Show forecast of work likely to be accomplished at short session of congress the report on the sh p subs dy bill will probably be an exception to the rule for no general leg islat on at coming sess on washington the passage of the appropriation bills and as little other general legislation as possible such in brief Is the forecast for the short session of the fiat ninth congress which began at high noon monday there has not yet been time for as general an exchange of views among members as is ordinarily desired by leaders before expressing their views leaders before expressing their views but all seems to regard the present situation situ aton as so simple as to need comparatively little intercourse to arrive at an understanding it is evi dent tor various reasons that it will not be possible to do much on the ampro bill before the holidays and the circumstance may have the effect of condensing the consideration of the fourteen large supply measures into two months considering that the aggregate of the appropriations to be considered will approximate one billion dollars some senators and mem hers express the opinion that congress cannot do better than give all of its time to these measures the report on the ship subsidy bill probably will be an exception to the rule for no general legislation the friends of that measure have never been more insistent than now they are extremely hopeful and yet very apprehensive |