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Show II SHEWS MAY BE CONSCRIPTED WASHINGTON, July 23. This week may see the long contested administration adminis-tration food control hill finally perfected per-fected in congress and sent to President Presi-dent Wil6on for his signature. Senate and house conferees on the measure which passed the senate afU er five weeks' consideration, expect to go to work Tuesday. Their principal difficulties will be over the prohibition question and the senate amendment for a hoard of food administration of three members instead of an individ- ual administrator. Leaders predicts prompt action however, which probably prob-ably will be 'followed by a report on the first food bill also in conference several weeks, awaiting disposal of the control measure. The $6-10.000,000 aviation bill, passed by the senate Is to go to the president today. Its perfection will break all speed records for big appropriations. appro-priations. J During the week Senator Shep-' Shep-' III! pard will try again to get up his resolution res-olution for a national prohibition amendment and he has high hopes of mustering the necessary two-thirds vote. Legislation to amend the conscription conscrip-tion law so as to subject aliens to the draft probably will bo pressed during the week and hearings will begin be for a senato sub-committee on the administration ad-ministration tradlng-with-the-enemy bill, recently passed by the house. oo |