Evening star., 1930-12-17
Borah and GiIIett Lose on
10-to-9 Vote of Foreign
Relations Group.
ABSENCE OF WALSH
PREVENTS TIE BALLOT
Republicans, Fearing Extra Ses-
sion, Cause Delay-Committee
Decides to Hear Elihu Root.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Action by the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee on the protocols pro-
posing adherence of the United States
to the World Court, under the revised
statutes Of that court, was ordered post
poned until the first Wednesday after
the Senate meets in December, 1881.
The vote in committee in favor of
postponing report Of the protocols to
the Senate was 10 to 8.
Those Senators voting in favor Of the
motion to postpone, offered by Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania, were: johnson
OF California, Moses of New Hamp-
SHIRE, Capper of Kansas, Reed of Penn
sylvania, Fess of Ohio, Goff of West
Virginia, La Fcllette of Wisconsin, Van
denberg of Michigan and Robinson OF
Indiana, Republicans, and Shipstead OF
Minnesota. Farmer-Labor.
Borah Votes Against.
Those Senators voting against post
ponement were Chairman Borah of
Idaho and Gillett of Massachusetts,, Re-
publicens, and Swanson of Virginia,
Pittman Of Nevada, Robinson of Ar
kansas, Harrison of Mississippi. George
of Georgia, Black Of Alabama and
Wagner of New York, Democrats.
The only member of the committee
not present end voting was Senator
Walsh Of Montana. Had he been pres
ent and voted no with other Democrats
the vote would have been q tie and
the motion to postpone until next De-
cember would have been lost.
The committee voted to invite Elihu
Root, former Secretary Of State, who
was one CT the group of jurists which
revised the statutes Of the World Court
about year ago, to come before the
Senate Committee, at a convenient time,
probably soon after the Christmas holi-
days. Mr.. Roots name has been as
sociated with the formula adopted in
the revision Of the statutes Of the World
Court, designed to meet the objections
raised by the Senate to advisory opin-
ions delivered by the World Court. This
objection the Senate sought TO over
come by adopting reservation five when
more than three years ago it agreed
to the resolution proposing adherence
to the World Court.
Oppose Special Session.
The motion of Senator Reed to post
pone action by the committee on the
was supported by Senators who are
opposed to the court, and also by Sen
ators who are favorable to American
adherence. The feeling among the SEN
ators supporting the World Court, but
who voted to postpone action, was that
1t would not be possible to obtain action
on the World Court at the present
short session Of Congress. There was
also strong sentiment against the
holding of q special session either Of
the new Congress, or of the Senate
alone, after March 4, when the present
session ends.
Senator Borah, the chairman Of the
committee, has declared from the OPEN
ing of the present session that If Presi-
dent Hoover sent the procotols to the
Senate he would endeavor to have the
them promptly, and not leave them
in the committee. Senator
Borah is one of the opponents of adher-
ence to the court. Practically all Of
the Democrats and Senator Gillett of
Massachusetts, who voted with Senator
Borah against postponement of ac-
ton, are favorable to the United States
joining the court.
When President Hoover recently sent
to the Senate the World Court pro-
tocols, accompanied by a special mes
sage, he urged that the Senate give
them consideration and act favorably
upon them as soon as 1t had disposed
of the appropriation bills and the bills
for the relief of unemployment and the
drought at the present session.
Long Debate FOreseen.
However, none of the Senators have
been OF the opinion that 1t would be
possible to take up the World Court
proposal and dispose of 1t by March
4, when this session closes. The Court
is bound to lead to long de-
bate. In some quarters it has been
that the President could well
call a special session of the Senate,
Immediately after March 4, to give
consideration to the World Court
This has not found favor, however,
with members of the Senate Some of
them fear that If a special session
should be called to deal with the World
Court 1t might run on for months.
The action of the committee today,
however, does not preclude the President
calling a special session of the Senate
this Spring to consider adherence to the
World Court, If he should desire to do
so. However, the determination of the
Foreign Relations Committee to put the
matter off until next December was
brought about with the aid of Repub..
lican Senators, friendly to the admins
tration, and the belief prevails that
nothing will be done about the court
oy the committee until next session