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...ERVIN JR., 76, chairman, a Democrat from North Carolina, is perhaps more suited for the job than any other member of the Senate. His political ambitions behind him, he is respected for his fairness and for an understanding of constitutional issues that he gained from service on the North Carolina Supreme Court...
HERMAN E. TALMADGE, 59, a Georgia Democrat, is a plainspoken, cigar-chomping Senate veteran who had to be prodded into serving on the committee. "I don't have the time nor the resources nor the inclination to be a private eye," he explains. Whatever Ervin does will be all right with Talmadge...
HOWARD H. BAKER JR., 47, ranking Republican member, is a moderate conservative from Tennessee who still has political ambitions (he has twice tried to gain the Senate G.O.P. leadership). Working closely with Ervin, he will try to get at the truth without alienating his fellow Republicans...
JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, 57, Democrat from New Mexico, served eight years in the House before he was elected to the Senate in 1964. Not a Senate power, he is likely to follow Ervin's lead...
Mitchell and Stans will also be called before the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, headed by North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin Jr., which is scheduled to begin its televised public hearings this Thursday. They may well turn out to be not only one of the most absorbing and significant television series ever, but also one of the most fateful political dramas in U.S. history...