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Show President Asked for Special Congress Rapid City S. D. Senator Smoot of Utah, one of the administration leaders, lead-ers, came to the summer White House to renew his appeal to President Coolidge Coo-lidge for a special session of congress in the fall. A recommendation made by Secretary Hoover that the federal government give immediate relief in the Mississippi flood situation makes the special session imperative in the opinion of Senator Smoot. In order to give this relief and to get government finances on a better basis, the Utah senator believed the administration would do well to have congress meet early and pass the deficiency appropriation appro-priation bill which was lost in the senate sen-ate filibuster at the close of the last session. That bill carries a large amount of funds to meet emergency expenses of the government and these funds, he thinks, would be needed if Immediate relief was to be extended to the flood area. |