The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
BORAH IS IN FIGHT
 ID FINISH ON HIS DISARMAMENT BILL
Senate Has a Good Opinion of Lasker as Shipping Head and Will Confirm
 Him at an Early Date
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Age-Herald


 Washington Bureau The AKe-Heraid
 800 Davidson Building
 Washington, June 11.-(Special. )- Senator Borah is going to the mat with Representative Porter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the for eign affairs committee of the House regarding the proposed disarmament amendment.
 Q Senator Borah makes his intention plainly understood in statements to the public today He has insisted that the Senate conferees fight for the Borah amendment as against the House substitute. Should the Senate conferees in the end feel that they must yield in order to save the bill. Senator Borah will oppose the adop- ton of the conference report when it is returned to the Senate.
 Senator Borah feels that the effect of the adoption of the substitute would kill the idea and purpose of his amendment.
 Points of Difference
 The Borah amendment requests and authorizes the President to call conference between England. Japan and the United States for the pur- pose of effecting an agreement whereby the naval programmes of theso nations will be abandoned. It ts positive.
 The Porter amendment simply ex- presses an agreement with the state 1nent of the President that he would make effort, at the proper s,time, to bring about such a conference, with the intention of the President to con- sider with all the nations of the world the subject of disarmament. Senator Borah regards the Porter amendment as negative.
 Senator Borah is absolutely con- vinced that the nations must disarm if ever the burden of taxation result ing from war and anticipated war, is alieviated. He is willing to break with the administration and hts col leagues in the Senate in hope of bringing about such an alleviation.
 Element of Politics
 The administration supports the Porter amendment. The administra- ton opposed the Borah amendmentl ana defeated it in the Senate com7 mittee. It opposed the amendment on the floor of the Senate until it was obvious that democrats. aligned with independent republicans. would sustain it. It was then determined to destroy it in conference, it is be- lieved.
 The conservative idea is that as re- suit of either amendment the Presi- dent would call the conference. The Rorah amendment seemingly forces him to take action. The Porter amendment would give him, indivio- ually, credit for making an effort at disarmament. The Porter amend ment would serve as an excellent campaign document. The Borah amendment, in as much as it was gaved by democrats. could not be used as exclusively republican propa- ganda, and cited as reason for con tinuing the control of government by the republican party. LAsKER AUTHOR OF EXPRESSION,
 "DON'T WIGGLE AND WOBBIE"
 Washington. June 11.--(Special-)-- It is indicated that the majority of members of the Senate regard Albert D. Lasker of Chicago as an able man. and will confirm him as chairman of the United States shipping board.
 At the same time, the fact that the President took so long to find big man, a so-called superman, and final ly selected an advertising expert, has given democrats an opportunity to indulge in considerable fun in the House. Because MT. Lasker contrib pted to the advertising campaign of the republican party last fall. certain people think that the appointment was made not without political con sideration. There is also a compar- 1son made between James H. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation; Walter c. Teagle, presi- dent of the Standard Oil company, and even Charles Piez, practical ship ping expert of Chicago
 Representative Byrns of Tennessee said in the House regarding Mir. 1 Lasker: .I understand that MT. Las her is author of the phrase. Don't Wiggle and wobble.' Possibly on &C., l count of that great service. and the | success he has made in his private af- fairs, qualities him for the post, all though he admits that he knows nothing of ships"
 Representatives Byrnes of South | Carolina said: 'T will vote for any reasonable appropriation to increase the salary of the chairman so as to make 1t possible to secure the best brains in America taken from the United States Steel corporation or the Standard Oil company. But become pessimistic when I read in the press that we are to have chairman who
  whose qualifications disclose no expe- rience in construction or in any in- dustry that would fit him for the management of the greatest industry In America.
 @How does the management of the Chicago Cubs fit one to direct the af- fairs of the shipping board? How does the management of the business of Quaker oats or Van Camps pork and beans or Lord & Thomas agency oualify him
 T want to see MT. Farrell ap- nointed- But it is a great descent from steel to soup and pork ana
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