The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-01
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Hitchcock Declares That Not Only Business Men, But Organized Labor, Churches and People Generally Demand Ratifi- cation
By Associated Press

Nt +Aatt -AA v NeAAS ~ AA eagu ef na ons covenant and tao it at work to se- ceptance by the nlt83 Sts es furnished the ebiele too y for another long bate 7H tr Senate. te Renewing his charge that international I.F>s,}kers are sponsoring the league for selfish purpossss Senator ne-a..s.zre repub- g llsa T. of Iqahos charged that Thomas Wsx Lamont, a partner in the Morgan jhssHkihg Rouse, had purchased the New fo1k Evening Post as part of a propa- Banda to force Senate acceptance of the a4Fenantt He urged that the, League to tssIlforce Feace, headed by former Presi- Elent Iaft, also was controlled by the 3 asskvrs
 < @ffsAzor Hitchcock, democrat of Ne
 xAskAs Defending MT. Taft and his or } sAfs3xAtton, replied that not only busi- N men but organized labor, the Hsfshes, the farmers and the people sfIfetalfy were demanding ratification of E'1s eaVehant. Every test of popular opin-
 }AAf had been taken anywhere, he @sas iisfd shown an overwhelming senti- Ee8t for the league.
 The league covenant was defended also sy Senator Gerry, democrat, of Rhode #sAanAssin a speech declaring it the only Kafzh Df Europe during reconstruction, u4A WAS atta cked by Senator Fall repub- asf4iBf New Mexico, who declared he paid fot vote for it's ratification with kt Violating his oath as a senator.
 Many others were drawn into the de- EakfsSwhich occupied virtually the entire Fs 1&$&ession.
 PROMISES REVELATIONS ssSsnator Borah declared that before the #aH$tl on the league closed he would k3kW that big financial interests were in 13ave to exploit the natural resources
 3lrope and have the United States 3EeHMrite the investment.
 #He mask of hypocrisy will be torn f6xsf<he said, and even the sacred name lof an ex-President cannot be used to Hfotcct the men who purpose to sell out ijhis country"
 l The Idaho senator read from publi- Ication of the league to enforce peace Ia statement that three-fourths of the ecntributions to that organizations came From business men, and said that while he name of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was not Elcng the concerns luentoned. hfr had ! dence that it should be there
 sSeaG.ng q letter which he said had
 h sent to agents of the league, urg- kIf that telegrams and representatives Itlsent to Washington to aid in influ- Heinz senatorial opinion, Senator Borah Mid:
 "Yet these people are determined that there shall be no popular vote upon this proposition while they organize for afI I,a foi inf ia
 hntlemen come here to confer with sen- tors and create false impression"
 HITCHCOCK PRESENTS FIGURES Senator Hitchcock presented a mass of Iigures and manyr esolutions designed to lhow an overwhelming sentiment for the league.
 Every test made anywhere to show the state of public opinion on this Ieague,' he asserted, has resulted fav- brably to it.
 .sEvery great church that has spoken l.n the subject has declared for it. Or Ianized labor has voted overwhelmingly 7n it's favor. Women everywhere, rich fund poor women, old and young women, hre for it.
 The Nebraska senator gave the results bf several newspaper polls, all favoring The league. He also referred to the over I,helming majority vote in its favor at
 
 Federation of Labor, and read resolu- lions indorsing it passed by the Federal iouncil of Churches of Christ, the Church Peace union, the Presbyterian general Assembly, the Methodist Episcopal bish- hps, the Baptist church of the north and Ahe International Federation of Catholic ElumnL
 4 The National Woman Suffrage associa- Nion. the Federation of Women's clubs Ina many other women's organizations, he said had approved it. He also as- l.erted the farmers were for the league, the American Agricultui al association having indorsed it and a poll or the edi- kcrs of the agricultural papers showed E unqualifiedly for the league and one hnuualifiedly opposed, with three non- yommital.
 SOLDIERS DEMAND LEAGUE ] He urged also that returning soldiers I7ere in favor of the league. though 1T response to a query from Senator Ken Ton, republican of Iowa, he said he hac -iE-,rea ~n the subject Senafci Kenyon said he had received q ks3sr t.Sni a sinister declaring anyone ffc voted against the league would b. tsls~I fr oil and another from a priest