New Britain herald., 1930-08-18
Political Pilots See Real Test of Sentiment in Election of Congress Members.

Washington, Aug. IS (P) - Con- trol of the house is the goal of na- tional party leaders who are assem- bling here this week to launch the campaign for the November cleo tion.
 In the election of house members the party pilots see the real test of sentiment in the country and the gauge of the presidential campaign two years hence.
 An overturn of administrations in the last quarter century always has been preceded by an upset of the party in power in the house in the off-year election. In 1910 the demo- crats won the house and in 1912 elected a president. In 1918 the re- publicans overthrow the democrats in the house and in 1920 gained the presidency and congress.
 Thus it is that around the cam- paigns for the house seats in the AS states the republican and demo- cratic leaders are focusing their at tention as they line up forces this week for opening the election drive early next month,
 Ignore Senate Control
 In the contests for the 35 senate seats at stake this year more nation al interest centers because of the better known figures involved in the races but control of the senate in the next congress is something about which neither party seems anxious.
 AS matters stand the republicans are charged with responsibility for the senate although the coalition Of democrats and republican independ- ents has been in a majority on such controversies as tariff and farm re- lief. It is an open secret that both republicans and democrats would just as soon have the opposition re- sponsible for the senate.
 The few remaining primaries to select the party nominees for the November race will be completed within the next few weeks and then the republican-d democratic battle Will be on in earnest.
 Swarm to Capital
 Representatives Wood, republican, Indiana. and Byrns, democrat, Ten nessee, the chairmen of the congress sional campaign committees, get here this week. Senator Tydings, Of Maryland, chairman of the demo- cratic senatorial campaign commit tee, already has opened headquart- CTS here and Senator Moses Of New Hampshire, the chairman of the re- publican senatorial committee, reaches the city in a few days for conferences with the new leaders or the party-Senator Fess, national chairman. and Robert Lucas. eXecu- tive director, Tuesday primaries Will be held in Wyoming and Mississippi. Senator Pat Harrison is without op- position in Mississippi but in Wyom- ing the republicans are in a free for all fight for the senatorial nomlna- tion, The death of Senator Warren left the opening in Wyoming and Senator Pat Sullivan. republican, who was named to succeed him de- clined to run again.
 On September Michigan repub- licans will choose between Senator Couzens and Chase Osborne. On Sep tember 10 Senator Harris and form CT Governor John NJ. Slaten will set tle their race for the democratic sen- atorial nomination in Georgia. Next week in South Carolina, democrats will choose between Senator Blease and James Byrnes, former represen- tative, for the senatorial nomination. The primaries will be concluded on September Is with the Massachusetts election for party nominees where both parties are involved in strife.
 Tariff. farm relief, the Hoover ad- ministration and unemployment are among the issues which have been brought to the fore in the early days of the campaign and upon them both parties have declared willing ness to fight. Prohibition is an is sue in many districts and in several states but neither of the national parties is involved on either side of this proposition.