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Long-serving GOP chairmen lead House committees
A Washington survey finds 17 Republican committee chairmen average 17 years in Congress. Harold Knutson leads with 30 years, while Fred Bradley has eight. Noted chairmen include Clifford Hope of Kansas Agriculture and Clare Hoffman of Michigan Expenditures, with Eaton of New Jersey Foreign Affairs and Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts Veterans Affairs shaping postwar policy.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
G.O.P
Corvina
Congress
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Tower House
Cong
Fred Bradley
Michigan
Clifford R. Hope
Kas
Agriculture Committee
Hope
Iowa
Pinney County
Garden City
Kansas
Clare E. Hoffman
House
Hoffman
Pennsylvania
Northwestern University
Allegan
CIO
Charles A. Eaton
N. J
Vandenberg
Eaton
United Nations Conference
San Francisco
General Assembly
London
United Nations
Britain
UNRRA
Nova Scotia
Canada
Toronto
Cleveland
New York
Old New York Tribune
Boston Transcript
London Times
National Lamp Works
General Electric Company
New Jersey
New York City
AFL
National Association of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce
Edith Nourse Rogers
MASS
Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
Rogers
Europe
Red Cross
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Massachusetts
Essex
Middlesex
Boston
Lowell