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Show DRIVE 1 COSTS TO OPEN TDDA1T Delegate of U. S. Attorney General Expected to Arrive Ar-rive for Sessions Here. Miiny proNoeutiiig Mtoniipys of Uie counties ;uul cities ami towns of t'l.'h have indicated that they will be present pres-ent at the meeting today in the capitol when methods of fighting the high cost of living, and especially profiteering, will to taken up; John H. Atwood of Kansas City, now on the Pacific coast, according to a telegram received in the office of the governor yesterday, expected ex-pected to arrive in time for the opening of the &?ssion this morning, if he could make proper connections at Los An- geles. I Mr. Atwood, whose home is in Kan-sas Kan-sas City, comes as the representative of ithc United States department of justice. jus-tice. Ho is a special assistant to A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general. Similar Sim-ilar meetings are being held in many states of the union as a part of a nation-wide campaign against the high cost of living, which Mr. Palmer is conducting. The meetings today are to be held in the hall of the house of representatives representa-tives at the capitol. It is announced that no pet program has been arranged, the message brought b3- Mr. Atwood, and the decisions of the delegates themselves. them-selves. In addition to the prosecuting officials, offi-cials, the county commissioners and the niavors and other officials of cities and towns have been invited by the governor gov-ernor to attend. There will also be pre;-ciit a number of state officials di-rectlv di-rectlv interested in such work. |