When they were finally sure that the voters had given them control of Congress, Democrats on Capitol Hill set out to force the Atomic Energy Commission to do their bidding. Their target was the Dixon-Yates power contract (TIME, Nov. 8), up for consideration before the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee. They could not prevent the signing of the contract, but they did threaten to nullify it next year. Announced Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson: "We expect that . . . the Dixon-Yates thing can be given a quiet burial."
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