The Detroit times., 1914-04-13
President Wilson Believes Con
certed Plan Exists to De-
feat His Program
MUST BE PASSED AT
PRESENT SESSION
Enactment Absolutely Necessary
to Keep Faith With the
Country, He Declares
ey JOHN e. NEvlN,


(staff Correspondent United Press)
WASHINGTON. April lS.-ln the
opinion of President Wilson there Is
a general disposition on the part Oh
"bie business" to force relinquish-
ment by congress OF the administra-
ton trust program. II is this attitude,
he made plain TO those with wnom
he talked today. that Is Responsible
for numerous stories indicating tnat
the administration will abandon It's
plans TO regulate the trusts until the
next session OF congress. lie salo
there was no foundation whatever FOR
any such report. and that ii had never
been suggested to the administration
that il even hesitate about its pro-
gram.
The president said that II was alb
soiutely necessary that the trust piiis
be passed at the present session, In
order TO keep faith with the country.
With this in mind, he conferred today
with Reps. Clayton, Carlton and FLOYD
the subcommittee Of the house judi
ciary committee which is preparing
the antitrust bills.
AS a result OF the conference, II Is
expected that the antitrust bills will
be in shape to be acted upon by the
full judiciary committee within q
short time. The president held that
II would be absolutely necessary Tor
congress to adopt an express In
stead OF a freight" schedule in order
to get the trust bills and other neces-
sary legislation out Of the way for
adjournment Id June or July.
The president does not want de-
bate on the bills curtailed, but thinks
steady application on the part OF
members will be necessary. He to-
day defended members OF the COM
mittee from charges that they had
been dilatory. They have been con-
sidering the bills for 10 weeks, which,
In the opinion of the president, is far
from being q long time in which to
study the needs OF the business OF the
country.
So far as the new Colombian treaty
IN concerned, the president said today
that II must be accepted by Colombia
before this government will take any
action to legaiixe it, The president
would not comment today on any
criticism Of the suggested treaty in
sisting that there is much apprehen-
sion in the country-atlarge regard
ing the document which will be
cleared up when its secret text is
made public this week.
That the fight on the tolls repeal
bill is already won in the senate, was
the position assumed by President
Wilson today. He held that the re-
peal situation had improved very ma
terially from his point OF view during
the last week. The fact that many
Of the persons who had originally
promised to appear before the senate
on inter-oceanic canals In
opposition to the repeal, have decided
not to do so, greatly cheered the ex-
ecutive. He intimated that they had
gotten cold feet" and 1t was very
plain from his attitude that he be-
lIeved the referendum carried by Sen
ator Gore to the delegates to the Bal
limore convention 10 q telling blow In
favor Of his repeal policy. When the
entire delegation TO Baltimore ~
heard from. the president and his ad-
visers expect that 80 per cent will be
On record a. declaring that. had they
known all Of the facts they would not
have voted to include the free tolls
plank in the platform a. originally
adopted.
favor suggestions of amending the re-
neal bill to include Q declaration that
the United States reserves 4ll OF it,
rights In connection with the canal
He pointed out today that the repeal
law is in no way an Interpretation OF
the treaty.
Cxcriea that Andrew CarUeGf0 0od