Show NEWS REVIEW congress will convene no Rh russia issia chile brazil TRUMAN CALLS congress to meet congress summoned by president truman will con vene in special session at noon november 17 to deal with I 1 the alarming and contina ing high prices at home and 2 the pressing need for rap id fire emergency need abroad president truman s summoning of congress a month and a half be tore fore it normally would have re convened marked a definite climax in U S domestic events for 1947 although doubt existed tor for a long time as to whether a special ses sion would be called to meet the two problems which have been screaming with urgency all year it was the only really logical step to take mr truman took it decisively he conferred with his cabinet and he conferred with key congressional leaders of both parties he did not ask their advice on a special ses sion he informed them simply that he was calling one it is urgently necessary he said for the congress to take t leg leg sla isla tive action designed to put an end 0 o the continued rise in prices ard to meet the crisis in western europe concerning prices the president would not ask for consumer con rols but for authority tor for alloca tion of certain materials european relief scheduled to be given or y over the price muddle in con gressional action was laigh highlighted lighted by the growing desperation in prance france and italy no DENIAL force james F byrnes said james F byrnes somewhat angrily was and Is a patient man moreover he did not advocate in his recently pub fished memoirs frankly speak ing that force should be used if necessary to drive the russians out of germany the former U S secretary of state made that rebuttal after wide ly printed reviews of his book had stated that he was urging the build ing of more and bigger atomic bombs and the use of force against the recalcitrant red army he reiterated his belief that the U S great britain and france should proceed with a general ger man peace conference regardless of the soviet union unions s attitude if the russians refused to sign the treaty then the other nations should appeal to the security coun cil of the U N to order the rus out because byrnes said we will then be facing a situation likely to endanger the peace |