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Show MORE REVENUE IS NEEDED. McAdoo Declares That Legislation at Present Session is Imperative. Washington. Congressional .:ri" have been advised by Secretary J! -Adoo that legislation at this se.i"U of congress is imperative to rroTo;-revenue rroTo;-revenue to meet the unexpected increases in-creases in expenses incident to the vast expansion of the nation's war pre-grant. pre-grant. A statement of the country's financial finan-cial situation, upon which the amount of additional taxes and bonds needed may be calculated, has been prewired at the treasury for submission within the next two or three days to the committees com-mittees of the senate and house. Whether congress will undertake at the present session upward revision of the war revenue law of last fall, leaders lead-ers at the capitol said, depends cn the impression made by this statement. state-ment. If it demonstrates that it is essential to act now instead of waiting wait-ing until December, as planned, koK of adjournment by July 1 will go fili"-,-mering and congress probably will he here until fall. |