Show james R mann giant ef of house DIM dies washington death thursday end nd ed the legislative career ol 01 Re ne presenta tive jamee james R mann of the second district long rated as a gaint of the house bews of mr manna mann a death was a shiek to the house for few of hia his most intimate friends knew of hia tie illness beyond the statement that he had been confined to hie his home by a cold minority leader in the house during the eight years of dem deretic control representative mann saw the go to gillette of massachusetts when rhen I 1 11 la party again came into power there but it if the fail fall are of his party in caucus to select him as speaker left any arty tinge of bitterness with the veteran member hs h s friends never saw ca an of it declining then the proffered leader ship of the magor ltv mann thereafter continued to exercise a power equal to it not greater than that of the th speaker himself as chalman chairman of the committo on committees which chcon con the makeup of the bouse house commit tees |