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Show WILSON WILLING TO ACCEPUMGES WOULD NOT FIGHT REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF RESERVE BANKS OR CHANGE IN BOARD. Announces Willingness to Consider Proposal for Recess of House, Believing Be-lieving Currency Bill Will be Passed at Present 6ession. Washington. With President Wll-on Wll-on willing to atyept substantial amendment to the administration currency bill In the hope of securing secur-ing speedy action on the measure In the senate committee, supporters of the administration on Monday grew optimistic over the chancei for the passage of tile measure before the end of the extra session of congress. The president, himself In a letter to Majority leader I'nderwtod announced an-nounced his willingness to consider a proposal for a recess of the house, Legalise, he said, oonftrences with members of the senate conference committee led him to believe the bill would be reported to the senate the flrst week In November and passed at the present session. Republican members of the committee commit-tee and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska Nebras-ka were Inclined to look upon this plan as too optimistic, but other members mem-bers of the committee said they hoped to be able to live up to the president's expectations. A reduction In the number of re-rve re-rve banks, fixed by the administration administra-tion bill at twelve, and the removal of the secretary of agriculture and the comptroller of the currency from the federal reserve board which would control the new currency system, were amendments which the president presi-dent let It be known he would not oppose. Almost all the witnesses before be-fore the senate committee have contended con-tended for the te amendments, and a majority of the committee Is believed to favor them. |