Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
By JAMES y. NEWTON

With Democratic control of both
Houses of the 85th Congress virtu-
ally guaranteed, the Nation is about
TO witness two and probably four
years of bipartisan government"
Although the converting of the
new Congress is just short of two
months of. it is possible to make a
Few generalized predictions:
. The new Congress probably will
have the same leadership as did the
S4th. which means that there is
little danger that the country will
be paralyzed by violent partisan
disputes between Republican Presi-
dent Eisenhower and the Demo-
cratic congressional majority.
. On the other hand it is likely
that the Democrats will be some
what less coneiliatory toward the
President and his programs, par
ticularly in the foreign policy field,
than they were in the last session.
and that their resistance to White
House proposals will increase as
Mr.. Eisenhower's second term wears
on.
The Democrats came out of
Tuesdays election with 40 Senate
seats to the Republicans At. In the
House they slightly increased their
majority. Thus they viii control
both houses of Congress unless
q Republican victory in the spe-
cial election to be held for the
seat Of Senator Price Daniel. who
win become the Governor of Texas,
throws the Senate to the Republic
cans.
Leaders to Continue
The new Congress is expected to
have the same leaders as the 84th,
except that Democrats in the Sem
ate will need new whip--that is,
an assistant floor leader-to replace
Senator Clements of Kentucky, who
was defeated Tuesday by Republic
can Thruston B. Morton. Senator
Lyndon johnson of Texas again is
expected to be the Democratic
leader, and Senator Knowland of
California his counterpart for the
Republican minority.
On the House side all of the lead
ers will be back, including Demo-
cratic Speaker Sam Rayburn. Dem
ocratic Whip Mccormack of Massa-
chusetts and Republican Leader
Martin of Massachusetts,.
Barring changes for personal rea-
sons, the important committees on
both sides of the Capitol will be
headed by the same men, with one
important exception. Senator
Walter George of Georgia, chair
man Of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee, is retiring. In line
for the Craftsmanship of this COM
mittee which, because of the tense
world situation assumes even more
Importance than usual, is Senator
Theodore Francis Green Of Rhode
Island, still physically spry and
mentally alert despite his SO years.
Despite some differences, Mr.. Ell
senhower on the whole has enjoyed
unusually good and pacific relations
with the Democratic leaders of Con-
gress these past two years. And
some people think he will get more
cooperation on his own legislative
program with the Democrats in con-
troll than he would have had the
Republicans won. If that had hap
pened Senator Bridges of New
Hampshire would have been chair
man Of the Appropriations Commit
tee, and Senators Jenner of Indiana
and Mccarthy of Wisconsin again
would have headed the Internal Sc
curity Subcommittee and the Gov
eminent Operations Committee.
None of the three have seen eye
to-eye with the President in the
past, to put 1t mildly.
Democrats Were Co. operative
The Eisenhower program has re-
ceived much Democratic help in
both houses in the past. In the
House this has been particularly
true of Chairman Cannon of the
Appropriations Committee on
money bills. In the Senate Sen
ator George was about 100 per cent
cooperative with the White House
on legislation affecting our rela-
tons with other countries. And
Majority Leader johnson, who has
had the most to say about what
bills would receive attention and