Show wA WANTS ijUiCK ACTION PRESIDENT TAFT ASKS CON QRESS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS MODIFICA-TIONS IN RAILROAD BILL Message the Outcome of an Agreement Agree-ment With Railroads Whereby They Agree to Withdraw Increased In-creased Rates for Present Washington President Taft on Tuesday sent a special message to congress In which he recommended that the clause In the new railroad bill which gives the Interstate commerce com-merce commission power to investigate Investi-gate and suspend Increased rates filed by the railroads bo modified so as to tako effect Immediately upon signing the act Tho massage followed a lengthy conference con-ference at tho White House Tuesday morning between the president and Senator Crane on the part of the senate and Representative Mann on the part of the house There was a wide divergence of opinion among tho callers as to whether the amendments sought by tho president could be secured In conference con-ference Those representatives who favored tho acceptance of the senate bill as a whole contended that tho only way to make the clause referred to by the president take effect Immediately Imme-diately was to pass a Joint resolution to that effect They argued that as It stands In the bill tho provision would not tale effect for sixty days Tho president bases his request upon the agreement he reached with tho railroads on Monday whereby they agreod to withdraw all increased rates until the new law was signed As to how tho act Is to bo amended whether In conference or by Joint resolution res-olution the president left to the discretion dis-cretion of congress |