Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
HOUSE MAJORITY
BIGGEST IN HISTORY
Huge Democratic Margin
Presents Many Problems
to Party's Leaders.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

The election score in the House on
the latest returns today stands: Demo-
Gratis, 3l3; Republicans, Ill; Farmer
Labor, 4; still in doubt, T. The lineup
in the present Congress is Democrats,
2l8; Republicans, 209; Farmcr-Labor,
| l. Necessary for a majority 218. In
| the next Senate the Democrats will
have SO to the Republicans SO, with l
Farmer-Labor
! The districts in doubt are: Eleventh
Illinois, where earlier returns indicated
the defeat of Representative Frank r.
Reid by James A. Howell, Democrat;
the twentieth California district now
represented by Representative Philip
d. Swing, who was not a candidate for
reelection and where George Burn
lam, Republican, is opposed by Claude
Chandler. Democrat, and five in Min
nesota where the candidates are all
| running at large. The four elected in
Minnesota are Henry Arens, Magnus
johnson, Paul J. Kvale and Ernest Lun-
deem, all FarmerLaborites.
Many Races Cleared Up.
Late le.urns have cleared up several
districts that we're in doubt yesterday.
The winners are: At larga in Delaware,
Wilbur L. Adams, Democrat. of Will
mlngton; IN the forty-first New York
district Alfred F. Better, Democrat has
apparently defeated Edmund F. Cook,
Republican, at large in Ohio, Stephen
M. Young and Charles V. TruaX, both
Democrats, have defeated George II.
Bender and Thomas j. Herbert. both
Republicans; in the second Oregon
Harvey E. StarGWeather, Democrat,
has defeated Robert r. Butler, Repub-
lican; in the fifth Wisconsin Thomas
OMalley is elected.
In the new House there will be 26
States represented by solid Democratic
delegations - Ala bama. Arizona Ar
kansas, Colorado Georgia, Idaho, In
diana, Kentucky Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi Missouri, Montana Ne
braska. Nevada New Mexico. North
Carolina Oklahoma RHODE Island,
South Carolina, South Dakota. Texas.
Utah, Virginia, Washington and West
Virginia.
Five States outside of the solid
South" VIII have solidly Democratic
delegations in both House and Senate.
These are Colorado Montana, Nevada,
Utah and Washington.
Largest Strength in History.
This will give President elect Roose-
welt the largest party strength in Con-
greSS any President has ever had under
the present political alignment and
makes certain the enactment Of his
/ legislative program. Even before he
takes office the Democratic leaders in
tend to look to him for legislation
guidance in the approaching lame
duck" session. Mr. Roosevelt has al
ready said that he expects to talk with
party leaders in Congress in about 10
days.
Three months of sharp and bitter
strife are looked for in the lame duck
/ session, beginning next month.
| Sure to be considered by the mar
rowlv Democratic House and still Re
/ publican Senate are the annual appro-
/ priation bills. governmental economy
and prohibition. ANY or all. as was
/ the case last session, may provoke pro-
! longed struggles
Adding doubtful qualities to the con-
gressional prospect will be more than
100 lame duck" members These are
Senators and Representatives who VIII
not be members of the Seventy-thlrd
Congress because of Tuesdays landslide.
Plan Early Start.
But the House is safely Democratic
and it is the intention of the leaders to
get an early and active start on the
/ legislative program to carry out plat
/ form pledges. although some OF 1t may
/ be held over to be showed through with
/ full Democratic strength after Roose-
Welt has been inaugurated
Reports of special investigators are
ready for preliminary committee con-
sheraton. Representative Fred NJ.
VinSon of Kentucky is ready to show
the important revenue return If the
short session of Congress modifles the
Volstead act and the wartime tax be-
comes effective on legallzed beer.
Other Investigating Committees will
give the House plenty to keep 1t busy
/ on such hold-over subjects as veterans
compensation. Government competition
with business and the regulation of pub
lie utilities holding companies, on
which subject extensive hearings have
been conducted by the Federal Trade
Commission, and national farm legis-
latiOn.
/ The unprecedented bulk Of the Demo-
/ cratic majority in the House causes en-
barrassing complications, both physical
and political, to be faced when the new
Congress mobilizes The date of that
meeting depends upon the decision Of
President-elect Roosevelt as to the need
for a special session before the regular
assembly date in December of next year.
Center Aisle" Eliminated.
When the Seventy-third Congress
/ does meet there will not be room for all
/ the Democrats on one side of that po-
litical no mans land. the center aisle,
and fringe of majority newcomers
will have to find seats across the aisleS,
among the dwindling Republican forces,
That has happened before in the Sem
ate. Republican majorities in the past
! have overrun the center aisle to occupy
Cherokee strip as it was jocularly
| termed. on the Democratic side.
Never has there been. however, an in
dictated invasion of both sides of both
chambers such as now looms for the
triumphant Democrats
More serious problems in handling
these huge ma jorities will arise in dis
tribution of committee Craftsmanship