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Show MM TO ADJOURN SOON FARM BILL IN SENATE TO MEET DEFEAT ACCORDING TO PRESENT FORECAST Major Business Dwindles; Minor Matters Mat-ters Are Now Being Handled. Leaders See Nothing To Help Congress Washington. Adjournment of congress con-gress by the end of this month was freely predicted Monday by the party leaders in the two houses. With the late of farm relief legislation likely to be deckled this week and the French debt settlement put into the distant future, the loaders see nothing to keep congress here. Limitation of debate on the farm bill in the senate will become effective on Tuesday, with expectations of a vote not later than Thursday. Defeat De-feat of the pending bill is forecast despite des-pite the efforts being made to modify its provisions. After the vote on farm relief, the senate probably will take up the Dill radio bill, with a view to action early next week. That will about clear the senate caleudar, except for the rivers and harbors bill, which the commerce committee is expected to report early in the week. A determined fight on a number of provisions of the waterway bill is 'threatened, and" whether a vote can be forced is regarded now as somewhat doubtful. Upon reconvening Tuesday, after an extended lay-off, the house will dispose dis-pose of a couple of election contests and then turn its attention to a num ber of minor measures while waiting for the appropriations committee to bring out the final deficiency bill. The election contests are those of W. W. Bailey, Democrat, against Representative Rep-resentative A. H. Walter, Republican, of the Twentieth Pennsylvania district, dis-trict, and Don H. Clark, independent Republican against Representative Edwards, Ed-wards, Democrat, of the First Georgia district. The elections committee has reported unanimously in favor of the incumbrents. Indian oil leasing and aviation bills will occupy the house through Friday when another three-day recess is likely like-ly to be taken. |