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Show CONGRESS FACES . CLOSING CRU8H Eleventh Hour Attempt Being Made .- to Put Through Farm Credit Legislation Washington, Fob. 28. With thrco and a half days loft in tho llfo of tho Sixty third Congress, both houses nro prepared to sit almost continuously continu-ously until noon Thursday, March 4. Tho Senato and Houso will bo busy considering conferonco reports on tho great supply bills, which, whon all havo beon enacted, will aggregato approximately $1,000,000 to defray tho expenses of tho govornment for tho noxt ilscnl year. Tho Senate has yet to disposo of tho $11,000,000 Indian In-dian and appropriation bill and tho rlvors and harbors bill. Thnt It will bo Impossible to pass tho Senato river riv-er and harbor appropriation moasuro carrying $38,000,000, has boon eon-coded eon-coded for Bovornl days. It Is probable prob-able that a Joint resolution appropriating appropri-ating a lump sum of $30,000,000 will bo subdivided to take caro of existing exist-ing projects. Llttlo difficulty is looked for with any of tho other supply bills, altlto Senato increases for submarines in tho naval building program may ro qulro somo concessions, and tho fate of tho agricultural bill Is somowhat in doubt owing to the McCurabor rural rur-al credits rldor, which was attached unexpectedly in tho Sonato. Tho Houso commltteo on agriculture plans to substitute for the McCum-ber McCum-ber rider the farm loan credits bill, approved by tho President and ngrccd to by banking and turroncy committees commit-tees of both houses. If this is np proved by tho Houso, Senato leaders bollovo that it can pass tho Senato. "Tho eleventh hour ffort to accomplish accom-plish farm credit legislation Is expected ex-pected to leave llttlo opportunity for consideration of other general legislation, legis-lation, Including Philllppino self government gov-ernment and tho water power dam slto bills, and.. will operate to hold back tho last desporato effort of party par-ty leaders to put through tho government gov-ernment ship purchase bill. Confirmation of nt least four of President Wilson's five nominees for tho federal trado commission Is expected ex-pected in tho names of Joseph B. Davles, Edward N. Hurley, W. J. Harris nnd W. H. Parry having beon commorco commltteo Saturday. Fur-approved Fur-approved by tho Sonato Interstate commorco commltteo Saturday. Further Fur-ther inquiry Into qualifications of Georgo Bublco of Now Hampshire will bo mado by tho commltteo. |