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...Democratic 84th Congress sat down in Washington, polished off its major organizational problems, vowed unflagging good will toward one and all,* and started elbowing for position...
...issued a formal statement that called the vote a matter of "great gratification." Relieved of the necessity for an agonizing reappraisal, Ike had a few days of relative relaxation before flying back to Washington this week for a conference with G.O.P. congressional elders on his legislative program for the 84th Congress...
...prospects for harmony on many domestic issues seem equally good. Democratic House Leader McCormack went so far as to call some of the President's proposals "New Dealish." In all, it seems that the Democrats are determined not to be responsible for a "good-for-nothing, do-nothing" 84th Congress...
...Democratic majority in the 84th Congress should provide serious opposition for Eisenhower's domestic policies," H. Bradford Western field, instructor in Government, said yesterday in a round-up of faculty opinion on the new balance of power in Washington...
...such as these are far-reaching. They will be difficult to institute because Congressmen have seldom willingly limited their own power. Some will say they are not necessary, that the McCarthy debacle has served as warning for all. For the time being--almost certainly for the duration of the 84th Congress--this may be true. But in politics it is too easy to lapse back into old habits; Congress should finish the good work it has started by drawing up a binding code of fair committee practice...