Piute Chieftain | 1917-01-25 | Page 2 | Urges Senators to Rush Measures

1111 SENAT S MEA PRESIDENT WILSON ANXIOUS FOR ACTION ON HIS ENTIRE legislative PROGRAM to impress upon democratic leaders his views president calls upon senators and discusses the clogged calendar e r washington II members embers of the senate steering committee were earn earnestly earnesta estl y urged by president wilson on friday to get into lively action on administration lit ration legislative measures ceasur s so that the entire program of reforms advocated by the president when he entered the white house might be on the statute books by march 4 to impress upon the democratic leaders his views the president mado made another trip to the senate office building and discussed the clogged legislative calendar with senators kern williams thomas reed james and chamberlain for more than two hours he made it clear that he was anxious for or action on all measures he outlined at al the beginning of the sessi session cn including railroad labor legislation as the paramount issue water power and other conger conservation bills a corrupt practice measure the welb collective foreign service agency measure and the porto rican citizenship bill together with the tig bis appropriation bills and necessary revenue legislation admitting that this Is a big undertaking in view of the fact that there aro are lass less than thirty six legislative days remaining in the life of the six ty fourth congress administration leaders are perturbed over the situation