Political Affairs Committee and the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the EEC-Turkey Association. ChristianDemocratic Group, Federal Republic of Germany.

SIR PETER KIRK, born May 18, 1928 in Oxford. Educated Marlborough College, Trinity College, Oxford, and Zurich University; President of the Oxford Union 1949. Former journalist, and director of public relations company. Also used to produce documentary films. Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden since 1965; represented Gravesend 1955–64. Under-Secretary for War 1963-64; Under-Secretary of Defence for the Army 1964; Under-Secretary of Defence for the Navy 1970-72. Delegate to the Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the WEU for the whole period of his membership of the House of Commons except for the time that he was serving as a junior Minister. Member of the Political Affairs Committee and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. Chairman of the European Conservative Group, United Kingdom.

THOMAS NOLAN, born July 27, 1921 in Carlow, Ireland, 1939-46, Army officer. Wholesale distributor. 1961-65, Member of the Senate. Deputy (Fianna Fail Party) for Carlow-Kilkenny since 1965. 1964-66, Member of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. 1969-73, Dáil Committee of Public Accounts, Member of Carlow County Council since 1960; Muine Bheag Town Council since 1955. Vice Chairman of the Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and Education; Member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation. Member of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Ireland.

LUIGI M. ROSATI, born on August 21, 1914, in Romeno (Trento), Italy. Graduate of the University of Torino. Founder and President of various social, cultural and sport organizations. Fought in the Resistance during the 2d World War and imprisoned. Vice President of the joint Parliamentary Committee of the ECC/Greece Association. Member of the Committee on the Social Affairs, Employment and Education. Member of the Christian Democrat Group, Italy. WILLEM J. SCHUIJT, born June 27, 1909, in Amsterdam. Doctor of Philosophy and Letters. Schoolteacher 1929-45. Member of executive of advisory committee of Resistance 1943-46. Journalist (Paris correspondent of an Amsterdam newspaper, and of Catholic broadcasting service) 1950-56. Deputy secretarygeneral of "Nouvelles équipes internationales" in Paris 1952-57. Substitute at Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, and at Assembly of WEU 195760. Member of the municipal council of The Hague since 1970. Member of the Second Chamber of the States-General 1956-71. Member of the First Chamber of the States-General 1971. Member of the Political Affairs Committee, the Legal Affairs Committee, and the Committee on Development and Cooperation. Member of the Restricted Bureau of the Christian-Democratic Group, Netherlands.

JAMES SCOTT-HOPKINS, born November 29, 1921, in London. Educated Eton and Oxford. Marketing Consultant. Regular Army commission, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry until 1949 when he retired from the Army and became a farmer. Member of the N.F.U. and the Institute of Directors. M.P. for North Cornwall 1959-66, and for Derbyshire West since 1967. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1962-64. Joint Parliamentary UnderSecretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Vice President of the European Parliament. Vice Chairman of the Committee on External Economic Relations, Member of the Political Affairs Committee, and the Committee on Agriculture. Vice Chairman of the European Conservative Group, United Kingdom.

GEORGES SPENALE, born November 29, 1913, in Carcassonne, France. "Licencié en droit." Graduate of "Ecole Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer." 193839, Economic Bureau of French Guinea; 1939-40, military service; 1941-42, district officer in Upper Volta ; 1942-43, labor inspector in Ivory Coast; 1943-45, military service; 1946-48, head of the office for the Federation of Equatorial Africa; 1949-50, head of the Information Service of the Ivory Coast; 1951-53, head of the Cameroon Office; 1953-54, Secretary General of Cameroon; 1954-55, Acting High Commissioner in Cameroon; 1955-56, Deputy Director of Political Affairs of French Overseas départments; 1956, Governor of French overseas départments; 1956-57, principal private secretary to Gaston Defferre, Minister, of French overseas départements in the Mollet Government; and 1957-62, High Commissioner of France in Togo (until independence). Political career: 1962, Deputy for Tarn départment in the National Assembly; 1964, Conseiller général of Rabastens (Tarn), Member of the European Parliament; 1965, Mayor of Saint-Sulpice (Tarn); 1966-67, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Association with Greece; 1967-75, Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the European Parliament; 1968-71, Member of the Steering Committee of the French Socialist Party; 1974-March 1975, Chairman of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament; February 1975, Vice President of the Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées; and March 1975, President of the European Parliament, France.

MICHAEL STEWART, born November 6, 1906, in Bromley, Kent, England. Educated Christ's Hospital, and St. John's College, Oxford. President of the Oxford Union 1929. Army Intelligence Corps, 1931-42. Former teacher at Merchant Taylor's and the Coopers' Company Schools. M.P. for Fulham since 1950; represented East Fulham 1945–50. Secretary of State for Education and Science 1964-65; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1965-66 and 1968; Secretary of State for Economic Affairs 1966-67; First Secretary of State 1967-68; Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1968-70; Chairman of the Select Committee on Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 1970. Member of the Political Affairs Committee, Vice Chairman of the Socialist Group, United Kingdom.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

BILL ARCHER, Republican, of Houston, Tex.; born in Houston, Tex., March 22, 1928; attended Rice University, 1945-46; University of Texas, B.B.A., LL.B., 1946-51; served in the U.S. Air Force, Korea; elected to Texas House of Representatives, 1966; reelected, 1968; attorney and businessman; president, Uncle Johnny Mills, Inc., 1953-61; married; five children; elected to 92d Congress, November 3, 1970; reelected to both 93d and 94th Congresses; member, Committee on Ways and Means; ranking Republican, Subcommittee on Social Security; member, Subcommittee on Trade; member, White House Commission on Regulatory Reform; chairman, Republican Study Committee Task Force on Regulatory Reform.

EDWARD G. BIESTER, JR., Republican, of Furlong, Pa.; born in Trevose, Pa., January 5, 1931; attended Doylestown public schools, and the George School; graduated from George School, 1948; graduated from Wesleyan University, 1952; graduated from Temple University School of Law, 1955; admitted to Pennsylvania Bar 1956; assistant district attorney Bucks County, 1958-64; member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Bucks County Bar Association; past president, Doylestown Kiwanis Club; member of board of directors, Bucks County Bar Association; married the former Elizabeth Ruth Lauffer, April 10, 1954; four children; Ann Meredith, Edward G., III, James Paul, and David Robertson; elected November 8, 1966. PHILIP M. CRANE, Republican, of Mt. Prospect, Ill.; born in Chicago, Ill., November 3, 1930; educated at DePauw University, Hillsdale College, University of Michigan, and University of Vienna, and received M.A. and Ph. D. degrees from Indiana University; served with the U.S. Army, on active duty, 1954–56; 2 years, advertising manager, Hopkins Syndicate, Inc.; taught at Indiana University for 3 years before moving to Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., in 1963 where he taught United States and Latin American history until 1967; served as director of schools, Westminster Academy, Northbrook, Ill., 1967-68; in 1962, employed by the Republican Party as a public relations expert; in 1964, served as director of research for the Illinois Goldwater Organization; at the request of Richard Nixon, served as one of his advisers and researchers on political and national

issues, 1964-68; trustee of Hillsdale College; director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute; serves on the National Advisory Board of Young Americans for Freedom; married Arlene Catherine Johnson of Chicago; seven girls, one boy: elected to the 91st Congress, by special election, November 25, 1969, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld; reelected to 92d, 93d, and 94th Congresses; member, Committee on Ways and Means.

MILLICENT FENWICK, Republican, of Bernardsville, N.J.: born February 25, 1910, in New York City; attended Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Va., 1923-25; attended Columbia University, 1933; New School for Social Research, 1942; associate editor, Conde Nast Publications, 1938-52; served on the Bernardsville Board of Education; chairman of the Bernardsville Recreation Commission; served on the Bernardsville Borough Council, 1958-64; elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1969 and reelected in 1971; State Director of Consumer Affairs, 1971-74; two children: Mary Reckford and Hugh H.; eight grandchildren; elected to the 94th Congress, November 5, 1974; committee assignments: Banking, Currency, and Housing; and Small Business.

PAUL FINDLEY, Republican, of Pittsfield, Ill.; born June 23, 1921, in Jacksonville, Ill.; graduated from Illinois College, A.B. degree, LL.D. (honorary), 1973; Phi Beta Kappa; Lindenwood College, D.H.L. degree (honorary), 1969; engaged in the printing and publishing business and publisher of two weekly newspapers; married to former Lucille Gemme; two children, Craig and Diane ; veteran World War II; elected to the 87th Congress November 8, 1960; reelected to 88th through 94th Congresses; member, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Agriculture; secretary, International Movement for Atlantic Union; author, The Federal Farm Fable (Arlington House, 1968).

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 a Ph. D., 1964; Served in the U.S. Navy with the rank of lieutenant, 1951-55, 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 University; 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; married to the former Marjorie Heim, 1952; three children: Cindy, Judy, and John; elected to the 94th Congress, November 5, 1974.

DONALD MACKAY FRASER, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, of Minneapolis, Minn.; attorney and former State senator 1954–62; born in Minneapolis, February 20, 1924; educated in Minneapolis public schools and University of Minnesota, B.A., cum laude, 1944, L.L.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 to present; active in D.F.L. Party since 1947: Congressional adviser on the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Seabeds Committee; 1973 national chairman, Americans for Democratic Action; married to former Arvonne Skelton; six children (one deceased); partner in former firm of Lindquist, Fraser & Magnuson: elected to the 88th Congress, November 6, 1962; reelected to the 89th, 90th, 91st, 92d, 93d, and 94th Congresses.

L. H. FOUNTAIN. Democrat, of Tarboro, N.C.; born in village of Leggett. Edgecombe County, N.C., April 23, 1913: son of the late Sallie (Barnes) and Lawrence H. Fountain; educated in public schools Edgecombe County and at University of North Carolina-A.B. and J.D. degrees; married Christine Dail of Mount Olive, N.C.: one daughter, Nancy Dail Fountain: World War II veteran of 4 years service; North Carolina State senator 1947-52: Presbyterian elder; member, board of trustees, St. Andrews Presbyterian College; elected November 4, 1952.

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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; Timonthy, 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; served in U.S. Army 5 years during World War II; elected November 6, 1962. Member of Ways and Means Committee.

BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, Republican, of Middletown, N.Y.; born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., December 6, 1922; educated in the public schools of Middletown and graduated from Middletown High School, 1941; B.S., Wharton School of Business and Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1946; L.L.B., New York Law School, 1950; veteran of World War II; appointed assistant attorney general, New York State Department of Law, 1953; formed law firm of Gilman and Gilman; attorney for New York State's Temporary Commission on the Courts; served in the New York State Assembly, 1967-72; married Jane Prizant, 1952; five children; elected to the 93d Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to the 94th Congress; member of International Relations Committee, Select Committee on the MIA, Post Office and Civil Service Committee, Republican Task force on Energy and Resources, Congressional Advisor to Law of the Sea Conference; appointed to United States Military Academy Board of Visitors, 1973.

WILLIAM LEONARD HUNGATE, Democrat, of Troy, Mo.; born in Benton, Ill., December 14, 1922; Central Methodist College; University of Michigan; graduated from Missouri University, A.B. degree, 1943; and Harvard Law School, L.L.B. degree, 1948; partner in the law firm of Hungate & Grewach, Troy, Mo., 1956-68; prosecuting attorney of Lincoln County, and special assistant to the attorney general, 1958-64; a veteran of World War II; married Dorothy N. Wilson of Cyrene, Mo.; two children, David and Kay (Mrs. Branson L. Wood III); elected to the 88th Congress, November 3, 1964, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clarence Cannon; reelected to the 89th, 90th, 91st, 92d, 93d, and 94th Congresses; member of House Judiciary Committee, chairman, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice; Committee on Small Business, chairman, Subcommittee on Regulatory Agencies.

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 the U.S. Marine Corps, 1952-56; prosecuting attorney, Eighth Judicial District, Colorado; municipal judge, Ault, Colo., 1962-65; member, Pondre 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 the 94th Congress, November 6, 1974.

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; Mason, married Dorothy Ann McAulay, 1957; three children; Jimmy, Emily, and Benson; elected to the 93d Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to the 94th 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 of the University of Maryland, 1967; educational director for Headstart for three central Minnesota counties, 1968; curriculum coordinate 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

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