Show Foreign Policy Control firings Brings GOP GAP Protest B By Marvin Man L. L Arrow Arrowsmith WASHINGTON V ASHINGTON Jan 5 p f P f RI A A decision by senate Democrats to take kc a vote three-vote edge in the foreign foreign for for- eign relations committee stirred a storm of Republican protest Wednesday G GO GOP 0 P senators called it a threat to the bipartisan foreign foreign for for- foreign eign n policy The senate Democratic steering committee agreed late Tuesday to assign eight party members to the important foreign relations unit and to give the Republicans only five places In the last congress congress congress con con- gress controlled by the G GO GOP 0 P the thc division was seven Republicans to six Democrats In an obvious move to ease the way for President Truman's legislative legislative legis leSis program the Democratic leadership also decided on an to five division in seven other stra strategic committees Uces Labor Labor Labor La La- bor banking agriculture ag judiciary judiciary judi judi- ciary clary rules commerce and public public public pub pub- lic works On the vital appropriations committee committee committee com com- there will be 13 Democrats and eight Republicans Under the G GOP 0 P the split spilt was 12 to nine The Democrats decided on a six seven lineup in the thc six other senate committees Armed services services services ices expenditures interior postoffice post postoffice office and civil service District Distri t I of Columbia and finance Maintaining the to six finance fi finance finance fi- fi nance committee ratio puzzled some Republicans who had expected expect expect- ed a bigger Democratic edge edSe to help put through Mr Truman's tax revision program The Democrats' Democrats three-man three margin margin margin mar mar- gin in eight committees and five in appropriations all made possible possible possible pos pos- sible because of ot their 12 vote majority majority ma ma- in the new senate will be bean bean bean I an important factor in the drive to carry out the party platform Those committees will handle such administration measures as Repeal of tho the Taft Hartley law and new labor tabor legislation tl 1 farm program inflation contro control funds to continue the Marsh Mauhl plan and the civil rights housing aid to education and bl bil to end senate filibusters The foreign relations Comm tee of course will have before legislation to carry carryon on the cc co war against again t Communism t IJ many other international matter The Democrats Democrats' decision abandon the six seven ratio that committee came carne as a There had been talk it would I maintained in the interests of t y bipartisan foreign policy |