REP. FRANK T. BOW OF OHIO DIES AT 71

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AP) —Representative Frank T. Bow, Republican of Ohio, a member of. Congress since 1950, died today in Bethesda Naval Hospital. His age was 71.

He leaves his wife, Caroline, and two sons, Robert L. and JoSeph W.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday at the Joseph Gawler Funeral Home here.

Nominated as Ambassador

Mr. Bow had been a leader of the budget‐cutting bloc in the House as senior minority member of the Appropriations Committee.

Generally regarded as a Conservative, he had not run for re‐election and had been nominated by President Nixon as Ambassador to Panama, but had not been sworn in. Ralph Regula, a Republican and a former Ohio State Senator, won last Tuesday's election and was to succeed Mr. Bow.

Mr. Bow spons6red amendments to cut the Federal payroll by prohibiting agencies from filling vacancies until their personnel strength fell to levels fixed by Congress. He was opposed, also, to Congressional junkets.

In a letter to The New York Times in 1970, he declared: “The key to control of inflation in this coUntry is a reduction in Federal Government spending and a balanced budget.”

On the other hand, Mr. Bow had, however, advocated Government subsidy to save the maritime fleet as a symbol of national prestige. He also fought the Status of Forces treaty giving foreign courts jurisdiction over United States military personnel overseas.

He was born in Canton, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1901, and attended Ohio Northern University Law School and took post‐graduate work at Columbia. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1923 and began practice at Canton.

Mr. Bow served as Assistant Attorney General of Ohio from 1929 to 1932. Early in World War II, he was news director of radio station WHBC in Canton. Later, he served as a combat correspondent with Ohio's 37th Division in the South Pacific.

He was a member of the Ohio State Republican Committee in 1945‐46. In 1947 he went to Washington as counsel to the Congressional committee investigating publicity and propaganda.

Mr. Bow served as counsel to the select committee investigating the Federal Communications Commission in 1948. He was legislative assistant to Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel in 1950, the year he was elected to Congress from Ohio's 16th District, comprising parts of Stark and Mahing counties.

He held honorary degree from Ohio Northern University and Mount Union College. He had also served as a regent of, the Smithsonian Institution and was a former vice president of the Ohio Bar Association.