Republican farmer., 1918-12-06
PROBLEMS
 TO OCCUPY TIME
 OF LAST SESSION
Congress to Struggle With Reconstruction Until Next
 March Brings End.
PRESIDENT APPEARS
 TO MAKE ADDRESS
Outlines Needs of Country During the Coming Legis-
 lative Year.

Washington, Dec. 2.---Problerhs of peace and reconstruction promise to | occupy fully the third and last ses- sion of the Sixty-F1fth Congress which opened today at noon to continue un- til it ends by limitation on March 4. After a ten day holiday following the second war session most of the mem bers of the Senate and House were on hand to start the work of the winter 1 Framing of the legislative program had been held in abeyance to await the address of President Wilson, an hour after the opening.
 This session will consider an enor- nous amount of business.
 The usual formalities of the opening of a new session were hurried through because of the President being about to sail for Europe.
 After calls on Senate and House to see if there were quorums, commit tees were appointed to notify the President and the respective branches of congress that the new session had begun.
 Long before the noon converting hour, spectators thronged into the capital, particularly into the House where the joint session will be held and where the President will deliver his address.
 In his address President Wilson said
 he would be in close touch with cable and wireless, and that all that he does on the other side will be known.
 Referring to his announcement thGr the French and British governments had removed all cable restriction: upon the transmission of news of the conference to America, the Presiden said he had taken over the American cable systems on expert invitation O. unified system.
 He expressed the hope that ht , would have the cooperation of tht f public and of Congress, sayins through the cables and wireless con
 stant counsel and advice would b, f possible.
 5 The President paid some attention
 to the railroads.
 The President declared he stooC f ready to release the railroads iron s government control whenever a satis f factory plan of readjustment could b. worked out.
 The President said he hoped to se a formal declaration of peace b, r. treaty ''by the time spring has come.
 No definite program of reconstruc f tton can be outlined now, Mr. Wilso1 r said, but as soon as the armistice wa S signed, government control of bushes t and industry was released as far a . possible. He expressed the hope tha r Congress would not object to con = ferring upon the war trade board o d some other agency the right of fixin s export priorities to assure shipmen t of food to starving people abroad I As to taxation, the President en J. dorsed the plan for levying six biI 8 lion dollars in 1919 and for notifyin e public in advance that the 1919 lev l. would be four billion dollars. Tn e new three-year naval building pro = gram was endorsed because, tn
 President said 1t would be unwise { @ attempt to adjust the American pro e gram to a future world policy as yt ,f undetermined.
 '- Declaring he had no privat n thought or purpose in going to Franc n but that he regarded it as his highe!
 duty, the President added. "It is no h my duty to play my full part in maj W ing good what they (America's so y diers) offered their lives blood to ot 1f tain."
 SO Democratic representatives arc!
 and applauded the President as
 announced his intention of going
 France. The republican side was S
 lent and so were many senators (
 both sides of the chamber. The pre-
 ident concluded after speaking . n minutes and left the chamber amid \ applause limited to the Democrat v side. Interruptions of the address f
 questions which had been threaten,
 by some republican members of u 70 house did not materialize.