The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11

ANACooNAA AAAe NY VAAC AAAbuAABAbAC61 AA' different. A new spirit is due to pervade the relations between the White House and Capitol Hill. There will be better harmony and closer teamwork, which will mean the president will have less trouble get- ting his measure approved and less trouble stopping measures that he does not like.
 There are several reasons for this.
 Foremost is the simple fact that President Roosevelt won election to @ third term by handsome major ity. During the first year of his new term, at least, he will be in the position of a man whose policies have just been approved by the elec- torate. His prestige will override opposition in way 1t could not dur ing the last two years.
 Allied with that is the fact that great many Democrats in Con- gress will have the feeling that they owe their own seats to the president. Some of them will be newcomers the "coat tail riders" who are al- ways brought in by presidential landslide. A larger number will be men who had hard fights in their home district but won out because the Roosevelt ticket pulled them through. From all of these men there is likely to be ready, willing CO., operation.
 Beyond that, the political me- chanics of the situation will be im- proved.
 RAYBURN-McCoRMAC
 TEAM POTENT
 Speaker Sam Rayburn and Major ity Leader John Mccormack will make a loyal and effective liaison team between the president and the House of Representatives - much more effective, probably, than last years team of the late Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leader Ray burn. Bankhead was not an entirely well man during a good part of the past session. Younger ana stronger, Rayburn figures to be a much great CT aid to the administration than his predecessor was. Mccormack, in turn, is able, energetic and loyal. He and Rayburn will work well togeth- CT.
 Allied with them will be a new source of strength that the Bank head-Rayburn team lacked - Con- gresman Lyndon Johnson of Texas, thorough New Dealer. Johnson served during the recent campaign as secretary of the Democratic con- gressional committee, with the job of helping Democratic candidates get elected to Congress. He did an ex- ceptionally good job and the elec- ton found large number of Dem- ocratic congressman feeling deeply indebted to him. The influence he will be able to exert will be corre- spondingly increased.
 NEGATIVE GAIN
 WITH WALLACE
 The picture in the Senate Is changed in the same way.
 In the first place, the vice presi- dent will be Henry Wallace instead of John Garner. Garner had been of the New Deal reservation for years. Technically, of course, the vice president Is merely the presid- ing officer of the Senate and exer- cises little influence. Actually Gar ner was a good deal more than presiding officer. He carried a lot of weight with a number of the south- ern Democrats, and quietly but eff fectively swung that weight against the New Deal on more than one occasion.
 Wallace will have much less cloak room influence than Garner had. The New Deals gain in having Wal lace up there in Gamers place Is purely negative-but none the less important.
 The Democrats retain a one-sided majority in the Senate; and al- though there may in actual numbers be slightly fewer Democrats there ir the next session than in the last session. from a practical political standpoint the Democratic strength will be greater.