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Show Opinions Differ On Vole Result WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 UP) Lawmakers divided Friday over President Truman's assertion that the Democrats' success In Tuesday's Tues-day's elections will smooth th , way la congress for the party's program. Mr. Truman's . prediction was j challenged sharply by Republican . Senator Brlcker of Ohio. Brlcker i y ssld the' outcome at the polls won't j have much effect one way or th other on the future of the president's presi-dent's "fair deal.' But Democratic Senator Kilgore . of West Virginia declared: 1 hon-i hon-i estly believe the election results mean easier going for the administration admin-istration program." . Senator Byrd of Virginia, a Democrat who has opposed much of the Truman legislation, said , the elections didn't change his . mind on a single issue.. j ' Will Cos tie u j "I am going to continue to vote ' my convictions," Byrd aald, add-! Ing that he still Is unalterably op- posed, for example, to Mr. Truman's Tru-man's controversial civil rights program. 1 ' "And, In my opinion," Byrd said, "I think just about every member . of congress who wss opposed to that program in the last session will remain opposed." Another Democrat, Senator Freer of Delaware, reacted similarly simi-larly with respect to that Issue. He ssid: "I don't think the outcome of any of the elections Tuesday will make sny difference In the lineups for and against civil rights." Mr. Truman' forecast about the elections providing a boost for ths party program came at his news conference Thursday. Party Mandate Asked whether he construed the ; Democratic victories In New York state and elsewhere ss a mandate from the people In support of his program, the president replied that when the Democrats win an election elec-tion It amounts to a grant of authority au-thority or a mandate call it what ! you want to carry out the party I platform. i Mr. Truman ssld that Is alt ha la trying to do, and that the election elec-tion results will make it easier. Tha president's civil rights program pro-gram facea a major teat early next year when senate Democrstic leaders plan to call up hotly dis- j puted legislation to create a fair j employment practices commission. Southern senators opposed to the bill hsve made it clear they plan to filibuster againat It Among another score of "fair deal" Issues still hanging firs after failing to make the grade at the' last session are repeal of tha Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley labor law, national health insurance, and the farm program of Secretary of Agriculture Bran-Ban. Bran-Ban. ' I |