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Show ALTHOUGH President Harry S. " Truman at his press conferences and in his public appearances here In Washington appears to be In an amiable mood, full of the forgiving spirit of the holiday season, those closest to the President declare there has been no softening in his determination to push through his entire program pledged to the people in his campaign. 1 These observers declare the President doesn't want to "punish" "pun-ish" anybody but at the same time he will not tolerate opposition opposi-tion from within his own party on the program he has sought for more than two years to extend, ex-tend, amplify and create new legislation which he regards as for the best interest of the masses mass-es of the people. For this reason it Is apparent that some of the moss-grown congressional congression-al rules must be eliminated. So the President Is looking toward his leadership lead-ership in the senate, notably vice-president-elect Alben Barkley, to eliminate the filibuster menace in the senate, and to speaker-elect Sam Rayburn to clip the wings of the powerful rules committee. ' Fast action on some few measures and months of hearings over others will be the rule in the new congress. For Instance, export control expires at the end of February. Immediate attempt to strengthen this control to prevent some of the fraud practiced prac-ticed under present law will get priority. pri-ority. The economic recovery administration admin-istration and its program must be renewed in April. The reciprocal trade agreements do not expire until June but there will be an attempt to repeal the 80th congress' provisions and extend the law for three years. A new set-up, almost immediately, for the house un-American activities committee is in the cards. Congressman Congress-man J. Hardin Peterson of Florida, a committee member, wants to make it a joint senate-house committee. Rent control runs out at the end of March and a new rent control extension ex-tension law will be one of the early actions. It is a foregone conclusion that the Hope-Aiken long-range farm price support law will either be amended or knocked out for a new Democratic law. Leaders in the fight for rigid parity support will be Senator Sen-ator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma In the senate and Congressman Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina In the house. Public housing and slum clearance clear-ance will be reintroduced in much the same form as the . Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill in the 80th conress and likely it will pass. Senator J. William Ful-bright Ful-bright of Arkansas, and Congressman Con-gressman L. Mendel Rivers of South Carolina will reintroduce the measure seeking to lift federal fed-eral taxes off oleomargarine. Chairman Elbert Thomas of Utah, of the senate labor and public welfare wel-fare committee, will lead the fight for federal aid to education. Senators Sena-tors Murray of Montana, Wagner of New York, McGrath of Rhode Island, Is-land, and Rep. John Dingell of Michigan will spearhead the fight for extensions of the social security program. Also, Senators Wagner and Murray and Congressman Dingell will reintroduce re-introduce the administration national na-tional health insurance bill. Senators Murray, Wagner and Senator Claude Peppes of Florida together,' to-gether,' with Congressman John Les-inski Les-inski of Michigan will lead the fight for repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law and the passage of a substitute labor bill. Congressmen Helen G aha g an Douglas of California, Emanuel Cel-ler Cel-ler of New York, and Senators McGrath Mc-Grath and Pepper will lead the fight for the civil rights program. Senator Sena-tor Spessard Holland of Florida will offer a measure to outlaw the poll tax by constitutional amendment instead in-stead of by law. Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah will head a bi-partisan group to raise wages in a new minimum wage law. SenatorsS ' Kefauver of Tennessee, Murray of Montana, Chan Gurney of South Dakota, Glen Taylor of Idaho, Harry P. Cain of Washington, Owen Brewster and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine will lead the fights for valley authorities. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahdney of Wyoming and Congressman Mike Mansfield of Montana will lead the battle for stand-by price and rationing ration-ing control. A split is in the cards over the excess profits tax proposal. It is believed be-lieved that senate finance chairman Walter F. George of Georgia Is opposed op-posed to imposition of the tax although al-though he has indicated he wants a look at the budget and the expense sheet first. Senator CMahoncy and Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado will likely lead the fight for the tax. |