Show AfTER W A CONTROl Of RAIL LINES c. c Is 15 DEFEATED Amendment Providing for Continuance of Government Govern Govern- ment Operation Turned Down Dorn in iii Senate 61 to 10 i S CONTROVERSIES HOLD HOLDUP HOLDUP UP RAILROAD BILL Senator tor s' s Proposal to Reduce Compensation Fails Fans Rates Initiation Clause Will in Be Bc Debated W AT Feh 21 Cham Cham- Cham V I pious of government ownership lost Jost b by nn an overwhelming o vote ote today their fight in the thc Senate for an in indefinite in- in definite federal control o or of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads road after the war ar An amendment to the administration railroad bill offered offered of or by Senator Johnson of South Dakota and providing providing- that government government govern govern- ment control Should continue until Con Congress ess otherwise ordered was defeated 61 to 10 Determined contests over o disputed sections upset plans for passing the bill today II In ill both hoth houses of or Congress Con but the Senate disposed of or all Important Import Import- ant amendments and will rench reach a final vote ote tomorrow Discussion continued Inthe In Ift Inthe the House where under an agreement to cos general debate at 6 p p. p m. m to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow tho leaders expect to pass the I measure earl early next week Debate Limited Senate debate was limited after 2 I Ip p p. p m m. to ten minutes and tomorrow It rule The Thc proceeds s under a minute five first test of or strength upon the efforts of ot the so-called so radicals to amen amend tho I compromise draft drat brou brought ht out by tho Senate Interstate commerce commission I committee came on an amendment by b Senator Cummins of or Iowa Io designed to reduce b by about compensation compensation I to bo paid the railroads Lt t was wash h beaten 6 62 to 23 3 In effect S Senator Cum Cummins mins proposed that government o com com- atlon to the railroads should cover only normal Ivl d-Ivl d ends paid during thelast tho the I last three years ears and that earnings nl above abo o dividends should be retained The ten senators supporting the tho proposal pro pro- to reinsert the original administrative administrative adminis adminis- c provision pro for or Indefinite government government govern govern- ment operation were Democrats Democrats Ashurst Johnson South Dakota Kirby and Phelan 1 Republicans Gronna Gronna Johnson California Call Call- CallI I 1 fornia Jones Washington Kenyon Kenon 1 Norris and Poindexter I J Johnson Abandons Fight I The vote was accepted as decisive I Senator Johnson of or California who led ed f advocates o of government go ownership said tonight that he lie did not expect to I renew his hilS effort Senators supporting the tha Cummins amendment were Democrats Democrats Democrats-Ashurst Ashurst Gore Gor Hardwick Henderson Hitchcock Hollis Johnson South Dal Dakota ota Ken King King- I Reed Thorns Thomas Trammell and Yar Varda- Varda a man Republicans Cummins Gronna Johnson John John- son eon California Jones Washington ton I Kenyon i McNary Ic ar Norris Sutherland and Town Townsend end An amen amendment ment b by Senator Robinson of or Arkansas to eliminate a provision pro ranting planting carriers an additional allowance allow allow- 0 ance a aggregating about an annually annually an- an for money spent on Improvements improvements Improve improve- ments last year ear was adopted 44 H to 34 U. Hoard Plan lIm Rejected d. d On Ork a n viva ha voce oce vote tho the Senate re rejected rejected rejected re- re Senator Cummins' Cummins amendment to tollace place government go control after the WarIn war warIn warin In a board of ot five tI men Mr Ir Cummins said ni he would seek seele a record vote otc on the proposal 1 tomorrow Air 1 amendment offered 1 by bv S Senator FI of or New ew Jersey nn and adopted provides that the new law Jaw lawshall hall shall not Interfere with states states' taxation taxa taxa- tion lion of oC railroads In the final contest tomorrow In the Senate e the provision pro allowing the tho President Pres I ident to Initiate rates subject f to the approval of or tho Uio Interstate commerce mission corn slon is lg expected to be the principal prin prin- cipal controversy Late toda today Senator I et r Intro introduced an amendment l providing iro ln that the tho s I authority author author- It ill ity Shall not ho bo Interfered with except I that tho President ma may If It necessary s Jp supercede ce e the commissions commission's or orders ers |