Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-06-30
BORAH RESOLUTION
FOR DISARMAMENT
PASSED BY HOUSE
Only Four Votes Cast In
Opposition With One
Voting Present - Back
To Senate For Final
Action
IRepubIIean a. P. Leased WIrel

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The
house agreed late today to the Borah
amendment to the naval
appropriation bill.
The vote was $50 to 4. Represen-
tatives Moore, Indiana, Republican,
and Campbell, Pennsylvania: Carew,
New York, and O'Brien, New Jersey,
Democrats, voted in the negative
Lineberger. Republican of California,
voted present.
Wild shouts greeted Representative
Kelley of Michigan, in charge of the
bill, when he moved to concur with
the senate in the Borah amendment.
They subsided only when Represen-
tative Mondell, Republican leader
had the clerk start reading a letter
from President Harding in which the
president declared il was wholly de-
sirable" to have the expression of a
favorable opinion on the part of con-
gress relating to world disarmament
"and not of particular concern what
form the expression shall take"
Porter Substitute Dead
Debate was confined TO half an
hour. No attempt was made to offer
the Porter substitute, which was con-
sidered broader than the Borah
diIctl0tficut, III tidI IL NOulQ not re-
strict participation in the proposed
conference to Great Britain, Japan
and the United States. nor discussion
solely to reduction of naval arma-
1 ments.
| After referring to the Borah amend
ment as marrow and restrictive Mr.
MondeH declared that inasmuch as
! the bill would so back on. the last
day of the fiscal year to the senate
where one persistent and insisteni
gentleman can block the wheels OF
legislation" he doubted whether il
would be wise to haggle over thu
exact wording of the amendment
The text of the presidents com
munication follows:
There has come to my attention
1.-The questions in disagreement be.
tween the two houses OF congress OF
the naval bill. and l understand the,
are in process OF adjustment, bu
Eat some difficulty has btSen expert
enced in arriving at saL.sfactor,
agreement with regard tc the Ian
guage to be used in expressing tn
favorable attitude of the congress to
ward efforts to secure internationa
agreements for the limitation of ar
II maments.
A number of members of congres
have been good enough to inquire a
to the form of expression on the par
of the congress which might seer
most advisable from an administra
, tive standpoint
Desires Favorable Expression
Il have said to inquirers, as / al
now pleased to say to you, that it
not of particular concern to tine ad
I ministration what form the expires
1 cs< -
a | is most agreeable that congress sha
express itself in favor Of securing.
. possible, an international agreemer
. upon a program for the limitation {
: armaments
/ Il think it has been pretty well ur
: derstood that the administratiN
/ branch of the government has alread
! been seeking information with regar
= to the attitude of foreign nations c
! the general subject of disarmament
4 These inquiries and negotiations wi
be continued. and the time and mar
! ner in which the matter LAY |
: formally presented to foreign govern
ments can only be determined aft
the fuller development OF inquiri'
already initiated.
TT is wholly desirable to have Il
expression of a favorable oporSon
the part of congress relating to tn
world question. and it would seem
me ample if it would be expressed
. the broadest and most general term
Il am vastly more concerned wi
the favorable attitude of the congre
: on this question than ] am a $ to Il
= form of expressing that attitude. "
/. may be sure that the executive win
ready to give every consideration
, such expression as the members
= the two houses of congress fiji
20 themselves disposed to make