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Brand new Americans for Constitutional Action score sheet shows Republican legislators far to right of Democrats. GOP senators in first session of 89th averaged out with 62.9 per cent ACA rating against 26.6 for Dems; in the House it was Republicans, 75.9 per cent ; Democrats, 21.5. . . . A mid-December poll that asked ; If you had to register again today, would you register as a Democrat or as a Republican?” came out this. way: Democrats, 63 million; Republicans, 39 million. . . . Ronald Reagan expected to make his formal announcement this week. … In Pittsburgh, conservative Ted Humes will enter congressional primary against Republican Rep. James Fulton early in January. Fulton’s vote for repeal of 14(b) was what set Pittsburgh’s conservative GOPers to looking for a new man in Washington. Expected Fulton tactic: to try to pin John Birch tag on Humes.

What to expect when Congress reconvenes : A big switch from economy as Sen. Russell Long (D., La.) takes over chairmanship of Finance Committee from Harry Byrd. (Long, son of Huey, nephew of Earl, comes from free-spending milieu.) . . . Sen. John McClellan’s special Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings on legislation designed to reverse recent Supreme Court decisions that hamper criminal prosecutions . . . . Sen. Dirksen says he’ll head the battle against repeal of 14(b) again next session; that he won’t compromise on that (there was talk of tacking certain clauses restricting labor privileges to right-to-work repeal as palliative to conservatives) . . . . Guess who is chief investigator for Adam Clayton Powell’s probe into federal poverty programs? None other than James McCarthy, who resigned as Director of NYC Mobilization for Youth in Segt. 1964 after that organization had been charged with employment of subversives and lavish spending practices. . . . May be out as Treasurer of Democratic Party: Richard Maguire. Maguire thought up gimmick of having corporations advertise in Democratic Party programs as fund-raising maneuver. His successor could be Arthur Krim of United Artists.

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Brand new Americans for Constitutional Action score sheet shows Republican legislators far to right of Democrats. GOP senators in first session of 89th averaged out with 62.9 per cent ACA rating against 26.6 for Dems; in the House it was Republicans, 75.9 per cent ; Democrats, 21.5. . . . A mid-December poll that asked ; If you had to register again today, would you register as a Democrat or as a Republican?” came out this. way: Democrats, 63 million; Republicans, 39 million. . . . Ronald Reagan expected to make his formal announcement this week. … In Pittsburgh, conservative Ted Humes will enter congressional primary against Republican Rep. James Fulton early in January. Fulton’s vote for repeal of 14(b) was what set Pittsburgh’s conservative GOPers to looking for a new man in Washington. Expected Fulton tactic: to try to pin John Birch tag on Humes.

What to expect when Congress reconvenes : A big switch from economy as Sen. Russell Long (D., La.) takes over chairmanship of Finance Committee from Harry Byrd. (Long, son of Huey, nephew of Earl, comes from free-spending milieu.) . . . Sen. John McClellan’s special Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings on legislation designed to reverse recent Supreme Court decisions that hamper criminal prosecutions . . . . Sen. Dirksen says he’ll head the battle against repeal of 14(b) again next session; that he won’t compromise on that (there was talk of tacking certain clauses restricting labor privileges to right-to-work repeal as palliative to conservatives) . . . . Guess who is chief investigator for Adam Clayton Powell’s probe into federal poverty programs? None other than James McCarthy, who resigned as Director of NYC Mobilization for Youth in Segt. 1964 after that organization had been charged with employment of subversives and lavish spending practices. . . . May be out as Treasurer of Democratic Party: Richard Maguire. Maguire thought up gimmick of having corporations advertise in Democratic Party programs as fund-raising maneuver. His successor could be Arthur Krim of United Artists.