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Show EARLY DATE SET FOR ADAMSON TEST CASE Arguments as to Constitutionality of Legislation Will Be Heard January 8 by Supreme Court. WJSH1S5TOX, Dec. -Determination by the supreme court of the constitutionality consti-tutionality of the Adamson law in time for congress to enact any desired supplementary sup-plementary legislation at this session wo. regarded as assured today when the court advanced the test case for argument on January S. The court granled the government's motion to expedite the Missouri. Oklahoma Okla-homa & Gulf railroad case, In which Federal Judge Hook held the law void Hearings were set for immediately after the Christmas holidays and ahead of all other important cases already assigned for January - " There had been some hope of having ,the case neard before Christmas, as the Adamson act becomes effective January 1. All interests are believed to be conserved con-served pending the court's decision however. how-ever. .Special accounts of wages due em-p em-p oyees under the law will he kept, and all other litigation will he held in abeyance abey-ance by agreement i etween the government govern-ment and the railroads until the decision deci-sion is given. |