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Show Woo! Men Plead For Immediate Action To Stave off Utter Ruin A plea for remedial action that of the National Wool Growers' asso-will asso-will save the wool men of the nation oiatlon. Accompalned By Senator from utter ruin was laid before William H. King of Utah, Mr. Ha-President Ha-President Wilson Monday by Frank genbarth visited the White House J. Hagenbarth of Salt Lake, prestdent and held a long conference with ,Secy. Tumulty. ( A brief presenting the situation confronting the wool -men and pointing out the necessity for drastic action was left with Mr. Tumulty and will be laid before the president. Mr. Hagenbarth urged the president presi-dent to address a special message to Congress pointing out that if wool men are forced to face the situation iwithout remedial legislation the ruin that will follow will reach the very heart of the financial fabric of tho nation. Prospects for passage of the embargo measure introduced by Senator Sena-tor Smoot before the holiday reces3 of Congress mounted high Tuesday. iRep. Fordney called a special session ses-sion of the house ways and means committee to consider the measure and devise a plan whereby such legislation leg-islation as is needed to save the wool growers may be adopted. Congress will recess for the holidays, Dec. 22, and this leaves only eight days to f obtain the app'-oval of he proposed i measure. To (So this tni house must s adopt a special ivjia ana it was to jj devise this plan that the house ways and means committee met. The de-f de-f cision reached by the committee is I merely tentative, but Mr. Fordney 6 assures representatives of wool growers grow-ers that favorable action will be Liken. Li-ken. Mr. Hagenbarth i,as convinced leaders of the senate ani house that i.ot'ning less than a hard and fast edict hutfii'.g off all importation c! ,v. ol -and woolen -;on U until conditions condi-tions are stabilized in this countrv will save the growers. Breeding herds are being liquidated at an amazing r.Ue ai1 "nless this U halted it will require almost a generation gener-ation to bring the wool industry back ' I 'to its normal pre-war standard. |