The Washington times., 1930-06-26
ROUND ROBIN
ON TREATY
IGNORED
President Hoover Will Call
Special Session in Spite of
Plea by Opposing Senators

Plea by Opposing Senators
Battling for adjournment of
Congress by July l, Administra-
tion leaders hoped to settle three
controversies in the Senate today
over prohibition, Boulder Dam
and Muscle Shoals.
The adjournment, whether it
comes July / or July 10, will
benefit only the House, since the
Senate will be called into i'm
mediate special session for ratifi-
cation of the London naval treaty.
Round Robin Fails
One group of Senators led by
Moses (R0 of New Hampshire
and Johnson (R) of California,
forwarded round robin" to the
White House, asking President
Hoover to postpone action ou the
treaty until next December.
Another group, led by Vanden-
berg (R0 of Michigan. sent word
to the Executive that 80 Senators
were ready to stay and ratify the
treaty. The President let it be
known he would disregard the
"round robin" and call the Spe-
cial session.
Three or four. perhaps as many
as six reservations will be pre-
sented in the treaty debate in the
special session. One will pro
claim the right of the United
States to build the type of ships
best suited to American needs.
This meets the principal objec-
tions of the navy general board
to the treaty.
Administration Confident
During the extensive hearings
me weeks ago, nine out OF ten
of the admirals who testified OBJ
jected to the sacrifice of the g.
inch cruiser in favor of the 6-inch
by the American delegation at
London.
Administration supporters are
confident of their ability to beat
off this and similar reservations,
the treaty opponents are by no
means convinced of it. The pre-
ponderant weight of the naval ex-
perts' opinions, they believe, is
bound to have some effect.
The difficulty of holding a
quorum in the Spcci session, in
view of the heat and almost uni
versal desire to get away to look
after political fences against the
oncoming elections, is their chief
worry.
Senator James E. Watson (RD
of Indiana, the majority leader,
has estimated that perhaps
third of the membership are
going to bolt the opening session
after the initial roll-call and go
home.
The prohibition row and the
Boulder Dam dispute were linked
to the $4,000 900 second de-
ficiency appropriation hill This
measure will raise the Govern
ments operating expenses for the
current year to the stupendous
peace-time figure of S4.750.000,-
O00-a total exceeded only in
war times.
Early Dry Row Decision
Administration leaders expected
a quick decision in the prohibi-
ton controversy, over aporopriat
ing funds for the law enforcement
commission.
Senator Glass CD of Virginia,
a dry, proposed a $4,000 appro-
priation, with the commission
confined to investigating only
prohibition conditions. Senator
Jones CR) of Washington, Ad-
ministration dry, proposed to give
the commission $250,000 to con-
tinue all forms of inquiry into
general law enforcement.
It was possible Glass would
win, since the House refused to
appropriate anything for the
commission.
The Boulder Dam controversy
centered on $10,660. 900 appro-
priation for starting work on the
project July i. The two Arizona
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charged Los Angeles and Califor,
mia had failed to carry out agree.
mentS made before Congress
adopted the original Boulder Dam
bill. They sought to shut off the
appropriation until Arizona's de-
mands for water and power were
satisfied.
The Muscle Shoals row resulted
from an effort of Senator Black
CD of Alabama to force the Sec
retary of War to sell power from
the project to nearby municipali
ties in Alabama. Black sponsored
a resolution, declaring it was the
sense of the Senate that power
should be sold to the cities and
demand a record vote on it.
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