Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-30
BORAH' s NAVAL
HOLIDAY PLAN
IS ADOPTED BY
HOUSE, 1904
Disarmament Amendment
To Navy Appropriation
Bill Is Accepted By the
Representatives,
LETTER FROM HARDING
Is READ TO S0L0NS
Is More Concerned With the
Favorable Attitude of Con-
greSS Than With Form
Of Expressing It,
(By Tho AssocInted Press.l

(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, June 29.-The
house agreed late today to the Bo-
rah disarmament amendment to
the naval appropriation bill.
The vote was $40 to 4. Repre-
sentative Moores, Indiana, republi-
can, and Representative Campbell,
Pennsylvania; Carew, New York,
and O'Brien, New Jersey, demo-
Gratis, voted in the negative. Line
berger, republican, California, vot-
ed present.
Shouts Greet Kelly.
Wild shouts greeted Represents
tive Kelly, Michigan, in charge Of
the bill, when he moved to con-
cur with the senate in the Borah
amendment. They subsided only
when Representative Mondell, re-
publican leader, had the clerk
start reading letter from Presl-
dent Harding in which the presi-
dent declared 1t as wholly desir-
able" TO have the expression Of a
favorable opinion on the part of
the congress relating to world dis
armament, and mot of particular
concern what form the expression
shall take"
Debate was confined to half an
ihour, No attempt was made to of
J fer the Porter substitute, which
was considered broader than the
Borah amendment, in that 1t would
| not restrict participation in the
proposed conference TO Great Bril-
tain, Japan and the United States.
nor discussion solely to reduction
Of naval armaments.
MondclI Opposed Amendment.
After referring to the Eorah
amendment as marrow and re-
strictive," Mr.. Mondell declared
that inasmuch as the bill would go
back on the last day of the fiscal
year to the senate, where one per-
sigtent and insisJent gentleman can
block the wheels Of legislation"
he doubted whether it would be
wise to haggle over the exact
wording of the amendment
| The text of the presidents con-
, munication follows:
There has come to my atten-
| tion the questions in disagreement
between the two houses Of congress
on the naval bill. and l unders tand
they are In process of adjustment,
but that some difficulty has been
. J.. L s., In n &C.
F., factory agreement with regard 10
the language to be used in express
ing the favorable attitude OF the
congress towards efforts to secure
international agreements for the
| Limitation of ornaments.
Form of Expression.
IA number of members of cofl-
gress have been good enough to
inquire as to the form of express
sion on the part of the congress
which might seem most advisable
from an administrative viewpoink.
81 have said to inquirers, as 1
am now pleased TO say to yous
/ that it is not Of particular concern
to the admins" what form
! the expression of congress shall
take, though 1t Is most agreeable
that congress shall express itself
in favor of securing, if possible,
an international agreement upon
program for the Limitation Of
armaments.
"I think it has been pretty well
| understood that the administra-
| tive branch of the government has
already been seeking information
with regard to the attitude of for
eign nations on the general sub-
ject of disarmament. These in
quiries and negotiations will be
! continued, and the time and man
| ner in which the matter may be
| formally presented TO foreign gov
ernments can only be determined
after the fuller development of in
quiries already initiated.
| Ready for Suggestions,
| "It is wholly desirable to have
the expression of favorable opin-
ion on the part of congress relat-
ing to this world question, and 1t
would seem to me ample II 1t
would be expressed in the broad
est and most general terms.
81 am vastly more concerned
with the favorable attitude of the
congress on this question than l
| am as to the form of expressing
that attitude. You may be sure
that the executive will be ready to
give every consideration to such
expression as the members of the
two houses of congress find then-
| selves disposed to make"