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Show Conference at wliite House. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-Representa-tlve Townaend of Michigan, one of the authors of the Esch-Townsend freight-rate freight-rate bill, tiad a talk with the President In regard to the "prospects for the enactment of the measure Into law. Mr. Townserd, who has canvassed the situation situa-tion pretty thoroughly, expressed the opinion thst there was a chance for the passage of the bill by the Senate at the present seselon. After his talk with the President. Mr. Townsend said that In the event no legislation on the rate question ques-tion was enacted at this session an extra session of Congress would be called by President Roosevelt for next autumn, perhaps In October. |