Show MOVE TO FIX HAWAII QUOTA IS DEFEATED Senate Rejects Amendment Setting Tons WASHINGTON April 19 The IP-The senate today r rejected an an amendment to the sugar control bill which would have given Hawaii a fixed production production tion quota ot of tons annually The vote was 50 to 20 Senator King CD D. D Utah Immedi Immedi- thereafter introduced an amendment amend amend- ment fixing the Hawaiian quota at annually excluding the quota consumed in the islands Kings King's amendment wu rejected d without a record vote An amendment b by Senator Copeland Cope Cope- land Jand D. D N N. Y to fix a quota of tons lons for tor Porto Rico also was re re- A move mo to increase the continental beet sugar production quota from 1 1 to short tons tons-to allow al- al low Jow up to tons for Cor sale to government government gov- gov was agencies started by Senator Borah CR II Idaho Borah Introduced nn an amendment to exempt tons Ions from the beet sugar quota quola specified in the bill The total quota thus allowed for forthe forthe the western beet sugar industry would exceed present production There appeared to lo be strong support forthe for tor the amendment |