Thompson, Frank, Jr., 1918-1989

found: Salute ... to France!, 1955DLC copy theater program, accompanying business card (Frank Thompson, Jr., M.C., New Jersey, House of Representatives, U.S.)

found: Biographical directory to the U.S. Congress, accessed online, Aug. 12, 2010(Thompson, Frank, Jr., (1918-1989))

found: Frank Thompson Jr. (July 26, 1918 - July 22, 1989) was a Democratic Party politician from New Jersey. Thompson represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1980. He is one of seven federal politicians who were convicted in the Abscam case in 1980. As a result, he resigned from Congress and served two years in prison. From 1969-71 he chaired the House Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials and during his tenure conducted the first ever comprehensive hearings into the operations of the Smithsonian Institution. From 1975 -78, he also chaired the Joint Committee on Printing. He sponsored legislation that created both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities and authored the legislation to establish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Thompson