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Show RECORD BREAKING CONGRESS OPENS Tired Lawmakers Begin Long-est Long-est Continuous Session in U. S. History. HARD WORK AHEAD Leaders Prepare to Push Currency Cur-rency Bill House Facing Big Job. Washington, Dec. 1 Congress today to-day settled down to the second stage of what promises to be the longest continuous session in its history. The regular December session, following without a break on the heels or the long extra session that has run since April 7. brought to tired lawmakers today a new host of problems and the prospect of steady work for many months. Democratic leaders were prepared to push the currency bill forward aa the chief business and to hold the senate in dally sessions from 10 o'clock in the morning until 11 oclock at night, until it is disposed of. Billion Dollar Appropriation fund. While the senate Is working on cur ! rem- legislation and disposition of the Hetch-Hetchy water suppl bills. during the early das of the new-session, new-session, the house will start work j on the great appropriation bills, carrying car-rying more than ?1. nno.aon 0f funds for the needs of the government govern-ment during the year that begins I next July. Democratic members of the senate I worked all day yesterday to complete their agreement on the currency bill so that th" measure might be push ed for immediate consideration today. to-day. Senate leaders hope that by holding the senate to long hours, the bill may h.-' passed iii time to permit a short recess at the holidays If it has not been acted on. the senate, will forego all vacations, except on Christmas day. Unless congress takes p recess dur ing the Christmas holidays, President Presi-dent 'Wilson will forego his planned ten-day vacation The determination of Democratic leaders In the senate not to agree to the recess unless the currency hill has passed by Chrlstmaa, was approved by the pres I Ident today and he let It be know n that he would not leave Washington I while congress was In session. oo |