The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-04-01
C. @. P. PEACE
EFFORT DELAYED
Resolution to End State Of
War With Germany Goes
Over Till Monday.
AS DEMOCRATS DESIRED
House Foreign Affairs Com.
mittee Votes 10 to 8 on Res
olution-Party Lines.

Washington, April 1.-(A. P)-
The republican effort to terminate
the state of war with Germany, for
maily launched in the house yester-
day with the introduction of a Joint
resolution to that effect, occupied the
attention of the foreign affairs COM
mittee today, although by agreement
with democratic leaders it viii not
be brought up in the house until next
Monday. Chairman Porter. of the
committee, to which the resolution
was referred after he had thrown
1t into the house hopper. planned to
hold brief hearings before reporting
1t back with the way paved for rush
ing it through the house under d
special rule.
Introduction of the resolution,
which was drawn after conference of
republican leaders, was followed by
q decision to force it through Fri
day with four hours debate, but
democratic leaders requested and OBJ
tanned a delay until Monday in order
to permit a careful study OF the pro-
posal which provides also for re-
scinding the war powers of the pres
ident.
Measures Repealed.
Republican leaders said the more
important wartime acts and powers
which would be repealed automat =
lcally with passage of the resolution
included
Wartime prohibition, Lever food
and fuel control law, with provisions
against protiteering; espionage act.
selective service law, authorization
for loans of S10,000,000, 600 to allies,
complete control over all shipping,
authorization for president to use
armed forces to prevent interference
with interstate or foreign commerce,
licensing the use of explosives, au-
thorization of a system of priority
shipments, authorization of an en-
ployment service in labor depart
ment, control over patents, ware
housing act. a moratorium protecting
civil rights Of men while In the serV-
ice, and authorization of an embargo
on imports in the discretion of the
president.
Trading With Enemy Act.
The trading with the enemy act
would be continued until Germany
agrees to provisions of the resolution.
The emergency shipping act, the
Overman act giving the president the
power to distribute executive powers
as he desires, and the act creating
the war finance corporation and the
| capital issues committee, expire six
months after n ,aeolaartion of peace.
BY STRICT PARTY VOTE.
The republican resolution de-
claring the state Of war between
the United States and Germany
at end was reported today by
the house foreign affairs COM
mittee by strict party vote,
IL to 6.
How They Voted.
Those supporting the measure
were: Chairman Porter and Repre- =
sentatives Rogers. Massachusetts;
Temple, Pennsylvania; Kennedy
Rhode Island Moores, Indiana; Ma
| son. Illinois; Newton, Minnesota
Dickinson, Iowa; Ackerman, New
| Jersey; Browne, Wisconsin; Briggs
Ohio, and Houghton, New York. OPP
posing 1t were: Representatives
Flood. Virginia; Linthicum, Mary.
land; Goodwin, Arkansas Stedman
| North Carolina; Connolly. Texas
and Smith. New York. Representa-
tive HudGleston, democrat, of Ala
| bnma, voted present
Passage of the resolution would bc
| another scene in the COZ spiracy tc
discredit President Wilson and gain
political impetus. Representative
Caraway, democrat, of Arkansas
| said in the house.
'lt is the desperate game which
the republicans plan in order 70 de-
| ceive the American people into re-
| turning that party to power" said he