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Show Sixty-Eighth Congress May Be Lively WASHINGTON. Republican progressives who will sit In the next house of rep-- rep-- resentatlves are organizing an Insurgent movement to be' unleashed un-leashed the moment the gave! falls next December. The Insurgency will be directed at preventing the election of the speaker of the house and house organization until assurances are given that certuln committees will be "vin-pucked" "vin-pucked" and the progressive legislation legisla-tion program heeded. Thirty-eight members are pledged to the movement, which la being led by Representative John M. Nelson (Rep., Wis.), leuder of the so-called La Fol-lette Fol-lette group, and Representative Roy Woodruff (Rep., Mich.). Representative Nelson mnde public a letter written by himself and Representative Rep-resentative Woodruff, as spokesmen for "the progressive Republican conference," con-ference," which has been sent to all newly elected Republican members of the house, demanding revision of the house rule? and the "unpacking" of committees which It is charged are stacked against progressive legislation. A. tentative program of legislation prepared for clrcultlon among all Republican Re-publican representatives contem plates new laws relating to transportation, transpor-tation, taxes, farm credits, presidential presiden-tial and congressional primaries, cooperative co-operative associations, prevention of war, soldiers' compensation, and "protection "pro-tection of the public Interests" In coal, timber, water power and other natural nat-ural resources. "It is the purpose of the progressive Republicans In forming the organization organiza-tion to relieve the house of the tyranny of the floor leaders," Representative Nelson said. "As the country knows, legislation in the house Is controlled by the floor leader and the speaker, with the co-operation of the committee on rules. "Our fight will not be directed against conservatives or anybody else. It Is not our purpose to" disrupt the party, but we do Intend to put progressive progres-sive Ideas to the front. "The balance of power In the two houses of congress Is In the bands of the progressives. We are not opposed to the President We believe that he will agree to our program. "While we look upon Speaker GI1-lett GI1-lett as a conservative, we regard him as a fair and courteous presiding officer. offi-cer. There Is no hostility to Lira per sonally," |