THE CONGRESS: Democratic Senate

If the 72nd Congress should be unexpectedly called into special session next week, the Senate as well as the House would be Democratic. On paper the Republicans lost control of the upper body last week when Colorado's Governor Adams appointed Democrat Walter Walker, newspaper publisher (Grand Junction Sentinel) to the vacancy caused by the death of Republican Senator Charles Winfield Waterman. Present Senate lineup: Democrats, 48; Republicans, 47; Farmer Laborite, I. Enveloped in legal uncertainty was the question of whether Senator-designate Walker would take his seat Dec. 5 or whether Colorado would...

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