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Show uu- TRUST PROGRAM j ! IS DISCUSSED President Holds Conference j With Members of Congress Before Writing Message. Washington, Dec 1" President Wilson's trust legislation program j was discussed at a conference at the White House today between the president pres-ident and Chairman Clayton of the house judiciary' committee and several sev-eral of its members The committee already has. begun hearings on a number of bills and the president will later send to congress a special message on the subject It was the first conference the president had had with any consid-; consid-; arable number of members of con- i giess on the trust question and was lakon to Indicate that, as with the , tariff and currency questions, the trust program would be handled) tlircugh the co-operation of members of congressional committees. li had not been determined wheth or all the anil-trust bills m the . house will be handled by th- judlci-ary judlci-ary committee, or whether some will be taken In hand by the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. I (n tile senate the legislation will be j in charge of Senator New-lands of Nevada, chairman of the interstate : commerce committee. |