Show FUNDING i REPORT i I i EXPECTED CT SOON SUON i I Senate Leaders Confident 1 of Early Agreements I WASHINGTON Jan 14 Senate H.-Senate Senate Rei Republican Republican Re- Re i publican leaders expressed the hope j tonight that ah an would be I I reached and a report made to the senate senate senate sen- sen ate Monday on the foreign debt fundIng funding funding fund fund- ing bill bm Informal conferences today gave them-the them basis bais for the belief they declared The of opinion N of the tite party I chiefs was that the th house bill would be tak taken n up but that the clauses in it specifying pa payment pan of oC interests semiannually semi semi- annually and an interest rate at 5 per percent percent cent would be stricken out It is js about questions Involved O Y in these t two P provis- provis It sl oe 1 j I lon ions that the opposition tl in the senate 1 is expected to revolve Democrats generally generally generally gen gen- J have declared that the two prof provisions pro pro- I f visions must be included in any measure measure mea mea- I sure dealing with the foreign debt I It was said b by the Republican leadens leaders lead ers ers- that some of their own membership i did not approve e of ot the provisions restricting re reI restricting re- re I the supervisory commission In its negotiation with foreign governments governments governments govern- govern ments o a the questions of interests payments payments pay pay- ments and the Interest rates The original law permitting the loans to foreign governments provided provide that the interest rate should d be t the same or ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately equal t the Interest t which h gh this government nt Is paying on Its iti own bonds Some of the senators who vho oppose opposed opposed op op- pose posed 1 the provision for a a. 5 50 per cent rate said they had no objections to provision contained in the existing law lawan lawI I an as It would allow more latitude The full membership of the finance committee com corn to which the debt funding measure was commuted committed has halt been i called to meet Monday I nd tb to consider the I I whole question J |