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Show 76th Congress Convenes With G.O.P, Hopeful Conservative Democrat Faction Wooed by Republicans By GEORGE R, HOLMES WASHINGTON, Jan. I (INS) Banging gavels en tha stroke ef neon sent the new Nth congress an Its legislative way today with the militant and newly-hopeful Republicans Repub-licans wooing tha enaervattve Democrats. ' Senate Republicans reelected Senator Sen-ator Charles McNary of Oregon, ai mlasrtty leader, shortly before tlx session began, and McNary prompt' ty made aa oblique approach to th Demaeratio conservatives by offer ing to "cooperate" In the matter el reducing federal expenditures. "The unbroken voice of tha (Re 1 publican) conference," ha said, "wai , that we will cooperate with an group In aa effort to decrease gov I r ntninl a v nmrA i I ll r a without do ing in justice to those la distress or in need of relief.. The galleries were packed, although al-though ths opening exercises today to-day were, largely perfunctory, being be-ing devoted mostly to tha routine swsartng in new member! of the senate and house, and appointing committees to notify the president that congress Is assembled end ready to receive communications from him. Ths principal "communication" will come tomorrow when Mr. Roosevelt faces a Joint aesslon with his annual messsgs, which will deal extensively with world conditions, snd ths nssd for greater national defenue, especially in the air. Both chambers prssented a aea ef 1 new facea, the fruit of last Novem-1 Novem-1 ber'a elections, which for ths first tims In six yesrs went heavily ' against ths nsw deal. There were I 11 new ssnstors, sight Republicans snd fivs Democrats. In tha houss there were slmost 100 nsw mem-' mem-' bera, mostly Republicans. Ths senate was called to order by ' Vice President Garner: tha house ' by its clerk. South Trimble. Bpeaker William B. Bankhead was . (CentlntiM am P.e. Twet tColumtl Tool Target . . ... . -. , .. v-,, a 11 aa w-a-A 0 ' "taaaaaeeaesS FRANCES PERKINS Assailed ill Report 76TH CONGRESS OPENS SESSIONS (Continue Tnm Pete One) Ineligible to perform the opening ceremony because, technically, he waa not speaker, but just another congressman. HI election waa taken cara of a little later, after the Republicans had gone through the motion of nominating their nw house leader, Representative Joe Martin of Massachusetts, Mas-sachusetts, for the speakership. The senate. omwhat mere aedate than the boisterous house, never-theleaa never-theleaa presented a ecene of animation ani-mation and gayaty. Thar waa much hand-ehaking and back-alapplng. Tha "purgeea" who weathered the teat of President Roosevelt's attempt at-tempt to get them In tha primaries ware the objects of special congratulation con-gratulation from their colleagues. The eenate'a opening aeaaion lasted exactly S3 minutes. New member were escorted to the rostrum ros-trum by their eolleaguea, and quickly sworn In. The only legislative bualneee transacted waa tha filing of tha report by the Bheppard oommlttee. which investigated tha senatorial oampalgna last November. Bankiiead waa nominated for the apeakorahlp by Representative McCormack of Massachusetts. Martin Mar-tin by Representative Woodruff of Michigan. On tha roll call. In eon-formity eon-formity with house custom, Bank-head Bank-head voted for hlmeelf. Martin, however, voted present. The final vote waa: Bankhead 3&0; and Martin 167. WASHINGTON. Jan. I (TV-House (TV-House Democratic and Republican leadara agreed today on a 3-to-J division of committee strength between be-tween tha majority and minority parties. |