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Show ov Organization Sees Demo Power Shift A shift of Democratic power in Congress away from the south was foreseen this week by the National Committee for an Effective Effec-tive Congress. The prediction was based on estimates that the Democratic Party will win 15 to 60 addi-tionla addi-tionla House seats and six more Senate seats, with most of the new Congressmen to be elected from the northern and western states. . But Utah's Republican Senator Arthur V. Watkins was listed by the organization as "probably safe" for re-election. I In the Senate.t he Democrats now hold a two-seat majority over the Republicans (49-47), and 34 seats are at stake in November's No-vember's elections. Of these, 32 are for full six-year terms, and two are for four-year terms. Democrats hold a larger majority ma-jority int he House, holding 233 seats to the Republicans' 198. There are four vacancies. In its survey, 12 Senate seats were listed as "safe" or "probably "prob-ably safe" for Democrats by the organization, with six for Republicans. Re-publicans. Of the 16 remaining Senate races listed as doubtful, 15 Republcina seats were listed, with only one Democrat. |