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Show DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HOPE TO ADJOURN CONGRESS JUNE 15 Washington, Feb. 16. Juno 15 is tho date Democratic leaders hope to ndjourn congress' President Wilson bellovcs tho senate and house may work at the samo time on tho trust bills. He told callers today that business men were now showing h greater interest In tho new legislation, legisla-tion, and that In many cases it was a very helpful interest. That Inter est .however, is not so active as he had expected and be attributes that to the fact that business men bave discounted the character of legislation legisla-tion and that the measures In a general gen-eral way meet their approval. The president, Incidentally remark-, ed today that many objections to the publicity features of the trade commission com-mission bill were based on a misconception miscon-ception of what tho bureau of corporations cor-porations already could do by present pres-ent statutes, Tho president sees little lit-tle difference in tho Interstate trade commission and tho present bureau of corporations will be merely enlarged by the forthcoming legislation. It already al-ready has broad powers of Inquisition. Inquisi-tion. The president looks for early action on tho measures. |