From Washington Straight

What kind of a congressional session can be expected? For the past three months members of Congress have been grazing in the grass roots. Now back in Washington most of them are reporting amazingly similar reactions to hometown opinion. With few exceptions congressmen found their constituencies restive. People are unhappy about foreign policy failures, domestic boo-boos, and the general tenor of Administration policies. And —such is the contradictory nature of the American electorate—they seem to feel, by and large, that John Fitzgerald Kennedy is doing a bang-up job of being President of the United States. If it were not for this latter fact we could expect all but the most jaded Administration supporters to come out fighting when the bell rings at noon January 10.

But the tremendous personal popularity of President Kennedy has given many congressmen, from both sides of the aisle, a sense of caution. They will reflect the current conservative trend that prevails back home, but don’t expect many of them to pin the blame on Jack Kennedy.

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What kind of a congressional session can be expected? For the past three months members of Congress have been grazing in the grass roots. Now back in Washington most of them are reporting amazingly similar reactions to hometown opinion. With few exceptions congressmen found their constituencies restive. People are unhappy about foreign policy failures, domestic boo-boos, and the general tenor of Administration policies. And —such is the contradictory nature of the American electorate—they seem to feel, by and large, that John Fitzgerald Kennedy is doing a bang-up job of being President of the United States. If it were not for this latter fact we could expect all but the most jaded Administration supporters to come out fighting when the bell rings at noon January 10.

But the tremendous personal popularity of President Kennedy has given many congressmen, from both sides of the aisle, a sense of caution. They will reflect the current conservative trend that prevails back home, but don’t expect many of them to pin the blame on Jack Kennedy.