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God and th<» Brotherhood of Man must prevail.
These are the only principles whil will stand
the acid fpst. of good.
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EDITORIALS “
5 Billion Dollar Campaign
to Rehouse the Poor
Washington, D. C. May 7.—Dr. Robert C.
> Weaver, Special Assistant to Administrator
Nathan Straus of the Uruitod States Housing
Authority, today (Saturday, Muy 7) outlined
the USHA’s natniowide slum clearance and low
ier' housing, at the dedication of new build
inj. at the State School, Marshall, Missouri.
Dr. Weaver urged those present ti stimulate
local effort toward securing for the State of
Miss ouri enabling acts permitting it to partiei
pate in the .country-wide $500,000,000 cam
paign to rehouse the poor of the slums in new
homes at rents within the reach of the lowest
come groups.
"Today, in the United States on a national
scale, we are executing a mow program for so
cial betterment. Here, again, the Government
is taking the lead since it has become mani
fest that the problem is so large and so vital
that Grvort"* ent el-it* is equipped to meet it,
I refer to the rehousing of low-income fami
lies,'’ said Dr. Weaver.
‘ \ i V f m the jii'd for- decent low-rent
h ” !* •• "i 1 •••' rol r' fi r'tizcru, wih-h is bo
cv i ! t 1 sections, Government housing
I a 'u h r • >gni irate for Negvr.es. The
v h> le theory behind public housing is that the
ii .’Vilt''1 i uffe tod greatly by his environ
ment. N‘ t onT discs the person develop more
fully i. he is given better surroundings, but
s ri.'ty benefits greatly Let a u Be a better citi
zr i Is produ ed.”
“If eemmunities can l>e brought to realize
thi about housing, it is conceivable that the
si me analysis can be extended throughout the
a For the reasoning which declares that
n in it’ e done for the slum-dweller be
c: i he has reached his natural level, dictates
that Negroes are poor, ignorant, ami under
privileged I eeausc they are naturally inferior.
“To stu encironmenta] factors is to open
new doors of opportunity and hope to colored
American. Indirectly, a successful housing pro
gram will do this. Directly, it must benefit
thousands of Negro families.
“Under the United States Housing Author
ity, the first move must be made by cities
where public spirit demands eradication of
slunv areas. The Authority in Washington pro
vides advice, technical assistance, and finally
funds, after the requirements set forth in the
law have been met by the applicants for a
loan.
“The degree to which Negroes will benefit
from the program of the USHA will depend,
in large measure, upon their participation in
and consideration by local housing authorities,
if we may judge the futrue by the past, we
can look forward to a housing p rogram in
Missouri which will include much Negro parti
cipation. At the present time the State of Mis
souri is not qualified under the terms of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 to ask for
loans.
“If the splendid record you have achieved in
regard to securing benefits for Negros front
public funds is to be continued in the field of
housing, there are several necessary steps.
First, enabling legislation must be establish
ed; and finally, projects designed to relieve
the housing situation of Ncgores must be pre
pared and presented to the USHA.
“In other sections, North and South alike,
these steps have been taken. In 33 Ft tes of
the Union legislation for the establishment of
local.housing authorities has been pissed. In
more than 100 cities such authorises now exist,
and in several important pi ices Negroes have
been named to these authorit e.s. Th's lias been
true in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
Toledo, Charleston West Virginia; Spring
field Illinois; and in four New Jersey cities:
Newark, Trenton, Camden ami Oiange. In the
State of Indiana the vice-president of the
State Housing Authority is a Negro.”
Editorial of the Week
(From the Ada, Okla. Ewening News)
March 13, 1938
One of the best informed men in Ada called
oux attention a few days ago to the quiet work
that Republicans in the United States senate
are doing. Practiculary appealing to him is
that fact that the Republicans kept the ill
advised anti—lynching law from coming to a
vote.
For generations the Republicans have ap
pealed t othe Negro note. In fact, the Negroes
of the country felt that their wefare lay en
tirely in the Republican party. Of recent
years, the tide has swung around and many
of the colored citizens have gone over to the
Democratic party.
It was generally considered in Washington
and elsewhere that that so-called anti-lynching
bill was poor legislation, of no protection to
the Negro race it does not now have, and at
the same time break down many of the safe
guards for ibcal government. Jttu feom£ of
the leaders of the Negro' organizations insist
ed the measure ought to be passsed. Those in
the close states naturally wanted to keep with
the members of that race.
Had the measure ever come up for a vote,
it is likely that many senators of both parties,
would bave voted for the bill. But by assisting
the southern senators in keeping off the clo
ture rule, they aided in keeping the vote off.
Thus in its final analysis the Republicans com
bined with the southern senators to defeat the
bill. We think they did the country a real ser
vice, but of course most of the praise should
go to those southerners who for days held the
floor and protected what little local authority
there is left.
Railroads Boosts
. Nebraska Business .
Nebraska benefited substantially from the
expenditures of the railroads in 1937 for ma
terials, supplies, fuel, new equipment and pay
rolls, it is revealed in a special study which
has just been completed by the Bureau of Rail
way Economics of the Association of American
Railroads,
Railway purchases in Nebraska last year to
taled $' 712,973, the report ' hows. Of this sum
$1,606,CM was spent for materials, supplies and
fuel, while $1,106,367 went for new equipment
(not including that built in company shops).
These purchr eg were made in 172 towns and
cities located in 69 of the 93 counties of the
state.
Wages .paid to railway employees in Nebras
ka dutirg 1937 amounted to $32,723,216.
The review disclosed that, for the nation as
a whole, the railroads last year paid $1,133,
361,468 for more than 70,000 different items
which they use. Materials, supplies and fuel
cost $966,383,000, and expenditures for all nev
equipment (except that constructed in railway
shop ) totaled $166,978,468. More than 12,000
t jwns and cities located in 2,638 of the 3,072
counties of the United States derived direct
Itnefits from this largo volume of railroad
buying.
In 1937, the country’s rail carriers also dis
tributed $1,938,990/185 in wage;? to their em
ployees, the report says.
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One Lesson Negroes
Ought To Learn
(From the Plain,lenlcr, Kansas City, Kansas
Friday, April 29, 1938)
Emotions prejudices — inteUegence! These
are three words that tell much in regard to the
action of people. They talk much and talk little
They move slowly and then move rapidly. They
build up and then they tear down. All the while
what it that guides them in what they say and
do? Anybody can see that there is far too much
talking and action without serious thinking.
Emotions are given too much sway, and they
run awuy with people. They are worked up and
worked out, and still they get nowhere. They
get on the flying for a ride into a distant land
only to get off right where they got on. Their
emotions were stirred and got them going, and
they did not stop to consider where they were
going nor the purpose of it. All they knew
was that they were going and going according
to their undisciplined emotions. There was no
planning and no purpose in ary of it. Emo
tions cun serve people, but seldom as safe as
sound guides. Many of the moral, spiritual and
financial wrecks along life’s way are due to
the fact tliat people allow their emotions to get
the advantage of them. Their impulses went
wild and the wrecks resulted.
Prejudices move people sometimes. The aver
age man or woman would hardly he willing to
admit the extent to whiweh he or .she is moved
in speaking and acting by mere prejudice. If it
is not one kind of prejudice it is another—
racial, denominational, closs, sectional and all
the rest. Take any question and look at your
action on it carefully, examine to see how much
of what you have said and done is free from
some type of prejudice. It is not apparent that
mere prejudice is never a safe guide in any
matter?
Intelligence helps people to possess them
selves, avoid serious blunders and makes pro
gress. Simply to move is rot enough; the move
ment should bear the stamp of stt. ’y, careful
planning. In almost every direction anid every
day we see signs of no serious thinking and no
careful planning. The result is failure,, cho&s, dis
couragement. In both individual and group ac
tion there is aU too little intelligence display
ed. Leaders who do mot have an abundance of
intelligence will resort to the emotions, pre
judices of the people to get attention and a
following. The sooner leader of that type are
discredited the better for the people. It is an
honor to he a dealer hut it is also a sacred obli
gation—in a day like this it is a supreme chall
enge. He who leads should be willing to pay
the price to be informed. He should be above
the low and petty whims and prejudices. He
should build solidly upon facts. He should be
willing not to know the facts, but to think
through them and properly interpret them for
the people. In the absence of vision, intelli
geUce. courage to do the right, the people fol
low blindly and are likely to perish.
Scout Leaders To
Meelt In Cleveland
Their common interests in
American’s boyhood will bring to
gether at Cleveland, Ohio, May 13
atvl 14 several hundred business
men, educators, public official,
doctors, lawyers lind churchmen
for the annual National Council
meeting of the Boy Scouts of
America. The theme chosen for
the conclave is "Scouting———for
all boys wherever they are.”
Most of the delegates represent
ing the 537 Ix»cal Boy Scouts
Councils that administer the Scout
Program in the United States and
its possessions are leaders in the
life of their home communities.
There are two main feature of
the Boys Scouts’ national annual
meetings. As the legislative meet
ing of the National Council, made
up of more than l.HOO members
who for a true cross-section of
American life, they will elect of
ficers apporve new policies and
hear annual reports on the many
phases and activities of the Boy
Scouts.
The Cleveland meeting will al
so be an inspirational gathering.
M.thods for promoting the Scout
Program locally and for advancing
the work of Scout Troops will be
discussed. The gathering gives
opportunities for interchange o
ideas and speakers will portray
trends in Scouting.
Distinguished Speakers Scheduled
Wheeler McMilien, editorial di
rector of “The (Country Home’’
magazine, will speak on the needs
of the rural boy and what Scout
ing offers him. Mr. McMilien i
President of the Ameri an Asso
ciation of Agricultural Editors and
a recognized authority on national
agricultural economics and rural
affairs. He is a forceful speaker
and progressive leader in farming.
He is chairman of the National
Committee on Rural Scouting of
th Boy Scouts of America.
Dr. William Mather Lewis,
President of Lafayette College, an
other speaker, will tell of the needs
of American youth from the view
point of the college president. Dr.
Lew'is, fofr many years a student
if education in American and
Europe, is a former President of
the Association of American Col
leges and the Association of Ur
i.an Universities. An outstanding
educator, he is an active leader in
the Church a.n>i in public and civic
affairs.
Scouts to Participate
Boy Scouts will Jalso have
share in the meeting. On Friday,
May 13, the 6,751 Boy Scouts and
597 Cubs of 111 ' Greater Cleveland
Council will i e h sts at a big
Scout Circus to Ie held in teh
Are.'; i nCleveland.
The next evening Scouts of Re
gion Four, comprising Ohio, Ken
tucky and West Virginia, will put
on several Scout demonstrations
during the Annual Fellowship
Banquet. At this occasion, there
will be presented the Awards of
the Silver Buffalo for “distin
quished service to boyhood.”
The meetings will be held at;
Hotel Cl (wound where an unusu U
et of exhibits protraying the acti
vities, growth ar.d .scope (if the
Movement will be displayed. The
annual banquet, May 14, will be j
held in the Statler Hotel.
Walter W. Head of St. Louis.
Pit i nt of the Boy Scouts of
An; rieu ;nee 1926- will preside.
Dan" -1 Carter Beard, National
Scout. (' mmissioner, will report
for i c National Court of Honor.
I t. Janies E, West. Chief Scout
Exe u*i\v, will report on the ac-1
cor P .b«>erits i f 1937, which
pn I to he the busiest of Scout
ing " t vears in America with
••• iti n in the fifth World
Jaml orc ■ in Tim Netherland last
August and its own first National
Jamboree in Washington., I). C
last June 30 to Julv !>.
Coin Collection Merit Badges
Announced
Coin collecting is a fascinating
hobby through which one may j
learn a great deal concerning cus-'
toms .architecture, plnnts and
animals, weapons, armour and
clothing regligions and govern
ment, history and mythology and
many other things pertaining to
the ancients, will undoubted!'1 win
many now adherents through the
new Merit Bodge in Coin ColIect-|
ing which may be earned by Boy
Scouts.
Coins have been a valuable help
in historic research and at times
hae been th only source of infor
mation aailable about the customs
of ancient peoples. The names of
many kings, princes sod othe*
rulers were unknown unt'l theb'
portraits, dates and others legends
were found on coins.
Coin collecting may be enjoyed
by anyone. It is not necessary to
own specimens of the very rare
coins to be a successful numisma
tist, as coin collectors are known.
Scouts are told they should be ab
le to recognize a eoini and know
something about it, or where to
find out about it.
The dividends from coin collec
ting combine fun. knowledge and
entertainment which iereases each
with the size of the collection. The
tr-eatest satisfaction is obtained
when a boy friend locates and ac
quires some long-sought coin. A
most interesting part of this is
assembling information about each
coin and labeling the collection.1
Initiative and design play* a large '
Calvin’s Digest
By Fioyd J. Calvin
(Only column in the Negro Presslisted by Editor and Publisher)
By Floyd J. Calvin
(Only column in the Negro Press
listed by Editor & Publisher
“Run Out of Harlem”
“Unscrupulous white landlords,
merchant and industrialists must
be run out of Harlem. Not only
are they racketeering on every
citizen in this community, but they
are also detrimental to every
honest Harlem merchant.”
The source of the above quota
tion, published on the first page
of j*. Harlem newspaper, under the
signature of the editor, is disclosed
in this second quotation from the
same article:
“The future of Harlem depends
upon our cooperative efforts. Fully
aware of this. The Amsterdam
News is ready and anxious to help
Harlemites get a better deal, so
that we can progress instead of re
trogress.”
In our eighteen years of constant
observing the Harlem scene, this is
the first time we have ever seen
so open an appeal to intolerance
based solely on clor, and so di
rect an assertion that what is ob
viously the police power will
usurped by others, in sucli highly
responsible quarters.
This writer, as a citizen^, resi
dent, voter, and business man of
Harlem is opposed to all unscrup
ulous landlords, merchants, etc.,
whether they may be white,
hrowr,., yellow', or Negro, but we
certainly would not recommend
that anybody other than Police
Commissioner Valentine be the one
to “run them out” of Harlem.
One reason Harlem has an extra
force of mounted police on> many
corners now is the direct result of
this same philosophy in action some
two years ago. Nearly a million
d' liar* in property damage came
<>•">" such a philosophy, and in
that debacle, the innocent (both
colored and white) suffered with
the guilty.
On the other hand, our studied
advice to the Harlem public is to
watch those who advocate taking
matters in their own hands. What
are they doing about the condi
tions they would improve? The
management of the newspaper
mentioned above broke all prece
dents in Negro journalism when
it brought in a white man to head
up its editorial staff, over the
heads of Negro editors who had
been there for years. They broke
journalistic precedents again when
(hey brought in a white man to
head th<- advertising department,
in the office.
But the management of tha\
newspaper has a variety of in
terests. Irk another one of .their
concerns they employ a white law
ver for work in Harlem, while
Harlem Ne»ro lawyers are starv
ing for work; and they employ
other white officials, while there
are colored officials of the same
class in Harlem who might do th ■
work.
Again we quote from the signed
front page article; “We have been
frozen out of job opportunities in
Harlem mainly because of the lack
of cooperation and sound planning
hy both the Negro leaders and the
I white business men.” How true!
Harlem will never make real pro
gress until it can find leaders who
“practice what they preach.”
ALPHA’S NEW JEWELER
It was pleasant to note in the
last issue of The Sphinz, official
organ of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity. that by formal vote, a
Negro jeweler had been appointed,
official jeweler of the organiza
tion. The fortunate recipient of the
contract is the L’Overture company
of New York, headed by Kenneth
Lloyd Bright, a Howard man.
The appointed of Mr. Bright’s
company follows the naming of a I
Negro as official jeweler of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority last
year; and it may now he expected
that other Negro organizations,
when they have work in the jewelry.
line, such as pins .buttons, banners,
and any insignia, will give the
Work, which is now an appreciable
national volume in the Negro
group, to Negro business concerns.
We commend Alpha Phi Alpha
for taking this step, and because
of the record of Mr. Bright in
turning out satisfactory orders of
class pins for numerous schools,
and of service pins for such a
highly successful organization as
the Afro-American company of
Baltimore, we feel sure taht only
satisfaction will come from the Al
pha appointment.
“GUIDE RIGHT”
In eighty eol'ege communities
throughout the country, during the
week of April 24-30, thp Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity is sponsoring
meetings, forums, discussion, and
clinics on vocational opportunities,
seeking to guide youth a right for
the work they are to pursue in
later life.
The official organ of the frater
nity, the Kc.ppa Journal, has issued
a current “Guide Right” number,
in which the history of this move
ment, which was started in 1923, is
told, and in which high appreciation
and support of the movement is ex
pressed by the United States Com
missioner of Education.
In a special article in this mum
bee, “Get Trained for Uncle Sam,”
bv James E. Scott, member of the
Committee of Intel-fraternal Co
operation, some valuable pointers
on a"-miring special training for
inerc ing jobs under the federal
Gov; nm<>nt are given. For some
time now the Urban league has
been stressing the fact that new
opportunities are opening up in
the Civil Sorvve, and it is timely
that the subject should be empha
sized in a nation 1 “Guide Right”
f campaign.
A I, JOI.SON
The severity with which the
Negro press attacked A1 Jolson for
his alleged signing a petition which
h irred colored people from a Los
Xngeles residential section in
which ho lived,-should he a lesson
to other whites who earn fortune
based on the Negro. The race will
no longer allow any person or
group of persons to humiTate it
without severe castigation.
part in making the collection in
teresting to others.
To earn the new Merit Radges
in Coin Cell cting a Scout (if First
Class rank must:
1. Own and exhibit at least 100
types of coins personally collected
by him and mounted for display,
including coins from at least 15
countries, properly classified as to
country, ruler (if any), denomi
nation, date and an;, special reason
for issuing. This collection shall
also include five tons made of
each of the following mater als
properly n,otui os yurt of the
classification data—silver, nickel,
copper and two other alloys.
2. Give a grief interesting his
tory of: (at the orgin of the
American dollar; and the deriva
tion of its name; (b) U. S. coins
since the first ones issued, giv
ing all denominations of U. S
coins issued for circulation and
the metals used in each.
3. Explain fully what is meant
by the following teams, illustrat-j
ing with examples from his own
collection wherever possible: Pine
Tree Shilling, Trade Dollard, Co
onial Coins, Hard Times Token or
Jackson Cents. Commemorative is
sue, Necessity Monjy of the Unit
ed States, flying Eagle Cents, and
fractional currency.
4. Explain the following teams
illustrating with examples from
his own collection wherever possi
ble: All, AR. AE, IBust Exergue,
Flan, Head, Incuse, Inscription or
Ije0en<% Obverde: Qverstrike.
Counterfeit, Counterstamp, Round
ed Edge, Lettered Edge, Reverse
Struck Coin and Cast Coin.
5. Describe the condition of
coins classified in the following
ways: proof, uncirculated, fine, |
good, poonv Explain how the value j
of a coin is determined.
6. Clasify as to country, denom-'
ination and material, five coins
furnished by his Merit Badge
Counselor.
7. What is the purpose of mint;
marks on a coin. Name three
United States mints and show a!
coin from each mint from his own 1
collection.
[THE LOW DOWN
'- -from
HICKORY GROVE
Here lately, it gemms like a
good many folks figure that if
somebody has something like 10
oiiars or 15 dol
lars or maybe
full sack of flour
ahead, that they
watching and are
maybe not the
best type of per
idea, it got start
ed, because some
body got him
self elected by
hoppin’ onto any
! body with two
bits. and it look
en easy, so more fellers have been
tryin’ it.
But it we did not have some
folks who figure on a rairjy day,
we would not have any savings
banks, or life insurance, or rail
roads. or much of anything.
And you take the railroads, it is
different from what it was 100
years ago, when if you wanted to
go from Cincinnati to Salt I^ake,
you could walk, or ride a horse.
And it woud take you 6 or 8
months and at 100 dollars per
months, and would cost GOO or 800
dollars, and also use up a good
horse, to boot.
And our grand-father, who went
west with a musket on his .shoul
der. he would not be findin’ fault:
with the railraods, and every-i
thing—he woud be givm’ 3 c^e^rs.
Yours, with the low down,
JO SERRA
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EDGAR BROWN 'N p!E»
FOR WPA EXPANSION |
Washington, Mav 7 (C)—Edgar
G. —*Brown, pies’dent nf the Uni- j
ted Goveronien* Fmoloyres, ap-(
peared before the appropriations
Committee of tbP Hous». Monday
and made a plea for $1,000,000 to
be spent for expanding the WPA 1
household workers demonstration !
centers in twenty-two states.
Economic Highlights
During the last six »*nths, it
has been a prevalent criticism of
the Administration—mad* by fri
ends as well as opponents—that
the President and his official cir
cle apparently greatly underesti
mated the importance and sever
ity o fthe slump i nbusiness that
began last October.
Whether or not the President
actually took this attitude, it is
obvious that he now views the re
cession as a major crisis which
has endangered all the gains
made since the depths of 1982.
Two dramatic events occurring
recently, vividly illustrate th's.
First, his last “fireside chat"
was almost sftartKngVy different
in tone and attitude from most of
its predecessors. As one anti- Ad
ministration newspaper, the Port
and Oregonian, described it,
“There was no baiting of business,
no hatefulness of phrase, nor any
appeal to class consciousness. In
tead there was gratefully evident
the recognition of all classes of
Americana in a common American
ism, confronted by identical ques
tions to be solved by fraternal
soution.” In other words, the talk
was highly conciliatory. Whether
the President will continue to hold
such an attitude cannot be said—
but it is a reasonable deduction
that at the present time the Ad
ministration has reached the con
clusion hat it is essential to ex
tend a friendly hand to all ele
ments in our national life, to dis
pel distrust and bitterness, ta
cement so far as possible the war
ring factionn, and to precede “re
form" with an attempt at “re
covery.”
Second, the President’s message
to Congress shows how seriously
he regards present conditions. And
this message will continue to be
the subject of a tremendous
amount of debate and difference
of opinion. Briefly, the Adminis
tration proposes to fight bad
time? with the same weapon is
used, to fight b'd times before—a
pump-priming p rogram of aaiza
unprecedented before 1932, It has
three phases: 1. Direct govern
ment spending, through the WPA,
the Farm Security Administration,
the National Youth Administration
and the COC. 2. The release of
about $2,000,000,000 in new oredit
through changes in the gold and
federal reserve policies. 3. The
creation of new jobs through slum
clearance, highways, flood control
and 'public works, /t wfcs also
suggeested that the SEC relax its
regulations somewhat in order to
make it easier for small business
to get new money.
The entire program would re
sult in the government spending
$4,500,000,000 more than it is now
-pending. Yet, while no provision
i s made for increasing revenue, it
it said that this will increase the
national debt by only a third of
that sum. That seemingy magical
trick would be accomplished 1 f de
sterlizing part of our vast gold
reserve against which no gold cer
tTicate? exist.
The form pending program,
'• hie'1 began almost ms soon as the
T' esident t ', k nr'ice was approv
ed aim st unanimously by Con
gress and by the nation* as a whole.
The present program will not meet
so enthusiastic a veception. One
hloc believes th t the former
snerding failed, and another will
fail, too. Another bloc, even though
it favors increased spending, will
be unwilling to approve it unless
some means of raising the money
i‘ found, so as not further lx>ost
the debt. A third bloc thinks that
tax and labor troubles should be
coirected before we try anything
ese and believes that if business
were aided in this manner it would
go ahead and spend on its own
hook, thus obviating or lessening
the need for government spe"ding
rn a larger si ale. All such blocs
are important and influential—
and are manned by Democrats as
well as Republicans. It is the
members of the President’s own
nnrty, net the opposition, that
have made the present session* of
Cnnoo-css. culminating in the
startling defeat of the recorgani
T'dinn measure, a stormy one for
the White House.
There is the situation as it ex
ists today. We are in a period of
lethargic business and, while the
consenus of expert opinion* does
not anticipate further declines, it
dnes not anticipate substantial
beterment in the near future, ei
ther. The Congress is in a rebel
lious mood. The President has tak
en a more conciliatory stand, and
it is believed that he will suggest
no new “unsual” legisation this
year. What that all adds up to is
anybody’s guess. One good guess is
that we will hove greater suond
ing, and a mild shot of inflation
hut not On as big a scale as the
President suggests.
• * *
The .Republican will gain about
100 seats in the House next Nov
ember—go i mg by a recent survey
made by the Institute of Publis
Opinion. They will gain some seats
in the Senate. But both branches
will remain Democratic by heavy
majorities. It is mathematically
nossible for the Republicans to
gain control of the House—but no
nne thinks that can honpen. It is
athematicallv imnoasible for them
to gain control of tha Senate.