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Show Senator Thomas' New Honor WHEN Utah's Senator Elbert D. Thomas took his seat in the United State senate for the first time and was named for membership on the senate committee on foreign relation, military mil-itary affairs, pensions, mines and mining and on education and labor, Washington correspondents correspon-dents remarked on the unusual distinction he had gained. Now, in hi first term, he is appointed ap-pointed chairman of th committee on education educa-tion and labor. This I nothing short of phenomenal phenom-enal advancement Thia committee easily rank among the firt five senate committees in Importance Im-portance and entails large and arduous labors and heavy responsibilities on its members and especially so upon the chairman. The chairmanship was made vacant by the appointment of the then Senator Hugo Black to an associate judgeship on the supreme bench. Senator Walsh then became ranking member of the committee, but preferred to retain his chair, manshlp of the naval affairs committee. Senator Copeland, who ranked next, wanted to remain as head of the commerce committee. Senator Thomas, who came next in line, was chosen and accepted th post Tuesday. Twenty years spent as a professor at the University Uni-versity of Utah and as a teaching fellow at University Uni-versity of California, wide travel in the Far East and in Europe and (pecialization in international law, political science, history and labor problem prob-lem gives him an unusual background for effective ef-fective service in the committee he now hesds and in the others on which he holds membership. member-ship. He has doctorates in philosophy, lsw and literature. Senator Thomas' elevation to a chairmanship awards him distinction and honor. Once more a Utah, man directs favorable attention to his native na-tive state. The appointment earns congratulation congratula-tion from his constituency. |