New Britain herald., 1928-07-20
DEMOCRATS AFTER
 CONGRESS CONTROL
Will Spare No Efforts to Gain
 Legislative Power

Albany, N. Y.. July 2O Win their efforts to put Governor Smith In the White House, the democrats intend to overlook no opportunities to capture control of congress.
 The democratic presidential nom- inee himself already has discussed the senatorial phase of the question with two senators of hts political faith-TydinEs of Maryland and Hawes of Missouri-and before long undoubtedly he will be acquainted with the situation as 1t affects the house of representatives.
 Tydings. chairman and HaHes . member of the democratic sena- torial campaign committee. gave Governor Smith first hand insight into their contemplated activities at conferences which terminated here yesterday. They proceeded to New York to confer with party leaders determined to work in close CO., operation with the democratic na- tional committee in an effort to overturn the slim republican ma jcrity in the senate.
 Heads Committee
 Representative Billy" Oldfeld, of Arkansas, one of the war horses in democratic ranks. is head of the party's congressional campaign com mittee. whose .ehlef worry is to bring about the election of demo- crats to the house. He has been i'll for several months and was unable to attend the Houston convention as a delegate at large from his home states. but he has sent work along to Governor Smith that he soon will be in harness again. anxious to do all he can for the success of the party.
 AS they prepare to make their fight to wrest congressional control from the republicans the democrats are faced with the necessity of up- setting a majority of 3s in the house. The lineup in the senate during the close of the last session was ~ republicans. 46 democrats, one farmer-labor and two vacancies.
 Many Seats At Stake
 Tn all, 36 senatorial seats are at stake in the November elections, of these the democrats hold 20, the re- publicans 1T. and a er-la borite one.
 Among the democratic seats in- volved in the coming election are those of Ashurst of Arizona; Bay ard of Delaware: Bruce, of Mary land; Copeland. of New York; Dill of Washington: Edwards of New Jersey; Gerry of Rhode Island: kcndrick. of Wyoming; King of Utah; Iocher. of Ohio; Medley. of West Virginia: Pittman of Nevada: Reed of Missouri; Walsh of Mon- tana and Wheeler of Montana. With only one exception-Reed of Mis- souri-senators now holding office are seeking reelection, and the fact that they come from dcbatable states in the north and west is Riv. ing the democratic senatorial cam. paign no little concern.
 In their efforts to build up a democratic majority in the senate, party leaders are hoping to pick up seats in some of the states where republican senators are up for re- election. In this group are the seats of Cutting of New Mexico; Fcss of Ohio; Frazier of North Dakota; Greene of Vermont: Hale of Maine; Howell of Nebraska: Johnson of California: La Toilette of Wiscon- sin; Mclean of Connecticut: Reed Of Pennsylvania: Robinson of Indiana and Vandcnberg of Michigan, besides the seat formerly held by the late Senator Gooding of Idaho and that claimed by Smith of Illinois.
 It is the plan of the democratic senatorial committee 10 conduct it's operations mainly from New York in concert with the activities of the national committee, and 1t is prob- able, in the interests Of coordina- ton. that the ,party's congressional committee will do likewise.