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« The same year, Murphy confi | that he nad arranged a necting ia ‘Rep. John M. Murtha, D-Pa, 1973 between the Interstate Com- | Br Marine Corps major Whowon a merce Commission and Thom&s~—4; Vier Star and two Purple-Hearis Gambino, son of reputed New York tis Vietnam, Murtha has in six years City mafia boss Carlo Gambino. The ber wit an influential House mem- younger Gambino was having diffi. ber with close access to the formal culty obtaining ICC authorization The sa.9 power structure. for his trucking firm. MurpHy later ,, | 2¢ $3.200-a-year pa ‘ appeared before a grand jury on the took effect for members of Congress subject. y last year owes more to Murtha than’ In early 1979, it was,publicly re- 10 92Y other individual. As a mem- ported that Murphy was under ber of the House Appropriations investigation ‘by the Justice Depart- Committee, he.saw that pay raise: ment for‘possible tax evasion and /@guage was included in a legisla- failure to register a8 a foreign agent. 'V appropriations bill last spring The Staten Island Democrat was ac. When that bill was defeated on the House floor, Mirtha tried again, at- tive on behalf of the Pahlavi Foun- tachi ie on | ching a pay raise to an em propriation-bill. Along with other dation*a Tehran trust fund cen- trolled by the deposed shah of Iran. member’ embers of the House leadershi lobbied furiously for it in the weeks efore floor consideration, and pa- trolled the aisles the afternoon of the vote, helping to round up the Support needed to push the Dill Pd Appropriations Coinmittee, Murtha is a member of the Commmittee on Stantlards of Official Conduct, the ' chan}ber's ethic committee. Rep. John W. Jenrette Jr., DS.C. John Jenrette came to Congress in 1974 through the support of the emerging black electoraté in South Carolina, and he has been a close ally of his state’s black community ever since. ; Anative of Horry-County, scene of federal probes in-the past, Jenrette came to prominence in 1972 when he wrested the district's Democratic nomination from John McMillan, the aging chairman of the House Dis- | trict of Columbia Committee. He lost _ the general election that year, but ousted a. Republican in 1974, and won re-election comfortably in 1976 and 1978. Jenrette has been a member of the House Agriculture and Appropria- tions committees .and has. worked _ assiduously for the protection of tobacco, the area’s, most-important commodity. On other issues, he has generally been among the most moderate of the southern House Democrats, more willing thdn most to support national party goals. In 1979, he supported a welfare reform bill opposed by almost all Democrats from southern states. . em Rep. Michael (Ozzie) Myers, D-Pa, The best-known incident of Ozzie through. In addition.to serving on the 1 Myers’s, three-year congressional ca- reer is one he-would just as soon for- get. He was arrested in January of 1979 and charged with assaulting a security guard and-a cashier in an Arlirigton cocktail lounge. The arrest took place after a party. following Myers’ swearing-in for his second congressional: term.’ He .was jnitially charged with assault and battery, but- pleaded no contest to one count of disorderly conduct tinder an arrangement that allowed his record to be’cleared of the con- viction. . Otherwise, Myers has been a quiet member of the’Education and Labor Committee and’only an infrequent participant in House floor debate. A former cargo. checker on the Philadelphia docks, Myers rose in South Philadelphia Democratic poli- tics under the régime of Mayor Frank L. Rizzo. When a, vacancy de- veloped in the city’s congressional delegation in 1976, the party organ: ization chose Myers, and he was easily nominated and elected. Rep. Raymond F, Lederer, D-Pa. Like Myers, Lederer made his reputation in Philadelphia politics as a an organization Demécrat, one who ‘helped Mayor Rizzo when the chips were down. : A former football coach and probation officer in the Philadel- ‘phia-school system, Lederer served two terms in the Pennsylvania legis- e lature. When Democrat William J. Green left the U.S, House to run ffir the Senate in 1976,‘Lederer moved on to Congress. 1 * Lederer also succeeded to Green’s _ place on the Ways and Means Com- mittee, where ‘he has been a consist~ - sent liberal Democratic vote. He has worked hard for tariff protection for industries important to his area, and has been an active critic of subsidies to sugar producers. ~ ‘Rep. Richard Kelly, R-Fla. The only Republican reported to be under investigation, Kelly has .survived serious trouble before. ‘AS a local-judge in Florida, Kelly faced impeachment charges based on his treatment of defendants be- fore the bench. But he was never convicted by the state legisiature, and won election to the House in 1974. As a-House member, Kelly has -peen a maverick and a loner, a bitter critic of labor unions and the bu- reaucracy, who enjoys tearing into the liberal opposition on the House flpor. He has been among the cham- ber’s most consistent fiscal consery- atives, and this brought him extra attention in 1979 when it was discov- ered that he had overSpent his Howse expense allowance, forcing ‘him to pay money back to Congress. a * 1 4