Show LEGERS TO ED CONGRESS PROGRAM ADVOCATED BY SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK PROBABLY WILL BE ADOPTED congress reconvene reconvenes for three month months session with calendar overcrowded with 0 moral leg leg isolation Islat lon of national interest washington congress reconvened monday december 4 for a three months session with a calendar overcrowded with elnera legislation fac ing railroad reforma reforms und the high cott cost of living as new issues sues and confronted with unprecedented estimates aggregating 1654 to meet expends turea tures of the government for die the fis cal year 1918 doth both houses adjourned early as a mark of respect to the late senator clarke of arkansas and resident commissioner rivers of at porto hica rico both of whom died since the septem ber adjournment hasty conferences of house leaders on monday indicated that a speed up program advocated by speaker dark clark wilt will be adopted with only alight slight changes majority leader kitchin joined with the speaker in declaring that the usual long christmas holiday should be dispensed with and an earlier ell tiler meeting than noon probably 10 0 clock set no active opposition to the early meeting hour hie has appeared but there Is some dissension over the proposed abolition of the christmas holidays A compromise holiday of one week beginning the saturday before christmas has been suggested A although food embargo proposals are certain to create much discus discussion cus slon few leaders are inclined to believe that investigation of the high cost of at living will be left to the execl executive tive de it Is a regarded as an doubtful that any of the presidents railway legislation program will reach the floor door before christmas representative adamson chairman of the interstate commerce committee who will pilot the mean ures urea said that he would spend the christmas holidays st at homo home regard less of any adjournment as rement |