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Show ABANDON HOPE OF A NON-PARTISAN HOUSE WASHINGTON. March 2S -Hopes for a non-partisan organization of the house of representatives al the special session next week was virtually abandoned aban-doned today by Representative Mann, Republican leader of the last house and proponent of the plan. After a conference with Speaker Clark. Democra.ic Leader Kitchin and Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropriations appropria-tions committee, Mr Mann .said lie had little hope for coa'itlon. ' I still stand where I stood originally," origin-ally," he said, "but I think two tickets will be put into the field. I am willing to be the Republican candidate for speaker if the Republicans want me to run and I think I shall be the candidate can-didate if one is named." |