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Show mm caucus ONJMENCY I I Leaders Determined to Fight Out Differences Behind Closed Doors. M Washington. Nov. 26. The senate I Democratic majority determined in-Ht? in-Ht? to have no Christmas recess un- Mil less i1" administration currency bill dHI be been i nnijileted In a party con-l con-l ference it agreed to meet every g fl day at In a m, and Hi until 11 p tt., with two hours recess for dinner Until final action Is taken I The conference v. 1 1 1 consider the currency bill ai once and tako It to the floor of the senate, determined to rush Hh i onslderat Ion A resolution i present r-d by Senator Reed provided Mthat the i onfort'iiee should begin con IderiDg the bill immediately after the teuate adjourned today, meet tomov l row, Thanksgiving dav. and endeavor lIM to complete framing the measure by ' Saturday, vvllh I h, Ian of putting th bill In the senate with a Democratic il " I t Bajorltv behind It on Monday, when the retrnlar session begins. ! W Senator Hitchcock, who stood out Jg against tin administration draft of ' the Mil. has gone to his home in 'Omaha and there was. therefore, no Mftl ! organized opposition to the admlnis-, admlnis-, trntiou plan in consideration of tho )O0r 'bill Senator Hltchcocks draft of the measure will have no representative fit is expected that the conference bfc will adopt as a tarty measure th L draft of the hill prescntd by Chairman Owen, endorsed by the president (HI 1 Senators Weeks and Bristow, Re ! publicans of the banking committee, II i expressed surprise at the Democratic ibrogram. I "It Is simply a steam roller proceed Hug," said Senator Weeks r "The Liemocratlc program is outra rgeouB,'' said Senator Bristow. I Washington. Nov. 26 The currency curren-cy reform struggle was transferred Wrom the senate today to the closed Ipreclncts of a Democratic party cau-U6. cau-U6. Leaders did not expect the con-ftrence con-ftrence would come to any binding ragreement on support of the Owen Hp as a whole. Thoeo supporting ; that bill, which has received the gen-I gen-I eral endorsement of President Wil lion, were determined, however, to F'flght out any differences that might exist between them and the so-called Hitchcock wing of the party, beblud closed doors, and to reach a general understanding that there should be -no wholesale changes made in the Owen bill. |