The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
HUDDLESTON AND
 BURNETT ASSIST IN KILLING CENSORSHIP
Administrations Fight Is Lost in Lower House by Vote of 184
 to IA

Washington, May 31.-The admin istration's fight for war censorship on newspapers was lost in Congress today, at least for the present, when the House refused by a vote of 184 to IA to accept event the modified censorship section written into the espionage bill in conference. The Sem ate already is on record as opposed to censorship and leaders in Con- guess do not expect any further ad- ministration effort to enact one soon.
 The test in the House came on 8 motion to recommit the espionage bill with instructions that the censorship regulation be eliminated. Despite a determined effort of democratic man. agers to line up the party strength behind President Wilson's demand for censorship, 37 democratic representa- tives joined the republicans voting for the motion. Eleven republicans. disre- garding their partys caucus decision, voted in the negative.
 CONFEREES TO REPORT
 Conferees for the House will report their instructions back to the Senate conferees tomorrow and the bill, shorn of the censorship provision, probably will be reported to the Senate and House within few days and finally accepted. It carries important modi- fications of the spy laws and authorl- zation for the President to lay em- bargoes in war time.
 No comment on the outcome in the House was forthcoming from the White House
 In the House debate today oppon- rr,tc of a restriction such as the conferees proposed would violate the right of sree press.
 Ss. rhe voluntary censorship under wh. n the country's newspapers now are working was pointed to as dem- onstrating the patriotism of editors and as proving that no legal restric- tions are needed.
 GARD SPEAKS
 Among the democrats who spoke and voted against the conference censor ship section was Representative Gard of Ohio, author of the original House censorship amendment. The time has come, he maintained. when newspapers should have to wait for a presiden- tial proclamation as provided in the conferees proposal, In order to print news concerning the movement, num- bers or disposition of armed forces.
 Members of the committee, which reported the original bill with the first administration proposal included, were divided today. Included in the fight for the conference proposal were Chairman Webb and Representative Carlin. Representative Graham of Pennsylvania, member of the commit tee, led the opposition
 Mir. Webb argued that some papers before the war was over undoubted- ly would publish news valuable to an enemy and that legal steps would have to be taken against them
 MT Graham declared other sections of the bill were sufficient to guard against dangerous disclosures by. the press.
 THOSE OPPOSED
 The democrats voting with the re- publicans to recommit the bill were: Ashbrook of Ohio. Bell of Georgia, Borland of Missouri, Brand of Geor- gia. Brodbeck of Pennsylvania. Bur nett of Alabama, Church of California, Claypool of Ohio Connolly of Kansas, Crosser of Ohio, Dill of Washington, Dominick of South Carolina, Evans of Montana, Gallagher of Illinois, Gard and Gordon of Ohio, Hamill of New Jersey, Hilliard of Colorado, Huddles- ton of Alabama, Humphreys of Mis- sissippi. Heating of Colorado, Kelley Maher of New York, Olney of Mas sachusetts, Overmyer of Ohio, Over- street of Georgia, Rouse of Ken- lucky, Scully of New Jersey, Sherwood of Ohio, Sisson of Mississippi, Slay- den of Texas. Charles B. Smith of New York, Thompson of Oklahoma, Van Dyke of Minnesota; vinson of Georgia. White of Ohio.
 Republicans voting against the mo- tion to recommit were: Dyer of Mis- souri,s Elston of California, Fuller Of Massachusetts. Griest of Pennsylvania. James of Michigan. King of Illinois, Little of Kansas. Moores of Indiana, Morgan or Oklahoma. Parker of New Jersey. volstead of Minnesota.