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Show .jam ILL STAY TO CLOSE OF P ALLEYS Wilson Plans to Transact Trans-act Executive Business j at Embassy, Technical-! ly American Soil, Regards Scheme for League of Nations as Essential to Establishment Establish-ment of Lasting Peace. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Demo-era Demo-era tic senators who conferred -with President Wilson tonight fof two hours, ' left the White house with the impression impres-sion that the president now plans to remain in France indefinitely, or at least until the major portion of the work of the peace conference has been , completed. The president was understood to be especially interested in the application, in the framing of the treaty, of the principle of the freedom of the seas, which he enunciated in his fourteen terms and on which the allies, in agreeing agree-ing Jo discuss peace with Germany, have reserved the right of freedom of. action at the peace conference. ON AMERICAN SOIL AT EMBASSY IN FRANCE. During his absence from the United States, the president plans to continue to exercise all the functions of his office. of-fice. II e will keep i n communication with Washington by wireless while at sea and by cable, and, if necessary, by dispatch boats while he is abroad. The plan for a league of nations was another subject to which the president was said to have given much study. He was understood to regard this as essential for the maintenance of the peace of the world. While in France the president was said to plan transaction of any necessary neces-sary executive business in the American Ameri-can embassy. Technically he then would be on American soil. Should he visit London or any of the other allied capitals, the embassies there would become his executive headquarters. headquar-ters. RECONSTRUCTION AND NECESSARY LEGISLATION. Besides discussing his plans for his ""trip abroad, the president was understood under-stood to have taken up with the sena-t tors problems of reconstruction and necessary legislation. Tt was said that he op-poses creation of a reconstruction commission, either executive or congressional, con-gressional, preferring that the work-be work-be done by exist in.e agencies, such as the war industries board, the food administration ad-ministration and the war trade board. Senators attending the conference included in-cluded Simmons and Overman of North arolina; Pomorene of Ohio. Walsh of "Montana and Swanson of Virginia, all chairmen of important committees. Vhirino the day the president had conferred con-ferred with Senator Martin of Virginia, Vir-ginia, the Democratic leader. The American merchant marine, labor problems and the war revenue bill were other subjects taken up at the conference confer-ence tonight, which lasted until about 1'J o'clock. REITERATES VIEWS FOR BIG FLEET OF SHIPS. "'"hi- prpsi.lcnt '.a 1o have mi- tMatPi his vietvs on the necps-iitv for a great fleet of ships to cam- the nation's na-tion's commerce, and to that en. I favors fa-vors contimiarice of the government "s ?hiibuililinj: program. K-eeardiug labor, senators were said to i liave been lolil that maintenance of I utmost confidence between emplovers ' , and employees is particularly essential! during the period of reconstruction. I Retrenchment in federal expenditures, a.s far as is consistent, was said to be uestred bv the president, who told !he I senators be already hod In ken steps to! that end. Tn this connection the pend- i (Continued on rage Nine.) 1 i PRESIDENT ILL STAY TO CLOSE DF PARLEYS (Continued from Page One.) ing war revenue bill was discussed, especially with Senator Simmons, chairman, chair-man, of the senate finance committee. The president asked regarding prospects of its passage, in view of his approaching approach-ing departure for France, and was advised ad-vised by Senator Simmons of the prospect pros-pect of delay and determined Republican Republi-can opposition to the plan proposed by Secretary McAdoo for determination in the ponding measure of 1920 tax rates. Legislation Covered. Keco instruction and legislative questions, ques-tions, the senators were said to havo been informed, probably will be discussed dis-cussed by tho president in his address to congress at the opening of the new session, December 2. At that time he is expected to outline his views on the necessity for maintaining some government gov-ernment war agencies, at least for a limited period after the peace treaty is signed. The president plans to sail for France soon after congress rcoon venes, and it was understood that for this reason he desired the leisurely conference tonight covering the broad field of legislation and other questions. In connection with the president 's planB for transacting his business with an American embassy as headquarters, it was understood that he feels there will be little difficulty in disposing of executive questions that arise. If necessary, it waB said, the engrossed text of a bill could be sent to him by a courier on a dispatch boat. A veto, it wa said, could be accomplished accom-plished by cable. In the discussion of legislative questions, it was said that ouly those of the comiiig session were considered, and that no mention was made either of prospective Republican control of the next congress or of an extra session. |