Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-28
PRESIDENT IS HOST
At LEAGUE FEAST
Wilson Gives Peace Plans to Con-
greSSmen and Senators.
FRIENDS AND FOES PRESENT
Two Senators, Fall and 6orah, the
Only Ones to spurn White House
Invitation to Dinner-lnfor-
nation First-Hand.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Members OF
congress heard from President wilson
lat first hand the story of the drafting
of the proposed constitution OF the
league Of nations as well as his init
mate views on the plan.
With two exceptions, members 81
ne senate foreign relations and The
house foreign affairs committees as
sembled at the White House to discuss
the league Of nations plan.
Invitations for the dinner were ca
bled by the president, who at the
same time requested that discussion
Of the plan in congress be withheld
until after the dinner. The request
to defer such discussion was disre-
garded and several speeches have al
ready been made In the senate, both
for and against the plan, but the pres
ident's statement to the members of
congress was the first he has made
since his return from France, except
the brief references in his Boston
speech.
Fall and Borah Absent.
The two absentees from the dinner
which was served in the state dining
room Of the white house. were sena-
tors Borah of Idaho and FAN of New
Mexico, Republican members of the
senate foreign relations committee,
who declined the invitations because
they said they could not be guests at
dinner where they were bound to
treat what was said on world-im-
portant question as confidential.
Other members Of the committee
who were present We're Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska, chairman of the
state foreign relations committee;
Senators Williams of Mississippi,
Swanson Of Virginia, Pomerene of
Ohio, Smith of Arizona. Salisbury of
Delaware, Pittman Of Nevada. Shields
of Tennessee. Thomas Of Colorado,
Robinson of Arkansas. Lodge of Mas.
sachusetts, Smith of Michigan, Me-
Cumber Of North Dakota, Brandegee
OF Connecticut and Knox of Pennsyl-
vania.
Representative Flood of Virginia.
chairman Of the house foreign af-
fairs committee; Representative Lin
thicum of Maryland, Goodwin of Ar
kansas, Stedman Of North Carolina.
Harrison OF Mississippi, Charles r.
Smith of New York, SABBATH of nli-
nois. Ragsdale of South Carolina
Huddleston of Alabama, Connolly of
Texas, Thomas L. Smith of New York.
Cooper of Wisconsin, Porter Of Penn
sylvania. Rogers Of Massachusetts.
Temple Of Pennsylvania, Foss of nil
nols, Miller of Minnesota, Mott Of
New York, and Kennedy Of Rhode
Island.
Wilson Talks After Dinner.
The dinner was served at eight
O'Clock and was concluded before the
president began his talk to the rep
resentatives of congress. The presi-
dent went over the various articles
of the covenant in detail, not only
presenting his personal views but go
ing into considerable detail as to the
views of representatives of other pow
ers.
The president gave his guests an
intimate, first-hand recital of the
task that confronted the world pow
or representatives, in drafting a doe
ument that could finally be adjusted
to meet the divergent views of the
different representatives at the peace
table and which they hoped would
find prompt ratification by the bodies
to which they must be submitted.