Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-24
REPUBLICANS ARE IN FAVOR IF CREATING BUREAU HEAD
Conference of House C. O. P. Results in Decision to Sup- port Legislation. Chamber lain Will Address Senate.
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 WASHINGTON. Jan B. Republi- cans of the house in conference to- night voted 75 to 1S in favor of the creation Of a department of bureau of munitions and ordnance with a direct or appointed by the president There was some discussion of the war coun- cil proposal. but no attempt was made to put the conference on record in re gard to it
 When the vote was announced the point 0f no quorum was made and the conference adjourned leaving the way open for another discussion of the sub ject- The resolution voted on was in trOduced by Representative GiIlett of Massachusetts. acting floor leader. as a substitute for the NcCormick-Len- root resolution considered last week It follows:
 The Resolution
 Whereas. in the conduct of the ex- isti1g war the Republican members of the house of Representatives have talk en the position that there should be no partissnship but that all Americans should be united in the support of the government in pressing the war to successful conclusion. and in voting ungrudgingly the administration all the resources and powers to that end and will continue to do SO. and.
 Whereas. the need of a united cOun try demands that where conditions ex- ist causing unnecessary delay or waste due to the overlapping jurisdiction of the bureaus and departments or for other causes revealed by congression- al investigations. it is their patriotic duty to suggest remedies for such con ditions-
 Therefore. be it resolved that it is the sense of this conference that there should be created department or bu- reau of munitions and ordnance. the director of which shall be appointed by the president. confirmed by the senate and be immediately responsi- ble to the president to systematiZe the manufacture and purchase of ord nance and munitions by means of which the success of our armd flores may be speedily attained"
 Representative GiIlett told the con ference the time had come for the Re nubIicans to take some action. but that it should be constructive and not in the nature of criticism of the gov ernment's conduct of the war Rep rssentative Tess of Ohio declared that President Wilson had been playing pol itics. Representative CrsmtOn of EIichigau said conditions found abroad hv members of congress who had been there made it essential that a change he made in the var departments methods
 Representative Kelly a member of the naval committee. protested against any change in the uevy's purchasing system and urged that any re-Organi- zatiOn should apply to the army only
 WASHINGTON. Jan 23.-The con troversy between the administration and members of the senate military committee over uroDOsals for a war cabinet and director of munitions will he brought before the senate tOmOr- row with prospects of psirited dis cuSsion
 Senator Chamberlain plans to rise tO question of nersonal privilege and reply at length to President Wilson's denunciation of the senator's recent statement that every department of the government had broken down in the war. ss a distortion Of truth Sev- era1 speeches on behalf Of the admin istration also are planned
 Among senate leaders. plans of pro cedure in the forthcoming contest Ov- or the legislation which the president onnoses were crvstallized. Admins fratiOn spckesmen express confidence that the military committees bills would never he brought to a vote. It was agreed not to oppose Senator Cllar1ferlain's motion for reference to his committee of the war cabinet bill. Afterward. however. it is proposed to
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