Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-30
Will Attempt to Arouse
Public Opinion Against
= New Proposal
BORAH is WINNER
Republicans Hold Unanim-
Gus Desire to Aid in
Eur0pe's Plight

Washington, Dec. 30--The admin
istration's plan for dealing with the
world economic crisis will be bitter
Iy fought in congress.
Though the Harding-Hughes pro-
posal, as revealed by Secretary Hugs
he in his New Haven speech, by
Senators Lodge, Watson and McCor-
mick in the senate, and by Mr.. Hard
ing himself, does not contemplate any
request 10 either house of congress
within the near future fer further
legislative authority, in both houses
the plan will be criticised in u way
calculated to arouse public opinion
against it.
Inevitably, in the opinion Of ad-
ministration spokeSmen in the sem
ate, Mr.. Harding must ask for broad
e. grants of power from congress.
The administration has thus Tar
conducted it's efforts TO set in mo-
ton an economic conference Of some
sort has angered not only Democrats
but some Republicans in congress,
for these reasons:
/. Because President Harding, in
his letter to Senator Lodge on the
Borah amendment for an economic
conference reiterated the position so
often taken by presidents, that the
senate should keep its hands off for
eign affairs until it was asked to act.
2. Because the plan as outlined by
the various administration spoHes-
men is considered in congress to be
"a Morgan plan" and therefore an
international bankers plan.
g. Because many members OF con-
gress are. not convinced by admlnls-
t.ation deeials of any intention TO aP-
-Nr6Ve canceisaSjOn Of the dllie0 war
debt. For this Eeason, it will be diff
ficult if not impossible to obtain
amendment of the debt refunding act
to permit extension of more liberal
terms.
Neither will con gress easily agree
TO American official membership ON
the reparationS commission, should
thst ne asked for. Such request, re-
varced as certain TO be made II the
plan now projected reaches the pom'
of actual negotiation, would unite
= most of the senate Republicans rs
they were united against the YER
xaleS treaty, canvass OF seh''-
meNt today showed.
The Borah amendment Tor an eco
romic conference. meanwhile. will be
held nc q club over the admlnlstra-
tom Senator Borah withdrew 1t
Yesterday in dramatic fashion after
he had turned what looked like GER
.ain defeat into a substantial victory
by forcing Senator's Watson Lodge
and Mccormick the statement tnat
The economic conference he sought
was in fact virtually afoot and had
haop for weeks, by Reason OF this
governments conversations IN Tor
cign capitols. When Borah put the
Renublican leaders on record as 70
that ne said ne would withdraw his
amendment, so as not to embarraSs
tbe forts Hughes and Harding arc
making. TT bo.os
in Borah's belief upon a plan suggest
ed bv P. Morgan. do not bear truit'
he will again present his demand tor
an economic conference.
The battle over BOrah,s amend
ruent, which was fought with all the
aSm;nistration's vigOr showed the
Republicans claimed to be ylrtualiy
unanimous in a desire to help Eur
ope. so long as such neip woulu nv nUy
involve the U. s. politically OF leao
10 membership in the league oil ma
tions 1t clearly revealed SCI se1t', ~
Sn,ericanment unalterably opposed to
debt cancellation or further loans or
70 American participation in the ao-
ministration m Of the Versailles treaty.
The situation left Senator Hiram
Johnson standing virtually alone, ne ne
was drafted as the staunchest OF the
administrations champions agalnS'
the Borah plan. and he fought II 50
hard that the administration reVe.a-
tion's Unexpectedly left him praetie-
ally isolated from his party.