Show POLITICAL TEST TE-ST TO BEGIN SOON Weighing of Sentiment t to to Commence With Illinois Primaries WASHINGTON March 10 UP UP- UP The first test of national political sen zen since Franklin I D. D Roos Roosevelt velt swamped the Republican party in 1932 will vill begin one month from today in statewIde Illinois primaries Barring political miracles s the Democrats Dem Dem- will wm come out but of this general election lection still safely in control of both houses louses of congress Some sound Republican Re Re- publican politicians politician expect their party part to o lose up to four seats scats in the senate and to gain at the outside about 50 or r 60 in the house Th The Democrats have a clear majority majory major major- ity y of 91 scats seats in the house and over oyer- turn urn of or so many this year is not likely To o obtain bare vote one control ol or orthe the he senate senat the Republicans would have jave to hold every everyone one of their own seats eats jeopardized this year and gain gair 14 4 now held by Democrats That would be ic next to impossIble Or they could squeeze by with 13 Democratic defeats 1 if they had the vote of ot Senator Henik Henrik Hen Hen- rile rik ik F L. FL L. L Minn All seats in the house 35 Inthe in he tle senate and nd the tenure of 35 governors governors gov gov- are at stake this year South Dakota and anCl Alabama are ne next net t after the he Illinois pr primaries mari s on May 1 On May 8 in In Indiana ell ana comes the first firs prImary involving a senate seat that tha of if a Republican Senator Arthur R. R Robinson who has loudly championed war veterans against economy anc and complained of faU failure re to obtain war wa debt payments from r m abroad Pennsylvania anla New Jersey and Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon also will cast primary ballots in May Jay North Carolina Iowa Florida Maine Minnesota and North Dakota ballot allot in June JunC Three vote in July Oklahoma Montana and Texas The others are about equally divided between August and September except except ex ex- ex Connecticut Delaware New Mexico Rhode Island and Utah where nom nomination nation is by convention for which no date is fixed by law Seventeen Democrats 17 Republicans li cans and md 1 Laborite Farmer comprise the he 35 senators whose terms are arc ex cx- pining this year ear The political storm whIch carried President R Roosevelt inthe into int th he the White House gave him top heavy i majorities in both houses of congress The accounting toda today is Senate Democrats 60 Republicans 35 Labor Farmer 1 House Democrats Republicans Labor Farmer 5 vacant 4 |