Evening star., 1934-03-14
Treaty Rejected by Dozen
Vote Margin After Presi-
dent Warns Canada Will
Act Alone on SeaWay.
22 DEMOCRATS BALLOT
WITH FOES ON MEASURE
All Amendments Withdrawn by
Sponsors That Issue Might Be
Clear Cut-White House Prom
ises Another Try.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate today rejected the St
Lawrence waterway treaty with Can
ada.
The vote for ratification was 46 to
AZ against. which was far short of the
required two-thirds.
The vote administered the first
major legislative setback for the
Roosevelt administration
President Roosevelt had urged rati-
fication in two communications to the
Senate as a step toward opening vast
interior areas Of the United States to
ocean commerce and providing cheap
electricity for his own State of New
York. but the opposition Of large
group of Democrats and Republicans
proved too strong.
Sees Canadian Control.
Shortly before the treaty vote, the
President said he would send the
treaty back for reconsideration when
there is time, the giant waterway is
going to be built anyway and he feared
that failure of ratification would place
the seaway entirely under Canadian
control
To reach the vote, treaty opponents
withdrew all reservations to the reso-
luton of ratification. paving the way
for clear cut vote on the pact with
out strings.
In the Senate, Senator Dieterich,
Democrat, of Illinois, rather than pro-
long the arguments, already two
months lcng, withdrew his reservation
that ratification would be with the
understanding that the United States
would have exclusive control over di-
version Of water from Lake Michigan.
Senator Bailey, Democrat. of North
Carolina also withdrewy a reservation
after Senator La Toilette. Republican.
Of Wisconsin, had read at the desk an
editorial urging ratification.
Roll Call Result.
The roll call on the ratification
resolution follows:
For ratification:
Democrats:
Ashurst, Bachman, Bankhead, Bark
ley, Black. Bone, Brown, Bulkley. Bu-
low, Byrnes, Costigan. Dill. Duffy,
Erickson, Gore, Harrison, Hatch Hay
den, Logan, McAdoo McKellar, O'Ma-
honey, Pittman, Pope, Robinson Of
Arkansas, Sheppard, Smith, Thomas
Of Utah, Thompson, Van Nuys and
Wheeler-31.
Republicans:
Borah, Capper. Couzens. Cutting,
Fess, Frazier, Gibson. Johnson, La
Toilette, Norris, Nye, Robinson OF In
diana, Schall and Vandenberg-l4.
Farmer-Labor:
Shipstead-1-
Total for rati1cation-46.
Democrats against:
Adams, Bailey, Byrd, Clark. Con-
nally. Coolidge, Copeland. Dieter1ch,
George, Lewis, Lonengan, Long, McCar-
ran, McGill, Nicely, Overton, Reynolds,
Russell, Stephens, Tydings, Wagner
and Walsh-22.
Republicans against:
Austin, Barbour, Carey, Davis, Dick
inson, Goldsborough, Hale. Hastings,
Hatfield, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, NC
Nary, Metcalf, Patterson, Reed
Steiwer, Townsend, Walcott and White
20.
Grand total against-42.
One Pair Announced.
The positions of the remaining five
Senators-Caraway, Fletcher, King,
Thomas (Oklahona) and Trammell-
were not announced.
The only pair announced was Sen
ators Norbeck Republican Of South
Dakota) and Murphy Democrat OF
Iowa) paired for, with Glass Demo
crat of Virginia) against. In voting on
a treaty there must be two Senators
on one side paired with every Senator
on the other side of the question.
The vote showed the opposition OBJ
tanned about a dozen more votes than
necessary to defeat the pact.
President Roosevelt understands
Canada can complete a st. Lawrence
seaway project at a comparatively
insignificant cost by eliminating the
proposed power dam which would be
constructed under the treaty.
In other. words, one stretch Of
waterfalls would be made negotiable
without the necessity of a dam and
the route would be completed so far
as traffic purposes alone are con-
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