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Show PRESIDENT CALLS rUK oHIi rllNllu Begins Work on Getting Billion Bil-lion Dollars Appropriated for Building Fleet. WASHINGTON, May 9. President Wilson began taking congress Into his confidence on the administration's (plans today by summoning thirty leaders lead-ers to the White House. At the capitol, It was said, the president pres-ident had recognized tho criticism that congress was not being taken into tho president's full confldenco on the measures ho Is asking to havo passed for tho conduct of the war. Among the subjects discussed today It was said wore the billion dollar appropriation ap-propriation to build tho merchant fleet, which Is to ovorcomo tho submarino monaco, and tho disputed points In the new army bill on which house and senate sen-ate conferences are deadlocked, principally prin-cipally over the senate amendment to pqrralt Colonel Roosevelt to send a division di-vision to Franco. Tho espionage bill and other subjects also wero taken up. President Wilson today began work on getting tho billion dollar appropriation appropri-ation for merchant ships- and sent for several senators on tho appropriations committee. Tho committee Informally discussed, before going to the White House, the question of putting the now appropriation appropri-ation on tho $2,S00,000 army and navy doflclency bill already passed by tho house. That bill has been almost completed com-pleted by tho committee and could bo reported to the senate for action In a few days. |