Evening star., 1921-06-05
House Foreign Affairs Mem.
bers Approve Substitute
for Borah Plan.
BACKS HARDING VIEWS
AND HAS HIS SUPPORT
Definite Aims Expressed and Would
Make President Head of
Peace Movement.

A Joint resolution "concurring ia
the declared purpose of the Presiden,
OF the United States to call an inter-
national conference to limit arma.
ments, was agreed upon yesterday
oy republican members of the House
foreign affairs committee, as a subetf
tute for the Borsh disarmament amend
ment to the naval appropriation hill
The text was drafted by Chairman
Porter after a conference with Pres
ident Harding at the White House
friday night and is believed to have
met with his approval. 1t will be in.
troduced tomorrow. and while its
passage may be somewhat DELAYED il
is intended to convey to House con-
ferees on the naval bill the attitude
OF the House on the whole question Of
disarmament.
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Roosevelt, who discussed the proposal
with Chairman Porter Friday, met
with republican committeeman and
talked over the mode of procedure.
Pre.sde.t wssld BE Leader.
In the dozen or more disarmament
resolutions introduced heretofore I'm
the House, the phraseology was quite
different from that finally agreed
upon by the foreign affairs commit
tee. Some of them directed" "re-
(Quested" or urged" the President to
call conference OF the nations. others
expressing the hope" that he would
do SO. In the final form. however,
the PreA4eAt would actually be
placed at the head of the movement.
! with CONGRESS expressing '.its fun
concurrenee" in his declaration, ~
set forth in an address to Congress
that we are ready to cooperate with
other nations to approximate dis
armament. but merest prudence for
bids that We disarm alone"
Text Of Resolution.
The resolution follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United
States OF America in Congress as
sembled. that the Congress hereby
expresses its full concurrence in the
declaration OF the President in his
address to Congress on April IL. 1921.
that we are ready to Cooperate with
other nations to approximate disarm-
ament. but merest prudence forbids
that we disarm alone and further
and intention to call an international
conference to consider the limitation
of armaments with q view to lessen
materially the burden Of expendi-
lures and the menace of war. and
that for the expenses preliminary to
and in connection with the holding
of such conference. the sum of $780,
600, to be expended under the direc-
tion Of the President. Is hereby ap-
propriated."
VIII Hasten Action.
Representative Mondell Of Wyoming.
the republican leader, said that with 1he
various views on the subject it had bsen
thought best to have the foreign afsirs
committee. in touch with the situation
abroad and with the administration. ont
line what it construed to be the wisest
policy at the moment. While the reso-
luSlOd 1tSe1 Will uoI pc ciHuluS ohf <n0
conferees. Mr.. Mondell said. it would
serve to give them judicial notice. Al
to the feeling and attitude of the House.
Tho naval bill. as returned from :tAe
Senate. will be called up tomorrow under
q rule which will give it privileged statSas
and immediate consideration. Mr.. Mon
dell said the conferees to be named by
Speaker Gillett would not be instructed
on the Borah amendment but that Tho
resolution, while still leaving them FREQ
| to act as they saw fit. could hardly b
| ignored, considering the agencies con-
cerned in its preparation. IL
Although the resolution made no ref
ence to land or sea armaments. Mr..
, Porter said both were included under the
broad and general term.