With Senate control beyond possible reach, Republicans knew that if they failed to capture the White House their only hope of a voice in the Federal Government would be to hack down the 3-to-1 Democratic majority in the House, elect at least a strong working minority. But as the Roosevelt avalanche swept the land, it seemed certain that when the 75th Congress meets (Jan. 5), President Roosevelt will have as unassailable a House majority as he had in the 74th, at least 315 seats out of the 435.
Few were the newsworthy old faces...
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