Show PAUL MALLON republican strategy pays profits T T HE republicans brought themselves out of their first ne new v A leadership session of congress in greater unity than ar any i y political party has achieved since 0 long o before the new deal defections generally drew only three ng of their senators this was accomplished by a peculiar inner system of organization normally steering committees are bossed by one or two men but the republicans made theirs truly representative of the party for instance in the house speaker martin was boss but he worked closely with floor leader halleck which Is not unusual they both cooperated genuinely with a steering committee which made many decision to which both martin and halleck were opposed out of this system of operating from the grass roots up instead of from a top leadership down as mr roosevelt didt did came the dominant party characteristic of their first session no now w this guiding committee leadership had an operating system which was k kept ept completely under cover they had a two pronged base poll policy from the he start they strove A to keep down the amount of 0 legislation selecting only the bare essentials tor for beginning a now new policy era for the country and B to get away from emergency and must legislation their delay on the union reform bill was deliberate nothing was said about this yardstick they kept the democrats from knowing their formula but they feel rather good now about the way it worked out |