Show joe T oe martin of north A attleboro Att tt leboro mass leads GD G 0 P hopes in congress Q 7 IV V I 1 Z A A i 41 5 joe martin as he be appeared at the tl opening penin ff session of this years contress co by JOSEPH W labine his father was scotch I 1 his h nother mother was irish and joe jc martin is a bachelor at 54 a shirt sleeve executive whose smoke bears watching because because he has been named name republican publican le minority leader in i the house of representatives ordinarily a republican minority leader would be unimportant por tant but anything can and might happen in in the sev enty sixth congress with its strengthened G 0 P power and its growing number ot of independent democrats joe martins lob job Is to cement and give voice to the republican bartys victories last fall fail the bartys future may be staked on his ability to handle this job more hes now but one step removed from the coveted house ship now held by rep william B bankhead of alabama republicans like to think joe martin typifies the new kind of party leadership just emerging from the holocaust of the past eight years J joe oe was the son of a north attle boro mass blacksmith who began selling papers at the age of five graduated tonight to night switchboard operator in the local telephone office and ended up buying the towns daily paper at 24 he has a system hes been in congress ia 14 years having started his political career in the massachusetts legislature during the world war joe martins system is a thing aching of wonder and it probably accounts tor for his constant success to every voter in bis his district he be sends a circular announcing noun cing the be day he will be available at the given post office to hear complaints praise threats demands and coaxes it will be no surprise ii if martin so someday meday becomes a leading republican presidential possibility A liberal w he belongs to the national committee mitt ee and was a member of the congressional campaign committee which contributed so much to last autumns victory he radiates personality sona lity cuts through red tape and gets things done short only 5 feet 4 inches he is nevertheless the biggest man in north Att attleboro AtOe boro leboro he has many hobbles hobbies irea greatest test of which Is his 77 year old invalid mother whom he visits almost eve every ry weekend week end despite the pressure of duties at washington with her his widowed eldest sister and her children he lives in the unpretentious family home at north attleboro Att leboro one brother charles manages the newspaper A nephew george W kelley Tria manages nages the congress mans large insurance business N baseballs another hobby bobby hes an ardent baseball fan rarely missing a professional ganie game at washington Amon among ghis his close acquaintances qu quain ain are several members of the senators and the boston red sox joe the least bit frightened when he came up tor for rea election reelection re i last fall against a str strong ong democratic opponent in one of the states largest industrial districts where heads beads of families were on government sponsored pay payrolls iolli he weri won by plurality bothin bothin 1932 and 1938 1936 the district gave president roosevelt a huge plurality but that seem to affect joe martins popularity the reason for his bis success provably probably it took root in his childhood days when the village blick blacksmith smith made his family to toe e the marle mark religiously in those days joe ri re j calls he be had 1 to be home nightly at next morning he had to get up with the lark to peddle papers at 12 tie fie went toworu in a 4 jewelry store A few years later latek he was bras j a star stai iceolar scholar in ii high school hard work nork and application 0 lo 10 o the job had casta cast a die joe martin is ii the result |