The House

At National Democratic Headquarters on Washington's K Street, a delighted yelp went up when early returns from Connecticut's six congressional races were posted. Democrats had hoped to take four of the state's six seats; instead they scored a grand slam and hauled in all six. And as the evening wore on, similar gains across the U.S. gave Democrats the bright view of a strengthened hold on the House, which they dominated last session by a majority of 35 votes. Probable Democratic gain in this year's election: 35 to 40 votes.

P: In Maryland, a revamped Democratic organization easily held its own four seats, also picked up the remaining three from Republicans, including the Eastern Shore seat of six-term G.O.P. Congressman Edward T. Miller, 63;

P: In Vermont, Political Amateur William H. Meyer, 44, became the first Democrat sent to Washington in 106 years by edging ex-Governor Harold J. Arthur for the state's lone House seat;

P: In Indiana, Democrats making mileage with attacks on Republican scandals picked up five Republican seats. Political Science Professor John Brademas, 31, unseated Freshman Republican F. Jay Nimtz and Theater Owner Joseph Barr, 40, toppled four-termer Charles Brownson;

P: In Iowa, Democratic gains extended to the House, e.g., onetime Young Democrats National President Neal E. Smith defeated eight-term Republican Paul Cunningham, whose past pluralities had been dropping and who had lost important labor support;

P: Pennsylvania Democrats, among their gains in House seats, picked up President Eisenhower's home district, where James M. Quigley, 40, defeated S. Walter Stauffer and gained back the seat that Stauffer won from him two years ago;

P: In West Virginia's Fourth District, onetime Adlai Stevenson Campaign Aide Ken Hechler defeated 83-year-old Dr. Will E. Neal, one of whose boasts was that he had delivered almost half of his constituents.

Elsewhere, Democrats nibbled away at isolated Republican districts to add to the gains they started with last month's Maine election. In New York they picked up a seat apiece in the normal Republican strongholds of Buffalo and Schenectady; in Kentucky's Third District (Louisville) State Legislator Frank W. Burke, 38, defeated John M. Robsion, who went to Washington six years ago on Dwight Eisenhower's coattails.

But nowhere was the Democratic gain more impressive than in Connecticut. And in Connecticut none of the Democratic victories were more impressive than two: 1 ) in Eastern Connecticut's Second District, onetime (1951-53) Ambassador to India Chester Bowles, 57, toppled five-term Republican Horace Seely-Brown Jr. ; 2) in heavily Republican Fairfield County, Democratic Lawyer Donald J. Irwin defeated Albert P. Morano, became the first Democrat elected in an off-year election in the county in 28 years.

But while Democrats were running strong for House seats in other sections of the U.S., a handful of embattled Republicans in the South held firm. Five G.O.P. Southern Congressmen retained their seats, notably among them Dallas' Bruce Alger, who held off the strong challenge of Democrat Barefoot Sanders.

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