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csBy L tWiHENCE E. TAYLOR
i ' shii inion CAorespondent
of the Post.Dispatch
WASHINGTON
0Nv ABOUT MAY 7, the first
xes o evidence that utinately
accult or impeach President
chard M. Nixon will be placed
he hands of 38 diverse politi-
ns-the me-bers of the House
udiciarv Coirn ittee.
As a whole, the committee is
unger than most on Capitol Hi!
d prohbb!v a bit more liberal.
has more Northern Democrats
fever Southern conservatives
.a the norm.
z cammattee's 36 men and two wo-
n, are di layers and they pride theta-
es an tne-r -'cic-sess is handling
e : 'uad of egislata that is
-m now lies a nun-legislative
sa : wci~l e'e d not only on the
but the perso'alty and pllilcal
nat or of each member as well.
sethes of each
t cou d bear on tneir decisions.
The committee s 21 Democrats are pre-
ented today; sketches of the 17 Repub-
icans will be published Monday
?ETR W RODINO JR. - Tike mos.
air:un On Capitol Hill he wields
ea; po,er in dc din;' wh" his Judi-
Sd cuss her n n wat it wi'l
kot 'a has won praise from Repub
and e mocrats a-ke and if he has
op n "on a;,cu, Mr. Nixons ir pich-
nt e ha kept it to himsef. H.s
;:e ado, n ,at the Presier.: arnd
ver aat ng to
.te cc-miteewn 'ir.appro-
p r nar-sw obsta.
ces nave n prevented Rodino from
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th ' des: a sme new coalition, wi'h
or st Brandt, probably would be
> ether , govern until the next na-
.al ections in ;6.
1l ' this av be headed off, for the
Social Ge,*.sm are using all their pcl-
s. b; guru 'o bombard Lower Sax-
ory -Ah a b z o campai;ning. Brandt
was mere last week on a nor-
cal. "infornmica!:" trip that
'red more ice whistle s'np tear
pn nything Ilse. Friends di-k that
Chyce r, who is a man ot riertu-
rirods and who raceniy appears to
a a'been srm'ewhat bored ad Wth-
rn. ow is hack . fighting trim.
ErRA,NDTS PROBLEMS are com-
ad- oy tning `e cannot control.
n-s is particularly true inte-nsatonally.
rere*te Fr .ht veto and Germany's
.et ha,.r t him from the dominant
'he miht -therwise have had in the
C^non .arket. Tien, too, the glow is
caring sff- as-p..i.ik," his daring
-rrteent with the Soviet Union,
e6ierminy and other Communist
Is an ironic situation for a mar.
e diplomacy won him the Nobel
c t Prize 1 1l. In tae statesmen's
'aue that v. cord. But he's
g to have to start hitting the ball
c of the infie-d s-,.persisting toward two stated objectives:
to meet the constitutional responsibili-
ties of the impeachment proceedings
and to guarantee fairness so the Presi-
dent.
Toward this end he has permitted the
Republican mirnority to talk and he has
kept t' Denmo-ratic majority compara-
tively silent. Ti;e chairman has used the
a rt of compromise to keep intact a
somelsmes shaky bipartisan determina-
tion to carry the proceedings to an or-
derly cosclusion.
Rodino is a small man, slender, who
favors dirk saits. At the age of 64 his
rep is Jaunty cad his manner friendly.
He is serving his thirteenth term :n the-
Hous :e.
With a constitaency in Newark, N. J.,
that is half brack, Rodino's political
stance has shifted in recent years. He
voted against Gerald R. Ford to be Vice
President, but presided over a commit-
tee confirmation hearing that even his
critics said was fair.
HAROLD D. DONOHUE - An elderly
and quiet m:.n front Worcester, Mass.,
Donohue is seen but seldom heard at
committee meetings. The one exception
came when he was designated to intro-
duce the subpena resolition for Mr. Nix-
on s tape recordings. "We had to check
with Donohue on the day of tne sits-
pena," a committee staffer said. "Some
days he is with us, and some days he's
not." Whether Donohue. at 73, is slow-
ing down that much is open to question,
but rumors persis: that this term, mis
fourteenth, is his last in the House. Al-
thiugh hi, 'iess os impeachment are
unst:ed, Denehue is expeCsta. so toli(
Rodino's lead.
JACK BRvtOS - A partisan Beau-
mont, Tea., Democrat of, the Landon B.
Johnson schost. Brooks maintains an
open contempt for Mr. Nixon. After his
subcormmittee investigated rart federal
e:uoenditures on Mir. Nixon's houses,
Brooks charged the President was "a
little bit venal." -In private he has used
stronger langiage. Partly because of his
naturally partisan manner and partly
because of Donohue's silence; Broeks
leads the Democratic counterattack when-
ever the Republican's balk at Rodine's
proposass. It is a role that Brooks, 52
years old and an eleven-term member,
says he enjoys.
ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER-A quiet
man, Kastenmeier has an almost profess-
orial air that befits someone representing
the university town of Madison, Wis. He
has been bitterly critical of Mr. Nixon
in the past, but has withheld his opin-
ions in public since tie impeachment in-
quiry begat. Unlike many liberals ob-
v i o u s I y i n favor of impeachment,
Kastenmeier is respected by his col-
leagues largely because of his compet-
e n c e in dealing with difficult issues
placed before his judiciary subcommit-
tee on administration of justice. He is
serving his eighth term.
DON EDWARDS-One of the stanchest
pro-impeachment committee members,
Edwards presents a study in contrasts.
On the er.e hand the liberal from San
Jose, Calif., has made little secret of
his desire to see Mr. Nixon out of of-
fice. On the other, he has clung tightly
to a code of fairness dictated by his
long-standing commitment to civil rights
causes. A former chairman of Ameri-
cans for Demccratic Action, Edwards
took the House floor last month to as-
s u r e Republicans that he and other
committee liberals would fight for legalrepresentation for Mr. Nixon in the
committee's hearings. Yet he is regard-
ed as a virtually certain yes vote on
impeachment. He is in his sixth term.
WILLIAM L. tUlNGATE - The only
committee member from Missount, aun-
gate is no friend of 'r. Nixon, b t ie
insists he will make his imp.c hment
decision o the basis of the evidence.
Regarded by his colleagues as an apt
student of politics, Hunate :as let
most of the discussion during coittee
sessions to others. He ha. infected a bit
of folksy humor occasionally as when he
moved to aocirn the sbpena meeting
before anyone got loI' from proloned
sitting Hungate, a resident of Troy and
sixtc-tern Representa-'v, has won is
spurs in Congress or actingg tough le-
gal. issues before' his subcomisttee on
federal crienmina- laws.
JO!-O CO4YER'S JR.-QO'e of three
blacks on the committee, Conyers ap-
pears 'o view the impeachment proceed-
ings wits a mixture of distrust of the
President and distrust of the committee.
He has complained of slowness in the
investigation and that the staff was
making all the decisions. Conyers, serv-
ing his fifth term, makes it clear that
he is impatient to get on with the work
and that he expects to help impeach the
President. This view is expected to win
h i m friends in Detroit, where blacks
make u 70 per cent of the voters,
JOSHUA EILBERG - merod: to
cores from a presumably sae ireo -
cratic district n
Eiliorg cannot ''-get that :is consiiu-
i s.- oted RI -ra IM""'n is 1)72
Despie t;s, he is i-si, in :
cow.m.tee memoer Wtho sepec:to
vote for im pachm-ent if the evidence
will support it. Eilberg, 3, is rarely
heard on c e committee, but his 'ate
has been one that Rodiro cued count
on, He is serving his foth ter,.
JEROME R. Wi,LIE; - . Th im.
peachanent tavessigatior-is lald's last
,etor: in his five-termireer i Con -
gress and he wants It to sccced. As a
candidate for the gubernatorial gomina-
tion in California, Waldle has used the
impeachment issue as a major p'eak in
his platform. This may hav hieid h in
at home, bat it has arouse some hard
feelings on ths Judiciary Comn'.Ce
where Rodino has worked hardtu keep
down the hat rhetoric.'B aldie con-
tinues to say that Mr. Nigen is-guilty of
criminal offenses. Waldie has also
backed the participation of Mr. Nixon's
attorneys in the impeachment hearings,
but he is considered a-sore vsse tor 'm-
peachment even if the evidence is 'at
overwhelming.
WALTER FLOhWERS A conserva-
tive from Tuscaloosa, Ala., Flcwers has
startled committee members swith his
angry outbursts against the President's
refusal to turn over evidence so aht for
t h e impeachment inquiry. But Demo-
crats are not taking him for granted as
a pro-impeachmr"est vote: His home di.-
trici which has sect him to Congress
for three terms, gave Mr.Jilixon It aer
cent support in 1972. Flowers him-
self is an al!y of Gov. George C. Wa!-
lace. Flowers has --mairitained a neutral
stance on impe'-.-cntuwt and his vote is
regarded 's a barome-'hr for judging the
South's pomion on impeachment,
JAMES R. MANN -Another Soatherri
conservative, Manr has also supported
the Democrats thus far in the investiga-
tion, Just how far that support may go
is an open question however. Man is
serving his third terni from Greenville,* -
5.
on'REPRESENTATIVE PETER W. RODINO JR'. discussing a Judiciary Committee document with Al' srt Jenner, minority
counsel Torine panes. ar a recenT session of ine comr'Iee,nepresehrstive 'rMaroci. ~Uonohue (Uern.,. Massachusetts, isseated next to Rodino. (AP Wirephoto)
one of the mast strongly Republi- i
ca.. districts in th sate, and he is not
ike"'y to overlok in this elecor yernr
that Mr. Ncon won S0 per cent of the
vste ther in 1972. But Mann railEctsi
the' grovi Souhern antiah toward
the a lays sm proG ed-
"rcce to :he :m=earrent invest,- - ci,
If this feeling gets much stronger and if
rm.nal evidence against the President t
s 'uand, then M! a n n, like Flowers, 1
could vote for imspeachment and make
it sink potically at hrme.
PAUL S. SARSANES - A solid sec-
ond-terma Democrat reflecting the blue-
coliar traditions of his constituents in . h
east Baltimore, Sarbanes has close ties
to tie ethnic Greeks there. More so, i
soime believe, than did another of Balti-
more's sons, Spiro T. Agnew. Ott the
committee, Sarbanes has backed Rodino
quietly and earned the respect of his
colleagues. While not reflecting any s
open "get Nixon" desire, Sarbanes, 41,
is thought likely to support irapeachnment.
JOHN F. SEIBERLING - A slender,
balding descendent of the Seiberling and
Grodyear tire manufacturing families in
Akron, 0. Seibering, 55, has liberal
credentials that place hint among those
ready ta vote for impeachment if a case
can be made. Although quiet by nature,
Seibserlirg surprised many on the com-
mittee in the subpena debate when he
suddenly pounded the desk and de-
noaced the Whtite House for its insults
and delaying tactics. He frequently sup-
ports Rodino's point of view. He is serv-
ing his second termi.
GEORGE E. DANIELSON - A two-
term liberal who has been slow to join
his other California colleagues in attack-
ing Mr. Nixon, Danielson is still re-ard-
ed as a likely impeachment supporter.
One reason is his home district in Los
Angeles which- has a large number of
blue-collar Chicano voters. Da-ielson,
59, is se:doms heard in committee de-
bates but his vote is one the Denocrats
can count on.
ROBERT F. DtINAN - Senate Repub-
lican leader Hugh Scott has been knownn private to cal' the Jesuit priest the
"Mad Monk." Drinan, it h-s second
erm, is probably a ccrtair vote on
he conmmitte for impeae . He
introduced i5e firstt 'a'peachment resolu-
ion against Mr Nixon last July, long
o move on the issue. Since '-en, he has
poken out frequently and Ioatdly abontt
he Preside'.is alleged wrongdoing. For
4 years before en:ering politics in New-
o, Mass., Drinan was dean of the
Boston Collage Law School. Although he
commands a considerable public follow-
n g , Drinan's Democratic colleagues
have often looked at him askance for
is outspoken and unyielding opposition
o the Vietnam War, his efforts to abol-
sh the House Internal Securities Com-
mittee, and now his drive for impeach-
ment.
CHARLES B. RANGED - Remem;er-
ng, perhaps, the flight of his predeces-
or, Adam Clayton Powell, she swo-term
Representative from Harlem in New
fork City tins began to talk about the
dangers of Mr. Nixon leaving the coun-
try during the impeachment proceed-
ings. In particular, Rangel has worried
about the President usi:,g foreign poit:cy
diversions ;o stave off impeachment.
Rangel, 43, is expected to vote for im-
peachment.
BARBARA C. JORDAN - It is gener
ally conceded t..t Ms. Jordan, 38, is
the brightest member of the Judiciary
Committee. She came to Congress from
Houston as :he first back coman ever
t o hold the position of president pro
temp-re of the Texas Senate. She and
Representative Andrew Young of Gear-
gia are the first blacks from the South
since the war between the states. Her
incisive mind and sharp wi: have
brought her to Rodino's attention and,
with his own black constituency to wor-
ry about, the chairman often has sought
her advice. Ms. Jordan is a liberal and
a likely supporter of impeachment. She
is respected as an abe and tragd. but
fair-minded politician. She is in he ist
term
RAY H. THORNTON - Unlike otherSoutherners on the ccmrnrt"ee, Thornton'
is a moder:e on rms: issues, despite
is u'ral d. n, rs.. consitiscy'.
's a Jud i'crsec i he
is a wildng ;,ar of the Fsrd-rock Demo-
cratc wall 1t in. BIt ai
pen- of the P ^ e s i e n t and o-..h
inverigative steps, ~`hornton, a tresn-
man in the s has d b-'a o y
owes his n r ;
old woman, frm Brookiyn because i
was she who, in 192, defeated the long-
time chairman, Eman,uel Ceer, is the
Democratic primary I her two yeas
s congress, e. Hol'tman has jo::d
the hberal ;;roup that has set its
on Mr. ix:>. As a fresnan, noweer,
she hans reso- t 'o pa r
and genera;y re'ram : -o ::
tacks on the President
WAYNE OWENS-
of Owens, 36. troks nire series every
day, for he is running fo: the Senate
a sta:e-Utah-'i l went -er Mr ';. ,
by f2 per cent in 1t - nis has lef: a
sobering mark on Gwens, who has sat
durog the impeachment proceedings in
silence, broke. orlv bv votes in suprt
of the Democraaic posit:n. 'Despita
campaign t'obieas' he is expected to
support impeachment if tie rest of the
Democrats do.
EDWARD MZiVI'NSKY-_. As a tr%-h
m'n Mzu.y has o-'sinaly i -
turbed his ce on the committee :n
his outspoke- "ews ab"t . Nix .
Such remark - are not usually hea:rd
from a first-t.. er, especially one ''a"
lowa. Sut --i tr.sky'os .srict icl s
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