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Show INITIAL HOUSE -TEST VOII BY-REPEALGROUP BY-REPEALGROUP 237-177 Vote Sends Embargo Repealer to Conference ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 31 (UP) The administration today won the opening engagement of the house neutrality fight when the chamber approved a rule to send the measure to conference with the senate. The house ordered the bill sent to conference by a vole vote after an Initial test of strength on a motion mo-tion by Representative Hamilton FUh R N. Y.) to close debate on the rule under which the measure was sent to conference. - The administration won the vote to close debate 237 to 177. Initial Test The vote provided an Initial test of administration strength In the closely divided house. However, it was not regarded as conclusive. The decisive test will eome when the house vote- later ea the ajues-tion ajues-tion of Instructing Its conferee to insist on retention of the present embargo on arms shipments to belligerents. bel-ligerents. ... The failure of the house to take a record vote on the approval of the rule sending the bill to conter-ence conter-ence came as a surprise. Place Befere House Immediately after the initial test on closing debate on the rule, the question of passage of the rule was placed before the house. Fish then asked for a roll call, but was unable un-able to win sufficient' support among house members to force the call. Speaker William B. Bank-head Bank-head then put the question of approval ap-proval of the rule and the house acquiesed verbally. The house became disorderly after the voice vote on formal adoption of the rule. After some discussion, Represen-tatlve Represen-tatlve James. A. Shanley (D, Conn.) offered a motion to instruct the house conferees to Insist on retention of the arms embargo provisions, pro-visions, barring shipment of "arms, ammunition or Implements of war" to belligerents. |