CHARLES ROSE, III

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• Document Release Date: January 11, 2001
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Representative Charles Rose, III (D., N. Car.)
Committees
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Evaluation, Chairman
Charles Rose
of Fayetteville (7th Dist.)
Democrat--Jan. 3, 1973
_A rculture
Comments
His HPSCI Subcommittee has pursued Community u a-e of,&?F in
some considerable depth and will continue to do so, 1978.
His Subcommittee held several hearings on and produced a study
tb. Aug. '11), 1939-Lawyer on terrorism, 1978.
III- audition to a deep interest in the uses to which computers
A.B. Davidson college. ( can be put in support of intelligence and his concern that there is
1961; -LLB., U. of N.C., probably too much redundancy in the use of computers within the
1964; practicing atty.; Chief Community, Mr. Rose is fascinated with cognitive psychology. He
District Court Prosecutor has asked and will predictably continue to ask witnesses to
for the 12th Judicial Dig- comment on the degree to which their component has considered
trict. 1967-70. Married, one
child. cogni ttii veebi ,s in the selection of their personnel as well as
efforts^ which have been made to protect ourselves against the
effects of cognitive biases in analysis.
Has had (but refused) opportunities to be briefed by CIA
representatives in London and Lisbon, November, 1978.
Was briefed on the level of knowledge of Soviet use of and level
of expertise in the field of parapsychology in which he has a deep
interest, December, 1978.
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The 7th congressional district of North Carolina is the southern portion of the state's coastal
region, the part of North Carolina most like the Deep South. Wilmi- npton is an old Carolina
coastal city that never became a major port-a would-be Charleston or Savannah. Favettcville-
ihe district's other pepu;aticn center, lies across the rather sparsely settled coastal plain ,o ,e
nest. The city's population exceeds only slightly that of adjacent Fort Braes, the huge Army base
(population 47,000), to v:h:ch Fayetteville owes much of its recent prosperity. Bragg is the home of
the Army's 101st Airborne paratroopers, and nearby, along the garish strip highway with its
X-rated drive-in movies and topless night clubs, is the nation's largest concentration of
\'ietnamese restaurants.
The 7th has a fairly large percentage of blacks (26`.;;, bat its most notable minority consists of
American Indians (7%). In fact, more Indians bye than i-, ar.v other con, sessional district
cast of the Mississippi. Most of ;hem are tTi > u ec n Cu.', ; ac d taut, ,,ace to t, e
traditional caste system of the South has always ben uncizar. ::ob.-,~?, is aC,nut one-third white-
one-third black, and one-third Indian, and in the days of _aerreca;ion the coumy maintained three
chool systems. Indians have had their own civil rights cci scrstraticas, hat they also have
objected to having their chi'dren bused to go to school with blacks.
Like the Deep South, the 7th district has gyrated wildly in its presidential preference in the last
three elections. In 1968 it was a near even split: Wallace finished first, hut Nixon, in third place,
was only 6 o behind him. In 1972, McGovern lost some of the Humphrey votes, apparently
because of his stand or- m'litary spending which did not sit well in Fayetteville or Fort Bragg;
Nixon got 70% here. Four yea,-s later, the district had switched back to the Democrats, giving
Jimmy Carter 6790 of its votes.
In congressional elections, the. district has been more steady. The current Congressman, first
elected in 1972, is Charles Rose Ill. Due to his associations with former Governor Terry
Sanford-he worked for S' nferd's law firm and supported his 1972 presidential bid-Rose has
been considered something of a liberal thou It he :n -is's he is a conservative- Rose left Sanford's
`ism in the 1960s to n to hipbone town of 'asettevi!le, where he became a local
prosecutor. In 1970 he quit to run for Congress. The incumbent was Alton Le-inon, a,-,- 64 and a
former U.S. Senator who was appointed in 1953 and defeated for a full term in 1954. In the
Senate, Lennon had hired as an aide Jesse Helms, later an iaitraconservative Senator himself; in
the House, Lennon was a solid conservative and member of the Armed Services Committee. By
1970, however, he was a poor campaigner, and Rose carried the counties around Fayettevilie and
wound up with 43% in the primary. So it was hardly a surprise when Lennon announced he would
retire in 1972.
Rose did not succeed to the seat without a contest. In the 1972 runoff he beat state
Representative Hector McGcchy by a 5590-45io margin. But he seems to have made the seat safe.
Two years later he beat M_cCcchy again, this time by a 61%-39 o margin; and he has had no
trouble (81% in 1976) again;t Republican opponents. Rose was assigned initially to the
,riculture and House Adrnin,:tration Committees. He appears to be secure in his seat and, at 39,
is likely to be aConares_;,an for a longtime to com
Census Data Pop, 467,476. Central city, 21'7c: suburban, 17'. Median family income, $6,875;
families above $15,000: 9;t; families below 53,000: 18%., Median years education, 11.2.
The Voters
Median voting age 35.
Employment profile White. collar, 40%. Blue collar, 40%. Service, 13%. Farm, 7%.
Ethnic groups Black, 267. Indian, 7%. Total foreign stock, 4%.
Presidential vote
1976
Ford (R) ............... _.....................
40,560
Carter (D) ....................................
81,207
1972
N:.cn (R) .__ ...............................
71,346
McGo?, cm (D) .--......
n 409
(33%)
(67%)
(70%)
(30%)
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~ ;? Rep- Charles Rose D Elected 1972: b- Aug. 10, 1939, Fayettes:;
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1976 general Charles G. Rose (D) ...............
M. H. Vaughan R 21,955 (81 %)
1976 primary Charles G. Rose (D), uno..-os 21,955 (1990)
1974 general Charles G. Rose (D), unopposed .............
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Election Results
Key Votes
61, U. of N.C., LL.B. icy
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t Career Practicing atty., 1964-72; Chf. Dist. Ct.
Dist., 1967-70 Prosecutor, 12th fad ,,
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Offices 218 CHOB, 202-225-2731. Also Rm. 208, P.O. Bldg., Wilming,0.
2$401, 9I9-723-3375.
Committees Agriculture (9th
) Subcoi
.mmttees: Dairy and Poe';'
(Chairman); Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Stud:.
Tobacco,
District of Columbia (9th). Subcommittees: Economic Development and Regional Affa;-
Hou-reAdministration~ ;
3th . Subcommittees: Office Systems; Personnel and Police; Policy G
on n ormation and Computers ( airman).
Group Ratings
ADA COPE PC RPN NFU LCV CFA NAB NSI ACA- NT)
1976 39 73 45 47 73 49 55 0
1975 i8 62 0 46 17
6 67 41 _
1974 3 S6 - 20 67 5(1 ;~ IOG 32 4G
Biographical 137
1953-54; Scn.:e .;u eerier court judge, 195
candidate fat Goti ernor in 1904 6-61; U.S. district court J'udg 1,_
bore', N, C-. I Ou (-CC ; married
; city executive of ~'.C. irational I3ank Greens
of men's Bi )le Emily Irving Harris; five childrenl
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debTees freta Lion College and the Uni
Ciecled to versity of forth Carolina at
the 91st Co Greesboro;
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, 1x72; reelected t
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ouse Agt?icuhure Committee, chairman of Sub-
committee on Rural Development and Family Farms; member, House Admini-
tration Coninrittee; chairman,MAd Hoc Subcommittee on Computers; director of
`ongressior..al Rural Caucus: ajors 'Ire;
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SEVENTH DIST 1CT.-COON E9: Brunswick and
Robeson lu3 cc .aics)? Population (1970), 467,i%
Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, New Hanover,
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Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., 1961; LL.B,, University of North Carolina
Lsw Sehocl, IJd4; lawyer; admitted to the bar, 1964, began practice in Raleigh,
N.C.; chief district court prosecutor for the 12th Judicial District, 1967-70;
married Sara Louise Richardson 1962; one son Charles G^, 4th, and a daun
Sara Louise; ciacte_ d to the 93d 'Con
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