The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-15
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee to Visit White House
Ten O'clock Tuesday
Morning.
To OBTAIN INFORMATION
Public to Know All That Transpires
at This Conference on Peace
Treaty Next
Week.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The SEN
ate foreign relations committee hav-
.ng arranged meeting with Presi-
dent Wilson for next Tuesday at ~
a. M, met today to take up amend
ments to the peace treaty.
Action on any amendments was
expected to be delayed, however, I'M
til after the committee hears what
the president has to say about the
: treaty. Information to be obtained
from him may throw a new light on
some of these propositions, it was
believed.
Secretary Tumulty announced last
night that the president would ac-
cept the invitation and would meet
the senators at the white house on
Tuesday. He said Wilson had writ
ten a letter to Chairman Lodge Of
! the committee stating that nothing
which transpired at the meeting
should be regarded as confidential.
This is in line with the ideas of
Lodge and other members. 1t was
predicted the president and commit
tee might have several conferences
before all the information desired
has been obtained from Wilson. Sec
retary Lansing and other officials
who have already testified in the
hearing on the peace treaty said
Wilson was the only man who could
answer many questions with regard
to proceedings at Paris and there Is
much the committee wants to know
Sessions at the white house will not
be thrown open to the public, accord
ing to present plans, but none Of
those in attendance will feel under
obligation to keep silent as to what
occurs. The public's knowledge as
to what goes on probably will be
cleaned from what senators are will
ing to say about it arterward.
Senator Borah said today he might
revive his effort to summon Colonel
House from Europe to be questioned
of calling House, Henry White and
was defeated yesterday, when all
three were voted on together Borah
may now bring up Houses name
Meeting Not Secret.
WASHINGTON, Aug 15-President
Wilson today accepted the suggestion
of the senate foreign relations COM
mittee that nothing said at his con-
florence with the committee at the
white house next Tuesday shall be
confidential
In letter to Senator Lodge, COM
mittee chairman, the president said he
would have a stenographer at the
meeting and suggested that the com
mittee bring with it a second steno-
grapher.
At the white house it was announced
that the stenographers' transcripts
would be made in duplicate and given
out in sections as rapidly as the work
of transcribing can be done. News
paper men. however will not be ad-
mitted to the conference.
The presidents letter to Lodge
read:
II have received your letter of yes.
terday and in reply hasten to express
the hope that the committee on for
eign relations will give me the pleas
ure of seeing them at the white house
on Tuesday morning next the 10Th at
ten o'clock.
~ also welcome the suggestion Of
the committee that nothing said at the
shall be regarded as con-
In order that the com
mittee may have a full and trust
worthy record Of what is said, shall
have a stenographer present and take
the liberty of suggesting that if you
should wish to bring one of the COM
mittee's stenographers with you that
will be entirely agreeable to me- The
presence of the two stenographers
would Tighten the work.
1T will be most agreeable to me to
have an opportunity to tell the COM
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