Evening star., 1924-05-24
WORLD COURT PLAN
IS REPORTED OUT
BY SENATE BODY
Senate Committee Favors
Present Tribunal if Di-
vorced From League.
ACTION THIS SESSION
CONSIDERED DOUBTFUL
Measure Calls for Equal Vote for
America-Lodge Withdraws
Plan for New Group.

Adhesion Of the United States to
the Permanent Court of International
Justice was Endorsed in a resolution
reported today by the Senate foreign
relations committee.
The resolution adopted by the COM
mittee follows closely the composite
proposal put forward by Senator
Pepper, Republican, Pennsylvania
The committees action brings the
world court technically before the
Senate for the first time, but there
is little hope in any quarter of a
vote during the present session.
The plan approved by the committee
recommends adhesion to the court on
condition that the court statute and
protocol are so amended that the
United States shall have the same
voting representation as any other
power; that the Original jurisdiction"
of the tribunal shall be restricted; !;
and that judges shall be elected under
council and assembly composed OF
signatory powers of similar auxil-
iaries Of the league of nations.
Vote Is 10 to Q.
The vote on the Pepper plan was
10 to 6, all the Republican members
except Senator Johnson, California,
being recorded in favor and the
Democrats present in opposition.
Before taking up the plan eventually
reported, the committee voted down
10 to the proposal prepared by Sem
ator Swanson, Democrat, Virginia.
which comprised substantially the
proposal transmitted to Congress by
Presidents Harding and Coolidge.
Only one change from the text of
the Pepper plan as introduced Thurs
day was made in the committee. 1t
would have the effect of admitting to
the benefits of the court any nation
which has diplomatic relations with
any signatory, instead of restricting
them to signatories.
Lodge Plan withdrawn.
The resolution reported contains
textually the half dozen amendments
that the other nations would be re-
quired to adopt as a condition of
American membership. They have the
effect of deleting from the court
statute references to the league of
nations and substituting in each case
a phrase ology that would include the
United States.
Specific reservation is made also in
the resolution with regard to pres
ervation of the Monroe doctrine, and
the President is called upon to con-
vene third Hague conference to
codify international law.
When the committee report was
formally presented in the Senate by
Senator Pepper, Senator Swanson,
who is the ranking Democrat on the
committee, gave notice that there
would be minority report
The proposal of Chairman Lodge
which would have set up an entirely
new court, was withdrawn by it's au-
thor before the committee had an op-
portunity to vote upon it.
Vote on Pepper Plan.
The vote on the Pepper plan fol-
lows:
For adoption-Lodge Borah, Bran
degee, Moses. Mccormick, Wadsworth,
Lenroot, Willis and Pepper. Repub-
licans. and Shipstead, Farmer-Labo
AgainSt-Johnson of California
Republican; Swanson, Pittman, Rob-
inson, Underwood and Walsh of Mon
tana, Democrats
On the Swanson plan the commit
tee divided as follows:
For adoption: Lenroot, Republican:
Swanson, Pittman, Shields, Robinson,
Underwood, Walsh of Montana and
owen, Democrats
Against: Lodge, Borah, Brandegee,
Johnson of California, Moses, Nc
Cormick, Wadsworth, Willis and Pep
per, Republicans; Shipstead, Farmer
Labor.