Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-07
JOINT RESOLUTION
ON DISARMAMENT
IS AGREED UPON

WASHINGTON, June 5.-A joint
resolution "concurring in the de-
clared purpose of the president of
the United States to call an inter-
national conference to, limit arma-
ments" was agreed upon today by
Republican members of the house
foreign affairs committee, as SUBJ
stitute for the Borah amendment to
the naval appropriation bill.
The text was drafted by Chairman
Porter after conference with Presi-
dent Harding at the White House
last night and is believed to have
met with his approval. 1t will be
introduced Monday, and while it's
passage may be somewhat delayed
1T is intended to convey to house
conferees on the naval bill the at
titude of the house on the whole
question of disarmament.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt, who discussed the pro.
posal with Chairman Porter yester-
day, met with Republican commit
teemen and talked over the mode of
procedure.
In the dozens or more disarmament
resolutions introduced heretofore in
the house, the phraseology was
quite different from that finally
agreed upon by the foreign affairs
committee Some of them directed
requested" or urged" the esident
others expressing the hope" that
he would do so. In the final form,
= E~-avar. the president would ac-
tually be placed at the head Of the
movement. with congress expressing
its full concurrence" in his declara-
congress that we are ready to CO.
operate with other nations to ap-
proximate disarmament, but merest
prudence forbids that we Lisarm
alone"
The resolution follows:
Resolved by the senate and house
OF Representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sembled, that the congress hereby
expresses its full concurrence in the
declaration of the president in his
address to congress on April II, 1921,
that I'VE are ready to cooperate
with other nations to approximate
disarmament, but merest prudence
forbids that we .disarm alone" and
further fully concurs in his declared
ternational conference to consider
the limitation of ornaments with
view to lessen materially the bur-
den of expenditures and the menace
of war; and that for the expenses
preliminary to and in connection
with the holding of such conference
the sum of 100000, to be expend-
ed under the direction of the presi-
dent, is hereby appropriated" Il
Representative Mondell, of wy
oming, the Republican leader, said
today that with the various views
on the subject it had been thought
best to have the foreign affairs COM
mittee. in touch with the situation
abroad and with. the administration,
outline what it construed to be The
wisest policy at the moment, While
the resolution itself will not be
them judicial notice las to the
binding on the conferees, Mr.. Mon
dell said, it would serve to give
feeling and attitude of the house.
The naval bill, IS returned from
the senate. will be called upon Mon
day under rule which will give 1t
privileged status and Immediate con-
conferees to be named by Speaker
Gillett would not be instructed on
the Borah amendment, but that the
resolution. while still leaving them
free to act as they saw fit, could
hardly be ignored, considering the
agencies concerned in it's prepare
ton.
Although the resolution made no
reference to land or sea ornaments,
Mr. Porter said both were included
under the broad and general terms