Show 4 g f i I r rHE A f iff u i r HE SALT TEt SALT LAKE LAKE- AK TE A BURAH 1 E J I 4 D SA SAM MING W r i iI I SOlUTION I II I Declares Declares Its Adoption Would I Not Mean Dictation t to I Y President Harding n WASHINGTON May 6 Senator Senator r Borah's Borates fight for a disarmament con conference conk con 1 ference amendment to the navy bill billis billis is an effort to express the view of congress on the the reduction of taxes n nI and not an attempt to dictate the foreign foreign for for- forI I r I eign policy of f President Harding Borah n nI said today in denying reports that his I n decision to push the amendment r I marked a split spilt between the senate progressives progressives pro pro- n and the White House pro pro-I r The proposal by c congress to initiate te I disarmament as an economy measure U is very properly within the province r of the agency which has the power to tomake tomake U make male war and which must raise the fJ taxes said Borah That agency is C the the congress Therefore it is no invasion Invasion In- In I U of the executive e authority for congress to express the view that re reduction reduction re- re I U of naval armament is the best U way to save a large sum sum of money It happens that we cannot reduce our our U naval armament unless others do so also This makes no difference how how however U Uever ever in the fact that congress has haJJ th the right to discuss discus a the question and suggest suggest sug sug- gest a n reduction Borah asserted that he had been as assured assured assured as- as that Harding had no ro objection to a discussion of disarmament disarmament ment by congress although Harding made it clear to senators who called on him this week that he was opposed to adoption of the Borah Boroh proposal at this time A canvass of the senate bY bv disarmament disarmament disarmament ment advocates ad showed tw twelve to fifteen fifteen fifteen teen Republican senators who Borah said are aTe ready to sUT his amend amend- ment Nearly Neaily all the seven thirty Democrats are said to be in favor of it If all these vote as indicated Born Bo Bo- rn rl reb's h's hs amendment will get a n majority of the senate Some Soma of these Republican can senators however are being beinar subjected sub sub- to pressure and will doubtless change the their r position Borah believes |