Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-07
SENATE CONVENES
TO ACT UPON NAVY
REDUCTION TREATY
Quorum Present Is PreIim.
mary Victory for Sup
porterS of Pact.
MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT
STRONGLY UPH0LpS IT
Nations Defense Safeguarded
Fully by Agreement, He Says,
Answering Critics.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate of the United States,
meeting in special session at the call
Of the President today, took up the
London Naval Treaty for consideration
and action.
President Hoover sent to the Senate
message strongly urging the ratifica-
ton of the pact, which would limit all
categories of naval vessels of the United
States, Great Britain and Japan.
The President declared that the
treaty marks an important step in dis
armament and in world peace. He in
sisted that it was important for many
reasons that the treaty should be dealt
with at once. He declared that every
solitary fact which affects Judgment
upon the treaty is known, and the
document itself comprises the sole obli-
CATION of the United States"
Sees Disaster Possible.
"If we fail now the world will be
again plunged backward from its prog
ress toward peace" said the President.
Senator Mcclellan of Tennessee,
Democrat, and one of the opponents of
the naval treaty, offered in the Senate
a resolution calling upon the President
W 4uAA1LSlA tAAC OCAldlC Gil LAlC
and memoranda bearing upon the ne
Gotiations of the London treaty.
This resolution is the first gun hred
by the opposition in its fight to prevent
ratification of the pact.
Reed Makes Reply.
After Senator Mcclellan had sub
mitted his resolution which recited the
fact that the President had declined to
send to the foreign relations committee
all of these documents, Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania, a member of the Amer
lean delegation attending the London
Conference, told the Senate that copies
of all this correspondence, including
cables between the Washington Gov
eminent and Ambassador Dawes in
London, had been submitted to Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic
leader of the Senate, and to himself
when they became members of the
American delegation TO the Naval Con-
ference These documents, he said,
were submitted in confidence.
IT still have copies of that corre-
kpondence," said Senator Reed, land
shall be glad to show 1t in confidence
to any member of the Senate who will
treat these documents as confidential.
Any Senator who reads the documents
will readily see why they should not be
made public"
Senator johnson of California, a
leader of the opposition to treaty rati-
fication, with biting sarcasm, declined
the offer of Senator Reed.
II scorned the proposition when it
was made in the Committee on Foreign
Relations" said Senator Johnson, and
I decline to accept it now. I demand
for each and every Senator the right to
see these documents and to make what
Of Thorn he may desire
Resolution Goes Over. s
The Mcclellan resolution, under the
rules of the Senate, lies over until to-
morrow.
Senator Swanson of Virginia. the
ranking Democratic member OF the
Senate Foreign Relations and Naval
Affairs Committees, gave notice that
tomorrow he would address the Senate.
He has prepared an exhaustive state
ment in support of the treaty.
At the instance of Senator Borah the
first formal reading of the London
treaty was had in the Senate. After
the reading had been completed and
the treaty was officially before the
Senate, a recess was taken until to-
morrow on motion of the Idaho Senator
Quorum Is Present.
The supporters OF the treaty scored
first today when, despite rumors to the
contrary, quorum of the Senate was
found to be in Washington and ready
to do business. Fifty-eight Senators
answered the roll call, nine Senators
more than a quorum, and others are
expected to arrive here tomorrow. The
supporters of the treaty are confident
they will be able to maintain quorum
and bring about the ratification of the
treaty within the next 10 days or two
weeks.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, and Senator Smoot
of Utah, who was recently married
in Salt Lake City and who has post
poned a honeymoon trip to Hawaii will
return to Washington for the treaty
fight.
President Is Notified.
As soon as a quorum had been es'
tablished, resolutions offered by Sena-
tor Watson of Indiana, the Republican
leader, providing for the appointment OF
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