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Show DECIDES AGIST AN EXTRASESSIQN PRESIDENT WILL NOT CALL AN EXTRA MEETING UNTIL HIS RETURN FROM EUROPE. Vigorously Insists That All Pending Appropriation Bills and Urgent Legislation be Attended to Before Be-fore Adjournment. Washington. On the first day of his return to the capital, President Wilson put in more than ten hours at his desk, signing twenty-eight bills and joint resolutions, making a score of nominations, nomin-ations, discussing government business for three hours with his cabinet, and winding up the-day's work by a conference con-ference on the legislative situation with Democratic Leader Martin, at which the president announced his decision de-cision not to call an extra session of congress until after his return from Europe. President Wilson was said to feel it his duty to remain in Europe until the treaty of peace was concluded. "The president said he would return to Paris immediately after March 4, and was positive that he woultl not call an extraordinary session of congress con-gress until he returns," Senator Martin said. "He did not state the ' date of his return, nor did he. authorize me to quote him in respect to that point, but my personal opinion and judgment is that there is no reasonable expectation expecta-tion of his being back prior to June 1." Senator Martin was accompanied to the White House by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, chairman of the finance committee. They conferred for nearly an hour with the executive, discussing in detail the congestion of legislation in congress. Further than the formal statement of the Democratic leader, both senators sena-tors declined to comment on their discussions dis-cussions with the president, but it was understood that the executive would vigorously insist that all pendilig appropriation ap-propriation hills and oilier urgent legislation legis-lation be enacted before congress adjourns ad-journs to provide for operation of the government in the event of his work at Paris should hold him after July 1, when the new appropriations would be needed. " . |