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Show WOULD GIVE WILSON DISCRETION TO ACT WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Retaliatory Retalia-tory legislation giving the president discretionary dis-cretionary power to act against any trade restriction bv foreign governments govern-ments is under cousideration, Secretary Lansing said today, but is not on the point ot being wit into cficct. Reports of that nature the secretary branded as absolutely untrue and calculated calcu-lated to embarrass the department. Decision De-cision rests entirely with President Wilson Wil-son himself, Mr, Lansing said, and reports re-ports from all other sources are entirely unauthorized. The secretary added there was no indication of any immediate .change.- I |