Show Filibuster Over Boulder Canyon Tough On Solons With Senators Frayed By Long Siege Senator Johnson Sets Out to Circulate Petition to Invoke Cloture I and F Force FOlce Olce a Vote at This Session of Congress WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Feb Feb y 24 21 By The Associated When Press the theW TV filibuster on the Boulder Doulder Canyon dam darn bill hill was wag renewed today In the senate Senator Johnson Republican California in charge or of orthe the bill began circulating a to Invoke the cloture rule urn limo lim debate The necessary 16 signatures for tor petitioning were obtained A two two- two thirds thirds majority would be feces feces- necessary s- s sary to bring the debate limita tion rule Into effect but should it Ube be Invoked the bill would have to be acted upon at this sessIon FILES IUS HIS PETITION S Senator Johnson formally II filed til d his petition shortly before P Boulder Canyon bill was i at 3 p m by by- by previous agree agree- agreement agreement agreement ment Senators Senatore Ashurst Democrat and Cameron Republican or of Arizona object objected d that the p petition was not In order but Vice Prest- Prest dent Preal-dent dent Dawes ruled that It 1 privileged From this decision Senator Ashurst appealed Th Th sice Ice president 1 was sustained 46 to 10 30 Admission of the petition means meaD that the question of ot limiting do- do debate de debate bate must bo be voted toted upon at 1 P m Saturday It IC two thirds two vote for limitation debate debats on the bill and all amendments will wili be limited to one hour for tor each sen- sen senator senator sen senator ator and a vote ote on the measure be before Core the adjournment of con con- congress congress con gress i will be made certain as It t could not be he replaced Three Ashurst Ben senators Ashurst and Cameron of ot Arizona and Phipps ot of had Colorado Colorado had conducted a fill mf- fili filibuster buster unmatched In an even dos doz- dozen dosen doi-cn doi en years and promised to be ready for lor a renewal ot of o the struggle when the Boulder er Canyon measure comes up again at 2 p 1 m today Faced with an en apparent deter ot of the senate under the leadership of ot Senator Johnson lie lie- publican He-publican publican California to wear them down these senators turned the tables and before the second day of 01 the continuous session ended they had the Republican leaders leaden seeking to get getup up ip other othor subjects subjects- An unanimous unanimous- consent agree ment mont for tor a B a night session ses lon after aCter a recess at p m entered enter d into lat last week would have brought the tle filibuster to a close but hut the He- He Re Republican publican Jeader leader Curtis of ot Kansas cut It short 15 25 minutes by moving for an executive session Halt half the senators present some of them with Ith temp tempers rs frayed by loss of ot sleep and the chaos at- at attendant attendant at attendant upon filibusters were ere on their feet leet feet some tome addressing the chair and others talking india indis indiscriminately when GurUs Curtis put his hl motion Ashurst who with Johnson had kept the 30 hours vigil vigil vigil- was en- en engaged en engaged In berating Copeland of ot New NewYork NewYork NewYork York wh when n Vice President Dawes cut short the proceedings and put the motion through to a scatter scatter- scattering scattering ing ot of ayes ayca |