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Show JOHNSON WINS j CLOTURE MOVE i CALIFORNIA SENATOR, AIDED BY VICE-PRESIDENT, OFFERS SIGNED PETITION Ashurst Resumes Filibuster, Saturday Will Decide Fate in the Senate Washington In a last effort to break the filibuster threatening death to his bill to dam tha Colorado river at Boulder canyon, Senator Johnson, Republican, Re-publican, California, aEked the senate to invoke its drastic cloture rule which ! would limit debate. i A vote on the cloture petition, which was signed by more than sixteen sen- ators will be taken, and if .the required ! two-thirds majority is obtained a final I vote in mo senate on uouuier canyon nt this session will be assured. Scarcely had this petition been read before another to invoke cloture on the Hyson emergency officers' retirement retire-ment bill was liled. It will be voted upon also if the Johnson petition fails, but otherwise it will go over until after af-ter the Boulder canyon Issue has been decided. |