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PD-384 iRev. 10-19-77) { (Mount Clipping in Space. Below) , be Targets Have tittle * 2 ot — a ~ .. - \ : come a see . 4 % wea f q..0 ~~ ee ty — a vig ByAlan Ehrehhat, Pes Wabhinston Star Staff Writer --, <Operation‘Abscam :has implicated a 4 a:diverse group-of legislators, in- Rep. Frank Thomp ' cnae . ; “ , . ompson Jr., D-N.J. ‘ ‘cluding House and Senate committee ovittys irreverent and prormne. . ° err’ ov) . a , chairmen, a mocratic member of . .Frank Thompson has prided himself (indicate pase, name of the: House. ethics;committee, and a on the reputation:he hgs éarned’as a newspaper, cily and state.) -fiercely,conservative Republican. reformer in hi§13,House térms; ~ , Some, have been. involved in past investigations; others-have sérved a ‘quarter-century-in Congress without He supported; revision of ‘labor laws early in his caréetiand nar- rowly escaped serious<injury when ° u L 1 ——/ “hintof scandal. — ‘thugs threw acid at him outside the LQ) V3 ‘Profilesoftheeight: —- Capitol in 1958. He fought closed abo ed so House ‘procedures and autocratic “ Sen, Harrison A. Williams, D-N.J. committee chairmen in: the 1960s, — . a i) f,. More than any other U.S. senator, and challenged.Wayne Hays for con- & f { ‘Harrison’ (Pete) Williams. has’ trol of the important House Adminis- “emerged in the. past decade as organ~ tration Committee in.1975. ; : +ized<labor’s.indispensable-man on | When Hays was finally-forced out — Y A - & ‘Capitol Hill. . in 1976, Thompson took over the ‘ Ten years-ago, a series of defeats _ committee and reorganized the loose . ‘and-retirements made Williams the: personal expense system that al- ‘heir-apparent to-the chairmanship lowed members to pocket large sums — ofthe ‘Labor and Public Welfare of cash without reporting them. . Committee. Unions helped pull him Thompson has:devoted much of through an uphill re-election cam- his time to federal support for the paign that year, and helped again, in arts, and to création of the National —_— less dire circumstances, when he Endowment for the’ Arts, But in re- was re-elected to his fourth term in cent years, most of :his‘legislative 1976. : “4 . work has been.with labor —-as a During his first two Senate terms, loyalist, notacritic. ‘ — sWillianis:was kriown for his work on It was Thompson ‘wlio led the mass transit issues, his opposition to fights.in.1976 for common site pick- ‘the Vietnam War, and for a stormy eting ‘legislation and-in 1977 for ‘personal life. He was censured by labor law revision. “I guess I’m Date: ye ~q- ‘the New Jersey. NAACP in 1968 for generally: thought of.-as. the: one eg KO : appearing drunk’at a civil rights around ‘here who carries thé ldad for Edition: : tbreakfast. In the 1970 campaign, Wil- labor,” he said. “And I guess I do.” sliams admitted having a drinking . og . “problem, said he had conquered it, ‘Rep. John M. Murphy, D-N.Y. wa, ;fand-managed to avoid serious criti- An honors graduate of.the U.S. Title: | icisin:, | ; Military Academy, John Murphy is “2 -As chairman of:Labor,and Public viewed in the House as a man who «Welfare (now the;Human Resources knows how to lead. He lias used the, Character: Committee), Williamis:has been-in- ° seemingly innocuous Merchant Ma- dracter: ¥strumental in passage-of massive. \ rine and Fisheries Committee .to or »pension reform,chealth bills ‘and gain legislative leverage over. a vari: Classification: other, social welfare legislation. ety of policy areas, And“he:was: thé Submitting Office: f *He;is also chairman of-a Banking, | principal power broker in the recent. . ‘ subcommittee with control over the passage of legislation implementing #securitiés:industry,"which helped President Carter’s Patiama: Canal *; himéin’his’ 1976°Canipaign: financial . treaties. But he has never managed: ednStitutions :provided: almost as ; to break free of suspicion about his iinuch-money-forshimfncontribu- methods and his involvements. tons? that years asedid organized - Aclose ally of the:maritime indus-., kG a ne try, Murphy was criticized’in :1977- . for receiving-nearly $10,000:from . industry-officials at:a fundraiser: | hile, his committee.was holding: i “hearts on cargo preference'legis:. | [_ an F os