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Grams an increase in pensions. It has
been intimated that an effort will be
made to put such a measure through
the House in short order, thereby les
sening the strength OF the movement
in the Senate to override the presi-
dental veto. 1t takes a two-thirds
vote Of both houses to override veto.
Senator Connally of Texas, Democrat,
Is one Of those leading the fight to
override the veto Of the pension bill.
A meeting Of the Senate foreign re-
lations committee has been called for
tomorrow by Senator Borah Of Idaho,
chairman, to consider the documents
which passed between the United States
and the British governments, prior to
the London Naval Conference, in con-
nection with the committees study Of
the London naval treaty. The belief
was expressed yesterday that the treaty
would be ordered favorably reported
to the Senate before the close OF the
week by a large majority vote Of the
foreign relations committee.
The opposition to the treaty, how
ever, still clings to hope that 1t will
be possible to postpone action on the
pact until next December, notwithstand-
ing the declaration of President Hoover
that If the treaty Is not acted on at
the present session of Congress he will
call a special session of the Senate to
meet Immediately following the ad-
iournment of the Congress to deal with
the treaty. There Is talk now that
some of the Senators will be unable to
attend such a session, thereby forcing
the treaty over. But the administra-
ton does not take such talk too seri-
ously. 1t expects to get action on the
treaty either before the close of the
present session or at special session.
Senator Smoot Is one of those who still
hopes it will be possible to get the treaty
up during the present session and thus
avoid the necessity of holding spe-
cial session of the Senate. If necessary,
he says, the House can 6isband unof-
ficialy and go through the motions of
holding sessions every three days until
the Senate can act on the treaty.
Senator Mcclellan of Tennessee,
Democrat, Is the latest opponent of the
treaty to issue a blast attacking it.. In
statement made public yesterday he
prime minister, Ramsay Macdonald,
had outlined four great detectives to
come out of the London Conference.
None of these detectives, he said, had
been obtained.
There has been no limitation of
arms at ALL" said Senator Mcclellan,
but on the contrary there will be a
vast increase of naval arms after the
pact has been approved"
Declares Saving Is Absent.
Senator Mcclellan denied that there
would be any reduction of armament.
He insisted that there would be no
saving in money as result of the
treaty but a large expenditure, and
that the treaty does not bring this
country parity with Great Britain in
naval strength. He said, too, it was
doubtful that the treaty would give
America navy SUFFICIENT to protect
this country's interests in the Pacific |
Ocean.
Four members Of the foreign reIa-
tions committee have been generally
counted against the treaty out of a !
total Of 20. They are Senators Hiram
johnson Of California, Robinson of In
diana, La Toilette Of Wisconsin, Repub-
hcanS, and Senator Shipstead of Min !
nesota, Farmer-Labor. Senator Moses |
of New Hampshire, who recently re-
turned from Europe, has withheld COM |
ment on the treaty until he can study |
it further. If he should vote against |
it, as some of the opponents of the |
pact claim he will, the vote in COM |
mittee against the treaty may be 1--WE. |
While the opposition to the treaty in |
the Senate itself may be somewhat |
stronger than at first was believed, the |
proponents of the agreement are conf |
dent that it will be ratified BY an over
whelming vote when the showdown
comes.
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