The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-12-29
LITTLE HOPE
FOR PLAN OF
SENATE CLIQUE
Amendment for international
Economic Conference
Faces Defeat
MAY DELAY ACTION
Possibility that Matter will
Go Over the New Years
Holiday

fore night on the Borah proposal
for a world economic conference
which is opposed by the administra-
ticn was sought by senate leaders
today while the third days debate on
the project proceeded with the in
creasing fury. As "irreconciable'
colleagues of Senator Borah hurled
broadsides at his plan as embodied
in an amendment to the naval appro'
priation bill, the Republican mana
gers negotiated quietly for a roll
call before adjournment and re-
cess over New Years day.
Senator Johnson, Republican OF
California, who fought with Senator
Borah against the League of Nations
opened today's forensic battle with
an attack on the conference plan
The proposal, he said, was worse
than the league and more likely tc
"embroil us in European controver'
sizes and finally make the United
States, after $50 years, part Of the
European system" He added that
such conference would "jeopardize
our future"
81 am against it," he said, 80,
precisely the reasons l was against
taking the United States into the
League of Nations"
Washington, Dec. 29.-Confident'
ly predicting it's defeat, admins
tration leaders hoped for final dis
position by the senate today Of the
Borah proposal for a world econ
omic conference, although the list
O. senator's prepared to speak or
the amendment made a vote doubt
full, with the possibility of delay
over the New Years holiday. In
cluded among the half dozen sena
tors to speak on the proposal to-
day, Senator Borah, who present
ed it as an amendment to the nava
appropriation bill, planned to make
another address replying exten
sively to President Harding's let
ter read in the senate yesterday
in which the executive virtually
asked for the amendments defeat
In addition to. Mr.. Borah, other!
to discuss the proposal were Sena
tors Johnson, California; Watson
Indiana; Capper, Kansas, ant
Moses, New Hampshire, from tht
Republican side, and probably Sen
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska arf
other Democrats.
With a dramatic turning point IL
the senate fight over the propose
reached in the reading in the sen
ate yesterday of the President!
letter to Senator Lodge OF Mass
achussets, the Republican leader
not cnly were administration lead
ers predicting its defeat today bu'
upon the present status of the bat
tie, supporters of the amendment
were conceding it. They were
understood to be still endeavorine
to gain support for it among doubt
full members. Senator Borah him
self on the floor late yesterday sale
he expected the amendment to bt
thrown out.
AS to the nature of the negot'a
tions which the Presidents letter
barely more than limited were il
progress to carry out the admins
tration's purpose of being helpful
in the present economic difficultie:
of Europe there had been no 1igh'
shed today by officials either o:
the White House or of the state de-
partment. The subsequent senate
discussion brought from Senator
Lodge the statement that the can
collation. of the foreign debt wa!
not in mind in the negotiations. By
his suggestion that congress ''fre'
the hands" of the allied debt com
mission, the senator said he wa:
authorized to say, the Presiden
meant only that the time for pay
ment of principal and interest OF
foreign debts might be extended