The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-06
REPUBLICANS COMEBACK IN
 BIG Up5URGE
Tide of Protest Votes Come from East 10 West
 Coast in Election
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


 Republicans, with a comeback of landslide proportions have wen control of both House and Senate of the S0th Congress.
 The triumphant landslide over turned the Democrats for the first time in l5 years.
 Riding tide of protest votes, the COP swept to it's first ma jor victory since it lost power in the depression days of 1892. The laundering tide of votes coursed through New England. lapped the borders of Dixie and surged on to the West Coast.
 The size of the Republican landslide, lifting the party into control of both House. and Sem ate, mounted hourly today on late returns from the Congress sional elections.
 With 399 House races decided. the COP had 224 seats ctinched and tho Democrats 175. A ma jority of 21S. Eleven of the S5 districts where election counting was inconclusive are represented by Republicans in the present Congress.
 The party was assured of 5l of 96 Senate seats. Democrats had won Az seats and their can didates led in Maryland. West Virginia, and New Mexico, the three states where Senate races are not settled.
 In the face of the overwhelming upsurge of Republican strength, Senator J. William Fulbright. Ar kansas Democrat, suggested that his party turn over the White House also to the COP to avoid the confusion that followed the first World War and the l93G-32 deadlock in Washington.
 Fulhright said this could be done if President Truman appointed a Republican Secretary of State and then resigned.
 Tt probably would be the wisest thing for the President to do,' Fulbright added in an interview in Philadelphia.
 There was no comment in high Washington quarters on this idea. No top official appeared to con- slider 1t seriously
 Early Reports
 Republicans spurted to at least a tie with the Democrats in the Sem ate today with 48 members assured seats, and battled on the crest of a landslide for control of both Houses of Congress, according to early reports.
 A victory by Republican Harry P. Cain. former mayor of Tacoma. over Democratic Senator Hugh B. Mitchell in the Washington Sena- torial race boosted COP gains in elections to nine. They need one more seat to win num- erical control and the right to or ganize the Senate.
 Tie Republicans previously had over turned more than enought Dem ocrst seats to win the House-pro- vided they hold their own in 53 contests which still are undecid- ed. The net COP gain in contests which have been decided was 39. A final net increase of 26 is enough to insure Republican control when all races are finally settled.
 Close Contests
 For a victory in the Senate which could be obtained by winning one more Democratic seat-the COP looked to close contests in Nevada. Montana, Utah and New Mexico. Their candidates held leads in all of these. In Maryland and West Virginia, where races are not set tied, the Democrats were ahead.
 Ii the Democrats won all of these races, the Senate would face AS to AS deadlock, which could only be broken by agreement between the parties or shift of some mem Der. since there is no vice president to cast a deciding vote.
 Prospective Upset
 The prospective upset in congress- ional control would mean a change