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Show Democratic Leader Predicts Senate Will Change Rules Early In .Next Session Washington, "July 2 Senator Kern majority, leader of the Senato said today he believed a modified cloture rule would be thejflrst measure adopted ad-opted by the Senate next session. He announced-that tho special com-mltteo com-mltteo on revlsjon of the rules, that was named on' petition of forty-one Democratic senators to devise some form of cloture, that would prevent a repetition of filibusters liko the one Inypkod to defeat the .ship purchase bjll was expected to be ready to report re-port as soon as .Congress meets. "I bellove that" tho report of tble committee, of which Senator Owen Is chairman," ,ea!d Mr. Kern, "will include in-clude a rule to provide that a majority major-ity of senators can fix a certain time for voting on a bill, giving reasonable time for debato and compelling senators sen-ators to speak to tho subject uuder consideration." Tho senator said ho realized it would tako somo tlmo to adopt such a radlnnl rtinnirn In flu, ritlon. but a rauical cliango In the rules, om expressed confidence that tho plan would havo tho support of tho forty-ono forty-ono Domocrats who supported cloturo last session and of a number of progressive pro-gressive Republicans. "I was anxious for nn extra session In October," ho ndded, "but that w out of tho quostlon whlld tho foreign . situation continues ombrollud." w |