The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-29
BITTER FIGHT
IN SENATE ON
BORAH' PLAN
Hiram Johnson Makes
Furious Attack
tBy Associated Press)

tBy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. ga vote
before night on the Borah proposal
for a world economic conference,
which is opposed by the administra-
ton, was sought by senate leaders to-
day while the third days debate on
the project proceeded with increased
fury
As "irreconciIable" colleagues of
Senator Borah hurled broadside at his
plans as embodied in an amendment
to the naval appropriation bill. the Re
publican managers negotiated quietly
for roll call before adjournment and
a recess over New Years day.
Senator Johnson, Republican, Cali
fornia, who fought shoulder to shoul-
der with Senator Borah against the
league of nations, opened today's for
ensic battle with two-fisted attack
on the conference plan
Wore Than League
The proposal, said Senator johnson,
was worse than the league and more
likely to "embroil'' US in European
controversies and finally make the
| United States, after $50 years, part
of the European system. He added
that such a conference would 'jeop-
ardize our future"
Il am against it, said Senator John.
son, for precisely the reason / was
against taking the United States into
! the League of Nations | am against
II because in my opinion it will do eX
actly what thus far we have declined
in,
even greater degree and with less safe
guards than the League of Nations
gave to US, it would embroil us in
/ European controversies, and finally
make the United States, after $50
i years, part of the European system.
Opposes All Forms
i I am against the amendment, as
1T is presented and just as in the for
mer contest, of which it is in my judg-
ment, but continuation, am against
1t with either reservations or amend
ments. | have been unable to cor
ceive any amendment or reservation
which, leaving the design, would avert
the possible injuries from conse-
quences.
Il prefer the League of Nations with
some rules of procedure, with the
members bound by some preliminary
agreement to this general endeavor
which has neither limitation or
specification"
Included among the half dozen SEN
ators to speak on the proposal today
Senator Borah, who presented it as an
amendment to the naval appropriation
Dill, planned to make another address
replying to President Harding's letter
read in the senate yesterday, in which
W r.f1 l1xy +T,r
, amendments defeat.
: Others to Speak
Others to discuss the proposal we're
Watson, Indiana; Capper, Kansas, and
Moses of New Hampshire, from the
; Republican side, and probably Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska and other Dem
ocrats.
With the dramatic turning point in
! the senate fight over the proposal
| reached in the reading in the senate
, yesterday of the presidents letter 10
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts the
, Republican leader, yesterday not only
administration leaders predicting it's
, defeat today, but upon the present
! status of the battle supporters of the
, amendment were conceding it. They
were understood, however, to be still
endeavoring to gain support for it
among doubtful members Senator
, Borah, himself on the floor late yes
| terday, said he expected the amend
ment to be thrown out.
No Light Shed
As to the nature of the negotiations
which the presidents letter barely
more than limited were in progress to
carry out the administrations pur-
pose of being helpful in the present
economic difficulties of Europe, there
had been no light shed today by Of
ficials, either of the White House or
the state department. The subse-
: quent senate discussion, however.
brought from Senator Lodge the
statement that the cancellation of the
6 foreign debt was not in mind in the
negotiations. BY his suggestion that
congress free the hands" of the allied
! debt commission the senator said he
: was authorized to say the president
) meant only that the time for payment
:, of principal and interest on foreign
: debts might be extended