Show V foreign 0 reign affairs CHARLES A EATON N J new chairman of the foreign affairs com committee usually follows republican party policy on domestic matters and the line on foreign aff affairs airs eaton baton was a delegate to the united nations conference in san francisco and an alternate delegate to the general assembly in london he voted for the united nations implementation bill in 1945 and for the loan to ta britain in 1946 he also voted for the amendment to the appropriation in 1945 prohibiting hi use of the funds in countries t denying freedom to american press correspondents eaton who has been in congress since s ince 1925 was born bom in nova scotia 79 years ago and spent most of his early life in canada he Is an ordained baptist minister and has held pastorates past orates in V toronto cleveland and new york concurrently he worked as a newspaper man serving as canadian correspondent spon dent of the old new york tribune and boston tran eaton script and as special correspondent of the london times he also has specialized in industrial relations and tor for a time was head of the industrial du relations department of the national lamp works general electric company the fifth new jersey district which eaton represents Is in the north central part of the state and Is s predominantly industrial and residential dent ial A considerable part of its population in 1940 commutes to work in new york city both the CIO and are well organized in the district and national association of manufacturers and chamber of commerce also have substantial membership veterans affairs EDITH NOURSE ROGERS 01 MASS ASS chairman of the new committee on veterans affairs is especially interested in disabled veterans but tn in general she is sympathetic with most of the alms of major veterans organizations the new committee takes over functions of the old committees on pensions invalid pensions and world war veterans legislation mrs rogers primary purpose in the new committee she said recently is to rework the entire body of existing law on veterans pensions disability rogers compensation and life insurance so as to remove the inequities which have arisen under it as a result of its piecemeal growth mrs rogers 65 years old Is a former social service administrator who served in europe in the red cross in world war 1 I she was first elected to congress in 1925 to fill ALL the vacancy caused by the death of her husband during the also she served as the personal representative of presidents harding coolidge and hoover in the care of disabled veterans on controversial matters mrs rogers votes with the majority ol of her republican colleagues about two thirds of the time and deserts them to side with the democrats about one third of the time on almost the only controversial veterans matter to come before congress in 20 years mrs rogers voted against overriding the soldiers bonus veto in 1836 1936 the fifth massachusetts district which mrs rogers represents in bludes parts of essex and middle sex counties bordering the boston metropolitan area it hs has some small farms but Is primarily rest dent lal ial there Is little industry ex |