Evening star., 1921-09-30
BLOCK AGREEMENT
FOR R Treaty /. |: 4 !! VOTE
Senate Supporters Of Anti.
Beer Bin Prevent Pro-
posed Consent.

: An agreement for a vote on the
peace treaties with Germany. Austria
and Hungary was blocked, at least
temporarily. by supporters of the
ant:-beer bill in the Senate today.
Senator Lodge. republican leader.
submitted the proposed unanimous
consent agreement Immediately after
the Senate met today, explaining that
he had discusss. it with Minority
Leader Underwood and members of
the foreign relations and finance
committees. The proposed agreement
should continue the consideration of
the peace treaties to the exclusion
of other business. except such busi-
ness as might be unanimously ecnsid-
cred necessary, and that after 1850
am. Friday, October IA, no senator
or any amendment thereto for more
than thirty minutes in the aggregate.
Later Reaches Agreement.
Later Senator Sterling conferred
with Senator Lodge and other repub-
lican leaders and reached an under
standing with them. that after the
treaties and tax revision bills have
been disposed of the, conference re-
port on the anti-beer bill should be
said that he had definite under
standing with the leaders on this
point, and that, therefore, when tne
proposal for unanimous consent
agreement is submitted again at 5
O'Clock this afternoon he will not
object to it.
Senator Sterling said that this un-
derstanding with the leaders was suf-
ficient, and he would not ask to have
any matter concerning the anti-beer
bill inserted in the unanimous con-
sent agreement on the peace treaty.
ing by the Senate leaders that the
anti-beer bill should come up has
considerably dimmed the prospects
for an adjournment of Congress on
November 10, as has been suggested
for several days. -.
Tax Bill to He Taken Up.
The agreement further proposed that
If no senator was ready to speak on
the peace treaties at any time between
now and october II, the tax revision
bill should be taken up. 1t was fur
ther proposed that there should be no
interference with the vote on October
10 on the Panama canal tolls bill.
After the agreement had been read
Senator Reed of Missouri. democrat
asked that it might lie over for an
hour so that he could examine it, and
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin sug-
gested that it go over to o'clock.
At this point, Senator Sterling OF
SouthS SDakota, in charge Of the anti
beer blll, declaring that he was loath
fo object to the unanimous consent
agreement, insisted that unless the
anti-beer bill conference report was
given its day in. the Senate he would
interpose an objection to the agree
ment to vote on the treaties.
Disposed to Object.
"A1y disposition is to say that
shall object, and ] have good reasons
for it," said Senator Stirling. He said
that he understood 1T was proposed
to press the peace treaties and the
tax revision bill. and then take an ad-
journment of Congress without TAX.
ing action on the anti-beer bill. He
said he would never consent to sucf
q proposition.
After further discussion of the pro.
posed agreement, in which Senator
Lodge urged the importance of dis:
posing of the peace treaties, and
republicans that IL they attempted tt
force the treaties through in night
sessions they might be endangered
senator Lodge withdrew the unanimous
consent agreement, saying he woult
offer it again at s o'clock. This wal
satisfactory to Senator Sterling. II
the meantime an effort will be made
to patch up the differences among thu
senators. c-