Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-06
House May
Kill Borah
Peace Plan
Chairman Porter and Leader
Mondell Draft Substitute
After Conference With
President.
Early Action Expected

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, June S. - Followin,
conferences with President Harding
Chairman Porter of the house for
eign affairs committee and Majorit,
Leader Mondell drafted substitute
measure by which they propose t.
scrap the Borah disarmament amend
ment, unanimously adopted by tn,
senate.
The substitute measure would sim
ply express the concurrence of tht
house and senate with President
Harding's declared policy of cooper.
ating with other nations towards re.
ducing ornaments. 1t provides:
That the congress hereby express
ses its full concurrence in the de-
claration of the president in his ad-
dress to congress on April II, 1921,
that we are ready to cooperate with
other nations to approximate disarm-
ament, but merest prudence forbids
that we disarm alone and further
fully concur in his declared purpose
and intention to call an international
conference to consider the limitation
of armaments, with 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,
900 to be expended under the direc-
ton of the president, is hereby ap-
propriated." -
In Form of Resolution.
The measure as now drafted, is in
the form of resolution to be of
fered by Representative Porter. The
foreign affairs committee will meet
Monday to consider the measure.
along with numerous other disarma-
ment proposals already offered in the
house.
The plan is to report the Porter
resolution out Immediately and have
it ready to be substituted for the
Borah plan which now forms a part
Of the naval appropriation bill. The
naval bill will be sent to conference
by the house on Monday probably.
How far the president has gone
endorsing the Porter sub
stitute is matter of conjecture, but
Mondell and Porter expect to push
the measure. as more nearly repre-
senting the administrations desires
than the Borah amendment.
As a matter of fact, the adninistra-
ton, according to reports reaching
the capitol, is bit resentful of the
Borah amendment. 1t requests the
president to enter into negotiations
with Great Britain and Japan for an
agreement to curtail naval building,
that the administration has
lone nothing in this direction and CIV
ng the country the impression that
nothing would be done except to re-
;pond to the demands of congress.
Endorse Harding Policy.
The president has stated that he
began sounding out other nations on
some time ago. The
Porter resolution would recognize
he presidents leadership and en-
lorse his policy.
1t is understood that Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sat
With Monde1l and Porter in the con-
erence at which the Porter substi-
ute was drafted. This was regard
d as further proof that administra-
ion influences are behind the Porter
Mr.. Porter conferred
With the president yesterday and
Mr.. Mondell talked with him about
disarmament only few days ago.
Senator Borah regards the sub
;titute as an attempt to throw a 4
monkey wrench into the naval dis
program as suggested in
lis amendment. He contends that it
would render the whole plan un-
vieldy and impracticable by drag
ring in the involved question of land
disarmament and in the end lead to
failure of all efforts to cur
all armament expenditures.