Evening star., 1933-04-17
Measure Sponsored by Hoo
yer and Roosevelt Re-
gimes Approved. .
CURRENCY INITIATION
is URGED BY RAINEY
Speaker Calls Himself an "Irre.
concilable Bryan 16-to-1"
Silver Man.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House today adopted the arms
embargo resolution-granting President
Roosevelt power to prevent the shipment
Of arms to warning nations.
The resolution now goes to the Sen
ate, where considerable opposition has
been indicated.
In the House, Republicans, led by
Representative Hamilton Fish of New
York, ranking minority member of the
Foreign Affairs Committee, failed in an
effort to send the resolution back to the
committee with instructions to modify it.
Debate on the resolution, requested by
Secretary Of State Hull and sponsored
by both the Hoover and Roosevelt ad-
ministrations. was concluded Friday.
Terms Of Resolution.
The measure provides:
That whenever the President findi
that in any part of the world condition3
exist that the shipment Of arms or mu-
nitionS of war from countries which
produce these commodities may pro-
mote or encourage the employment Of
force In the course of a dispute or con-
fict between nations, and, after secur-
ing the cooperation of such govern
ments as the President deems necessary,
he makes proclamation thereof. it shall
be unlawful to export or sell for ex-
port, except under such limitations and
exceptions as the President prescribes,
any arms or munitions of war from any
place in the United States to such coun-
try or countries as he may designate,
until otherwise ordered by the President
or by Congress"
A penalty of $4,000 fine or two years
imprisonment, or both. is provided"
In the Senate, meanwhile, the ad-
ministration farm relief measure still
terly controversial issue - imitation -
nearing vote as the result of DISPOSE
ton today Of the f1ve-day work bill.
Rainey for Silver.
Speaker Rainey said at his press con-
ference today that he personally IA
vored some expansion Of the currency
and preferred it to be undertaken on
reconciliation Of silver.
There Is strong sentiment through
out the county for some imitation" the
Illinois Democrat said. Sentiment is
rapidly crystalizing in the House for 1t.
I personally favor it,
Il prefer silver.
II am an irreconcilable Bryan To-
to-1 man.
THE trouble about it is. that the
silver advocates can't agree on any one
plan"
Rainey said he had not discussed
reconciliation of silver with President
Roosevelt and did not know the ad-
ministration's attitude
Rainey said he would mot take the
initiative" to press for silver legislation,
adding that he would leave it with
President Roosevelt" and that the
Presidents views could not be obtained
| until after discussions next week with
representatives of England and France
on the silver question.
i favor anything the silver advocates
can agree upon," he said
Il think the United States can 20
| ahead on a plan to remonetize silver
without an agreement with England and
France, but it would be better if we can
get concurrence of those countries.
We will know what they think about
1t within the next week or 10 days"
II the silver amendment to the farm
relief bill Is killed in the Senate, the
Speaker does not think 1T will kill the
| silver ISSUE
Senators Long, Democrat, of Louisi-
| ana and Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon
| tana injected the imitation issue into
| the Senate's debate on the administra-
| uons farm relief program. Long Of
| Tered an amendment providing for
Government purchase OF $lO0, ,OO0, 900
OF silver and Wheeler proposed free
, ,, coinage Of silver at the ratio of l6-to-l
| with gold.
Long was ready to press for action
on his amendment Immediately now
that the muddle around the measure
sponsored by Senator Black, Democrat,
OF Alabama, for q flve-day work week
in industry has been cleared away.
In a statement yesterday Long in
terpreted the coming here of world
statesmen to discuss means of inter-
national economic recovery with Mr..
Roosevelt, as moves by the foreign ma
tons to fight American monetary ex-
pansion.
welcomes" Conferences.
The Louisianan said he welcomed"
, the economic conferences-the first
starts next week end with the arrival
OF Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
OF Great Britain-for some reasons, but
asserted his belief that America is
about to be shown the broad knowledge
and experience Of our neighbors in the
analrs OF this country for their own
interest
Europe, Long contended, wanted to
keep the United States on the gold
standard, while nations with depreci-
ated currencies continued to raid the
markets Of the world, particularly those
in which American goods once sold"
Democratic leaders expressed conf
dence that the Long and Wheeler
amendments would be defeated. They
explained that defeat would not neces-
sarily be test of the Senate's convic-
tions, but rather that imitation should
be considered separately and not as q
part of the farm relief bill.
Leaders also were hopeful that
final vote could be had In the Senate
on the entire farm program by mid
week. They were ready to move for q
| limitation of debate after today.