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I U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
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A Young, Powerful Force
Senator Sam Nunn,
elected to the U.S. Senate
in November 1972, is a
member of the Govern
ment Operations Com
mittee, Armed Services
Committee, the Budget
Committee, and the Select
Committee on Small
* Business. He is Chairman
of the Armed Services
Subcommittee on Man
power and Personnel,
Chairman of the Govern
ment Operations Sub
committee on Oversight
Procedures, and a
member of the Govern
ment Operations Per
manent Subcommittee on
Investigations.
From his committee
positions and in general
legislative activity,
Senator Nunn made
*'.ignificant contributions to
She 93rd Congress.
Government
Operations
As a member of
Government Operations,
he helped shape a bill
aimed at reforming the
current federal budgetary
procedure. The
Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act
was signed in to law in
July, 1974 with three Nunn
amendments attached.
One of these amendments
\equires Congress to
(decide on overall spending
levels at the beginning of
the budget process before
considering any spending
bills for the next fiscal
year. Another closes a
"backdoor spending"
loophole which would have
allowed millions of dollars
to be spent without the
Appropriations Committee
review. This bill also
created the new Budget
Committee of which Nunn
is now a member.
Senator Nunn has been
'.n the forefront of the
Senate's efforts to cut
federal spending and has
authored, sponsored and
cosponsored several
measures to accomplish
this goal. He was recently
honored with the "Wat
chdog of the Treasury"
award for being the
number two Senator in
voting to cut federal
spending.
Currently before the
Government Operations
Committee is a bill
authored and introduced
fby Senator Nunn which is
designed to increase our
nation's productivity.
Armed Services
The 93rd Congress
adopted an amendment
offered by Senators Nunn
and Jackson which
requires the NATO allies to
pick up a larger share of
the cost of maintaining
U.S. troops in Europe or
face a reduction in those
troops. The amendment
asks the allies to offset any
balance of payments
deficits incurred as a
result of the deployment of
U.S. troops in Europe.
In the spring of 1974,
following a two-week tour
of U.S. NATO installations,
Senator Nunn filed a
comprehensive report on
the stauts of the American
NATO commitment. From
this report came three
amendments, now law,
offered by Senator Nunn
that affect the U.S. NATO
commitment. The first
amendment directs a 20
i percent reduction in the
number of non-combat
Army troops in Europe.
The amendment
simultaneously allows the
Defense Department to
increase the combat
strength of the Army in
Europe by as much as the
number of non-combat
positions cut. The
Secretary of the Army
indicated in a recent an
nouncement that the Army
is already taking steps to
imeet the requirements of
this provision.
The major objective of
the second NATO amend
ment is to reduce the risk
of nuclear war in Europe.
Besides directing a study
of U.S. tactical nuclear
strategy in Europe, the
amendment prohibits any
increase in the present
number of tactical nuclear
warheads.
The third amendment in
the NATO package focused
on the need for greater
weapons standardization.
The Nunn amendment is
aimed at avoiding the
duplication of equipment
which has multiplied costs
in the past and eroded
combat effectiveness. The
amendment requires the
Department of Defense to
develop proposals for
improved standardization
of weapons systems with
the aim of developing a
policy of commonality in
research, procurement,
and support with
American NATO allies.
Senator Nunn has
recently tiled another
report with the Armed
Services Committee; this
one is a result of his three
week trip in January, 1975
to U.S. military bases in
the Pacific. Focusing on
Vietnam, the report
examines the painful
options facing Congress in
determining the level of
future aid to this war-torn
country.
Select Committee
on Small
business
On the Small Business
Committee, Senator Nunn
Organized In 1938
Perry Kiwanis
Club Is City's
OldesrGroup
The Perry Kiwanis Club
is the oldest of the city's
service and civic groups,
having been organized in
1938. Charter members
living in Perry are W.K.
Whipple, Francis Nunn,
A.C. Pritchett, Sr., Joe
Beddingfield and E.P.
Staples. Two so the charter
group living elsewhere are
Max Moore and Rev. J.A.
Ivey. Three of the group
are deceased: Claud E.
Andrew, John L. Hodges,
and Sam A. Nunn, Sr.
Kiwanis Men of Year
The Perry Kiwanis Club
was given a handsome
plaque in 1945 to be
awarded annually to some
member for outstanding
service to the community.
Bealy Smith of Atlanta,
then general agent for
Georgia of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
of Hartford, Conn, was the
donor of this plaque.
This award was
designated as "Man of the
Year" although service
over a period of years was
taken into consideration in
selecting the recipients. A
secret committee ap
pointed by the club
president names the
Kiwanis member to
receive this honor each
year. The name of each
man selected is engraved
on the plaque.
The original plaque
contains thirteen names,
as follows: Sam A. Nunn
Sr., E.M. Beckham, J.
Alva Davis Sr., Charles P.
Gray, S.W. Hickson Sr.,
Gardner Watson, Mayo
Davis, Cooper Etheridge,
George C. Nunn, J.M.
Tolleson, Stanley Smith,
Eric P. Staples and Geo.
Francis Nunn.
The Kiwanis Club
purchased a new plaque to
replace the original which
was filled with names of
those honored from 1945
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Sen. Sam Nunn
has been the sponsor of
legislation designed to
reduce the paperwork
burden on small
businesses. He has also
worked on legislation to
assist small businesses
during our energy
problem. Two of his
amendments are now law.
One states that small
through 1957. The men who
have been honored from
1958 are as follows: Dr.
A.G. Hendrick, W.K.
Whipple, W. Eugene
Beckham, J.M. Gooden,
E.P. Staples, Marion L.
Brown, Louis Harper, Dr.
J.R. "Bo" Arnall, L. Cohen
Walker, Malcolm Reese,
Jim Geiger, Yates Green
and Hugh Lawson.
Others are: J.M.
Tolleson, Jr., Sam. A.
Nunn, Jr., Dr. J.L.
Gallemore, Rev. J.B.
Smith, and Warren Hodge.
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Georgia's
Interim
Senators
John S. Cohen was ap
pointed by Governor
Richard B. Russell, Jr. to
succeed William J. Harris,
who died April 18, 1930, as
U.S. Senator from
Georgia. Mr. Cohen, editor
of The Atlanta Journal,
served from April 27, 1932
to Jan. 12, 1933 when Gov.
Russell, who had been
elected in the November
general election, suc
ceeded him as senator and
served 38 years.
When Senator Russell
died in February 1971,
Governor Jimmy Carter
appointed David Gambrell
to succeed him. Senator
Gambrell served until
November 1972 when Sam
A. Nunn, Jr. of Perry
succeeded him, after
winning in the November
election.
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businesses should receive
an opportunity to par
ticipate in a fair and
equitable portion of grants,
contracts, purchases and
other federal activities
relating to energy
research and develop
ment. The other law
provides for loans to small
businesses that suffer
economic hardship due to
energy problems.
Other
Legislation
One of Senator Nunn's
most significant legislative
accomplishments is the
provisions he introduced,
now law, which crack
down on "runaway
parents" who refuse to
support their families. The
child support provisions of
the new law establish
procedures for locating
deserting parents,
determining paternity, and
for enforcing child support
obligations.
In July, 1974, the
Executive Branch was
completely absorbed by
the problems created by
the Watergate affair.
Recognizing that the
economy was being
neglected, Senator Nunn
organized an effort by five
freshman Senators calling
for a domestic economic
summit conference. This
action, which Senator
Nunn believes was
essential to restoring
public confidence in the
government's ability to
control inflation,
ultimately resulted in
President Ford convening
a domestic economic
summit conference in the
fall of 1974.
At 36 years of age, Sam
Nunn is one of the youngest
members of the U.S.
Senate.
The Perry, Georgia
native attended Georgia
Tech and was graduated
with honors from Emory
University School of Law
in 1962.
Following law school, he
worked for a year as legal
counsel to the House Ar
med Services Committee,
before returning to his
hometown of Perry to
enter the private practice
of law.
From 1968 to 1972, Sam
Nunn represented Houston
County in the Georgia
General Assembly.
In 1971, the Georgia
Jaycees selected Sam
Nunn as one of the Five
Outstanding Young Men in
Georgia.
Sam Nunn is married to
the former Colleen Ann
O'Brien of Olympia,
Washington. They have
two children, Mary
Michelle, 8, and Samuel
Brian, 5.
His mother, Mrs. Sam
Nunn, Sr., lives in Perry.
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