Show SENATE REJECTS SHIP PURCHASE SUBSTITUTE W WASHINGTON Jan 23 After After four hours' hours debate the senate caucus today rejected Senator Hoke Smith Smiths Smith's s 's am amendment amend amend- nd ment nicut to the ship purchase bill to provide pro ride vide that tho government go lease leae its ships to private concerns instead of operating them by a government o controlled cor cor- It likewise rejected a compromise com corn promise suggestion u ge tion that the tho government operate operate- the tho ships durin during the tho European war and lease them to private corpora corpora- thereafter |