Show Tall Taft Forecasts GOP DelayOn Delay DelayOn On Program WASHINGTON VASHI l Nov Noy y 14 p- p Sen Robert Taft of Ohio forecast Thursday that Republicans will delay final drafting of any party legislative program for the G GO O 0 P- P controlled congress until early in January Any such delay probably would lay Iny the Republican proposals before be be- fore foro congress after atter President Truman Truman Truman Tru Tru- man outlines his Democratic administration administration ad ad- ministration requests for tor legislation legisla legisla- tion in the annual state of at the union m message Taft told a reporter the GO GOP P senate and house steering committees committees committees commit commit- tees probably will produce at meetIngs meetings meetings meet- meet Ings today and tomorrow a list of subjects on which subcommittees will be asked to prepare prepa e recommendations recommendations recommendations or bills for tor presentation presenta presenta- tion at conferences of all party members early in January The new members of the senate senate senate sen sen- ate and house must have a full tull voice in n deciding our policies Taft Tatt said We hope to have recommendations recommendations rec rec- to lay before them but the conferences will make the final decision The Republicans will proceed with their program without reference reference ref ret to any proposals the Democrats Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- may make he added The two G GO GOP 0 P steering committees committees commit commit- tees meeting in separate sessions Thursday will hold it a Joint meeting meetIng meet meeting ing Friday Taft chairman of ot the senate committee declined any comment on the possibility that he ho may be be- J come a a. candidate for majority floor leader He held numerous conferences with senators throughout through through- out the day however in an apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent effort to decide whether he will seek the post There have been indications that Sen Ben Vallace of Maine now the minority leader will wiil be a 8 candidate candidate can can- if It Taft TaCt does not enter the race Taft took occasion to deny that he ho is involved In any way in the contest among Reps Clarence Brown Ohio Charles Chorles Halleck Ind and Thomas Jenkins Ohio for house home majority floor leader The Ohio senator said ald he is not backing Brown as u reported in some Borne quarters adding that he has kept hands hand off the house race A thumbnail U legislative program embracing a half dozen or fewer promises gained favor among Re- Re Re Re- publicans I Sen White told a reporter he Is 18 urging his colleagues to center their fire on a few major Issues I 1 dont don't think we ought to try E to write ta a party pty platform i might be produced by a convention he said w Ye to say what we want t ta to toa d a D. half halt dozen ma major i spread our et efforts an over over H I We ought to make pro proms promiS we can carry out and the thi I that they are fulfilled 7 Support for Whites White's vW from Sens c 1 n. n R w and Ball R. R wt Minn R called the thumbnail pro proSS a sound Bound approach to t th lem of ot setting up l l that can be |