The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
SENATE REJECTS BILL ID REGULATE
 PACKING INDUSTRY
Leaders of Regulation Advo- cateS Hold Meeting and De- eide to Ask Recommen-
 dation of Vote Today
By Associated Press

ny Associated Press
 Washington, June 16.--By a vote of S7 to 34 the Senate today rejected the packer regulation bill recommended by its agriculture committee and then adjourned until to morrow with the regulatory bill recently passed by the House and a new measure submitted by Senator Sterling, repub- lican. South Dakota, pending be- fore it.
 Defeat of the agriculture commit tee bill, generally described as more drastic than the House measure, and introduction of a new bill by Senator Sterling threw the packer regulation forces into momentary confusion. A for Representative Mason of Illinois. who died earlier in the day, there upon was approved without dissent.
 Leaders in the fight for strict reg ulation of the packing industry held conference Immediately upon ad- Journment and decided to request to- morrow a reconsideration of todays vote which rejected the agriculture committee bill by a margin of three. Confidence was expressed by Senator Kenyon. republican,, Iowa, one of the leaders, that return of absentees would furnish enough votes to put the committee bill through.
 Will Press New BiiI Failing to do so, the packer regula- ton leaders will attempt to obtain passage of the new Sterling bill, sa-h htnb fNrAa ,1I ta striction for the packing business as the agriculture committee bill but would lodge the administration in the federal trade commissin instead of in a live stock commissioner. as pro- vided In the latter measure. Should the Sterling bill fail, the House bill would then be before the Senate.
 The 37 senators voting to reject tho agriculture committee bill in- cluded 33 republicans and demo- crats. The bill was supported by Ia republicans and 21 democrats. 1ne roll call on the motion to accept the committee bill as a substitute for the House bill follows:
 For the Senate bill: Republicans Borah. Vapper, Cummins, Gooding, Johnston, Jones (Washington), Ken yon, LaFollette, Lenroot, Nelson, Norris, Spencer and sterling-i3
 Democrats-Ashurst, caraway, Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Hefiin, Hitchcock, Jones (New Mexico), Ken drlck, overman, Owen. Pittman, (Massachusetts), Walsh tMontana). Watson (Georgia), and Wilhams--zl, Total, 84.
 Those Voting No
 Against the Senate bili;
 Republicans--Ball, Brandegee, Bur sum. Curtis, Dillingham;, Edge, EiI kins. Ernest, Gernald, t'relinghuy- Lodge, Mccormick. McCumher. -.lo- Kinley Mclean. McNsry, New. New berry, Nicholson, Oddie. phipps, Poin dexter, shortridge, smoot, Sutherland Wadsworth, Warren Watson (lndi- ana) and Weller--33.
 Democrats-Brouss 'king, stan ley and Underwood. Total, 3;.
 For senators not voting 1t was am nounced that Ladd, republican, North Dakota; Norbeck, republican, South Dakota; Simmons, democrat. North Carolina, and Trammeli. democrat. Florida. were for the Senate bill.
 Senator Mccormick. republican,, IT. lnois, attacked the bill on the sround that it conferred wide and discretionary powers on a single gov ernment official Senator Kenyon. making the final statement for pro- ponents attacked the big packers, and defended the federal trade com missions investigation of the pack ing and other industries.
 Voting on amendments with speeches limited to five minutes be- gan at l o'clock and opponents of the Senate bill were enabled by close votes to put through several amend ments One of these offered by Sen
 l@1 1t..<. oxxr York. would restrict the proposed regulation to the food products of the packing industry
 Senator LaFollette, republican, Wisconsin. gained the floor late m the day and displayed copy of the original House bill with what he de- scribed as a number of interlinea- tions made by attorneys for the packers. Seven of these interlinea- tions, he asserted, were adopted py the House agriculture committee as q m nd uents