The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-07

Washington, March 6.-An extra session of congress not later than June now is generally conceded among officials here to be assured.
 Although President Wilson has not given any definite indication that he has abandoned hope that an extra session might be avoided. there is al- most a unanimous sentiment among senators. representatives and officials of the executive departments that one must be called. They declare that even if the international situation does not demand 1t, congress- must come back to complete it's legislation program and fill up gaps in the gov ernments financial scheme eauseu by failure of some of the important ap- propriauon measures.
 So certain are many members of congress on this point that they are speculating only cn the proDab.e date of the session The general expec- tation among them, said to be based on word passed out by officials close 10 the president is that the end of May or some time ln June will be the time for the conyening ot the new congress.
 The progress made by senators to- day toward carrying out tho presi- cents recommenda tion for a rule linn. iting senate debate generally was re- garded as strengthening the likeli- hood of special session within a few weeks. It is pointed out that in his statement Sunday night, the president conveyed the impressrou by implica- ton that such revision of senate rules would be step preliminary to bringing congress back to nnlsh It's program. After cnumerating the i'm portant measures which had failed. the statement continued that it would not cure the difficulty to call the sNty-fifth congress in extraoIt GInary session" unless the parliamen. tary barrier to action in the senate were removed.
 Should the senate limit debate ana the presidents legal advisers decide AAt Aho tib AAtAtBAAAJ AC fit III fAtt' n ithout congressional authorization, the armed neutrality bill undoubtadly would take first piace among the measures 10 be pressed by the admin istration at an extra session It might be urged if it were held unnecessary from legal standpoint in order tC line up congress behind the president and wipe out the adverse impression which Mr. Wilson believes has result cd in some quarters nom the senates failure to act in the session just clos ed.
 But aside from the international crisis the breaking down of the ad ministratiOu legislative program Is regarded by many officials aa an i'm perative reason tor all extra session. There will be many flaws in tue gcv- eTuments financial and defense schemes, unless some emergency ac ton IS taken, because ot failure Ji he tis supply measures, particularly tne army and general detiency bills.
 How the war department can con tinue at all with It's preparedness plans is in fact, problem for which officials generally believe an extra session offers the only practical solu- tion. There have been rumors in congress that some especial arrange menl might be made by treasury off cials to avoid calling congress to- sether by an emergency allotment of funds to the army and establishment under executive authority. but so far as has been reevaled nothing Of the sort has taken definite form.
 For lack of the $G2 900 000 to have provided in the general deficiency blll all departments and bureaus will suffer Here, too. the war depart ment will be hardest hit for it had counted on $3S.000,00o from the meas ure, large part of 1t to have gone to pay debts incurred tn purchasing equipment for the nationak guard