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Show NAVAL BILL, PEACE PACT ON CALENDAR Adherents of Measures Fear Adoption of One Bill May Jeopardize Other; Senate Will Determine Priority. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. (UP) The ami-war treaty will be placed today on the desk of Vice-President Dawes alongside the'- naval cruiser building bill to let the senate determine de-termine which one it wants to take up and pass before Christmas. Both measures are known to have i strong majority in favor of their prompt adoption. Leading treaty, adherents, however, fear adoption of the naval bill may prejudice the treaty, while naval leaders rear ratification rat-ification of the treaty first will jeopardize the naval bill. Leaders Fuz.led Leaders do not know exactly what they can do in their predicament predica-ment but they are working on a compromise whereby both measure's may be considered. Under this plan, the naval bill would be made the unfinished business for open sessions ses-sions of the senate' and the treaty would be made the unfinished business busi-ness of the executive sessions. This would prove, however, only a hollow arrangement because" it would yet remain to be determined which is to be debated if the time is split between be-tween the two measure's, a race would develop as to which could pass first. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee has announced he will present before night the favorable fav-orable treaty report adopted by the committee, 14 to 2 with 2 voting present. He declined to predict whether it would be ratified before Christmas or whether he would make an effort to take it up. With these matters monopolizing attention on the floor, the senate public lands committee met for what was anticipated to be a final session on the1 nomination of Roy O. West as secretary of interior. A report confirming the nomination is expected to be adopted. The house was enjoying what is known as "calendar Wednesday," the day heing set aside for consideration consid-eration of minor bills on the calendar. |