1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for JANUARY, 1965 179RE-ELECTED: Paul G. Rogers, Florida '42, Florida 6th; Frank Chelf, Centre '30, Kentucky 4th; Robert J. Corbett,Allegheny '27, Pennsylvania 18th; Richard W. Boiling, Sewanee '37, Missouri 5th.but interrupted his congressional career to servea term as Sheriff of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh).Elected in 1944 from the 27th District ofPennsylvania and re-elected continuously since,Brother James G. Fulton was the featured banquetspeaker for the 54th General Conventionof * A e, held at Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania,in 1962. During his period in Congress he hasbeen an active Republican member of the Scienceand Astronautics Committee, the VeteranAffairs Committee, and, for fourteen years, wasa member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.Next in seniority among the Phi Congressmenis a Texan, Clark W. Thompson (Oregon '18),whose present tenure dates back to August, 1947,when he was elected to fill a vacancy in theTexas 9th District. He has been re-elected ineach election since then. Brother Thompsonhad previously served in the 73rd Congress. Hehas served on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,Agriculture, and, during the last Congress, onthe powerful Ways and Means Committee.Brother Thompson is a Democrat.Two brothers began their Congressional careersduring the 81st Congress. Richard W.Boiling (Sewanee '37) has been representing the5 th Missotiri District continuously since January3, 1949. A Democrat of Kansas City, he isa meinber of the Joint Economic Committeeand the House Committee on Rules, which regulatesthe flow of legislation.William B. Widnall (Brown '26), after manyyears in the new Jersey State Assembly, wassuccessful as the Republican candidate to fillan unexpired term from the New Jersey 7thDistrict in a special election held February 6,1950, and has won re-election in each succeedingelection. He has served on the Bankingand Currency Conunittee and on two jointassignments, the Joint Economic Committeeand the Joint Committee on Defense Production.In the 82nd Congress convening in January,1951, two Phis entered upon their duties as Congressmen.John Jarman (Westminster '36) wasthe Democrat winner in the 1950 election forCongressman from the Oklahoma 5th District,and William L. Springer (DePauw '31), a Republican,won as the Representative in Congressfrom the 22nd Illinois District. Both remainedin Congress since their original victoriesin 1950. Interestingly, both Phis have beenRE-ELECTED: William L. Springer, DePauw '31, Dlinois 22nd; Gamer E. Shriver, Wichita '34, Kansas 4th; JohnJarman, Westminster '36, Oklahoma 5th; William B. Widnall, Brown '26, New Jersey 7th.