Show if wi Wins p Post 1 Ff k i l A h S 'S f f t J ARTHUR HENDERSON I II Backed by U. U S. S Chief FRENCH SUFFER PARLEY DEFEAT English Delegate Heads Heads' political Po Political Political po Po- Commission at Arms Meeting By P. P PI I. I LIPSEY JR Associated l Press ress Correspondent GENEVA Feb 27 The 27 The French delegation to the world disarmament conference suffered another organization tion defeat today when the delegations delegations of the United States Great Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain Germany and Italy engineered the election of Arthur Henderson o of Great Britain as president of the political commission of the confer confer- ence The French delegation after alter having been block blocked cd on several other organization organization or or- choices had made a strenuous ous effort to obtain the election o of their candidate Nicholas o of Rumania to head the political commission commission com corn mission which will consider the French security proposal The election of Mr Henderson who is president of ot the general conference conference confer confer- ence was as proposed by Hugh Gibson acting chief of the United States' States dele dele- gation Henderson has been the chief leader of the movement in opposition to the French plans After Arter he was chosen choen president of the conference the French delegates sought to place great authority in the conference bureau but Henderson was also chosen to head this organization Then the French delegates over the protest o othe of the Americans succeeded in ing int the bureau of oC wh what t was expected to be its dominant role by referring the determination of ot procedure to a general commission |