Show WILL TAKE PROMPT ACTION I Carlisle VII Not Walt for Congress to Act A Washington Jan 17It is believed Secretary Carlisle contemplates taking prompt action on the bond question in view of what appears to be the impracticability im-practicability of securing early relief by Congress Guarded statements made by treasury officials today together to-gether with other significant facts form the basis for this belief An official statement is un6btainable The secretary of the treasury will r soon probably this evening offer to the public enough bonds to replenish replen-ish the gold reserve to the extent tq which it will have been depleted on FeburaT 1 when it will probably be reduced to from 60000000 to 65000000 The bonds will be tenyear 5 per cent orids but they will be really 3 percent per-cent bonds An offer has been cent ofer received re-ceived from one person to take all the bonds issued but the secretary pre lers tat cue general jiuinw have opportunity to bid for them |