Legislative Action By NORA NEWMAN JURGENS

Senate leadership posts; committee assignments

THE COMPOSITION of the Senate remains fairly stable with 33 Democrats in the majority, and 26 Republicans; and all but three of the 59 members served in the Senate or House last session.

Senate president again is Democrat Philip J. Rock (8, Oak Park), who kept the same leadership team except for James Donnewald, who was elected state treasurer. Democratic assistant majority leaders are Frank D. Savickas (15, Chicago), Terry L. Bruce (54, Olney), Kenneth Hall (57, East St. Louis) and the new man on the team, Vince Demuzio (49, Carlinville). Gene Johns (59, Marion) is conference chairman. Of the staff, Kenneth Wright remains secretary of the Senate; William Holland, who was running Illinois' Washington office, was named director of the majority staff; and Garrett Deaken remains director of the appropriations staff.

On the Republican side, Minority Leader James "Pate" Philip (23, Elmhurst) will again be assisted by the following: Stanley B. Weaver (52, Urbana), Aldo A. DeAngelis (40, Olympia Fields) and John E. Grotberg (25, St. Charles). New to the team are John A. Davidson (50, Springfield), who replaced Frank Ozinga as conference chairman, and Adeline Jay Geo-Karis (31, Zion) was named to a new position, conference secretary. Director of the minority staff is Roger Sweet; director of the appropriations staff is John Kunzeman; and Zack Stamp will serve as assistant to Philip.

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Of the 17 Senate committees, 13 are chaired by the same Democrats as last session, and nine have the same Republican minority spokesmen. The following are the committees, with chairmen and minority spokesmen:

Agriculture, Conservation and Energy — Jerome J. Joyce (D-43, Reddick) and Harlan Rigney (R-35, Freeport); Appropriations I — Howard W. Carroll (D-l, Chicago) and Roger A. Sommer (R-45, Morton); Appropriations II, Kenneth Von Buzbee (D-58, Makanda) and Jack Schaffer (R-32, Cary); Elections and Reapportionment — Timothy F. Degnan (D-ll, Chicago) and Virginia B. Macdonald (R-27, Arlington Heights); Elementary and Secondary Education — Arthur L. Berman (D-2, Chicago); and John W. Maitland Jr. (R-44 Bloomington); Executive — Robert J. Egan (D-7, Chicago) and Calvin W. Schuneman (R-37, Prophetstown); Executive Appointments — Sam M. Vadalabene (D-56, Edwardsville) and John E. Friedland (R-33, South Elgin) Finance — Jeremiah E. Joyce (D-14, Chicago) and George Ray Hudson (R-41, Hinsdale); Higher Education — Richard H. Newhouse Jr. (D-13, Chicago) and Leonard F. Becker (R-22, Cicero); Insurance — John A. D'Arco Jr. (D-10, Chicago) and James H. Rupp (R-51, Decatur); Judiciary I (criminal) — LeRoy Walter Lemke (D-24, Chicago) and Adeline Jay Geo-Karis (R-31, Zion); Judiciary II (civil) — George E. Sangmeister (D-42, Mokena) and Prescott E. Bloom (R-47, Peoria); Labor and Commerce — Earlean Collins (D-9, Oak Park) and Roger A. Keats (R-29, Wilmette); Local Government — Edward A. Nedza (D-5, Chicago) and William F. Mahar (R-19, Homewood); Public Health, Welfare and Corrections — Glenn V. Dawson (D-18, Chicago) and Laura Kent (R-48, Quincy); Revenue — Dawn Clark Netsch (D-4, Chicago) and Forest D. Etheredge (R-21, Aurora); and Transportation — Charles Chew Jr. (D-16, Chicago) and Max E. Coffey (R-53, Charleston). □

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