U.S. SENATE RATIFIES NAVAL TREATY 74-1, SENATOR FRANCE ONLY NO VOTE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 29, 1922, the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament was ratified by a vote of 74 to 1 by the Senate of the United States. The body also passed the treaty restricting the use of submarines and poison gases in warfare unanimously.
According to the naval treaty, a ten year holiday will be observed on naval production by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy. The treaty also provides for "scrapping many capital ships."
The only vote against the naval treaty was by Senator Joseph I. France* (R-Maryland). The submarine and poison gases treaty passed unanimously.
*Joseph Irwin France (1873-1939) was born in Cameron, Missouri & graduated Hamilton College, 1895. Also graduated medical department Clark University. JIF served in the U.S. Senate 1917-1923. One of the first members of Congress to support official U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union.
SOURCES
"Ex-Senator France of Maryland Dead," The New York Times, January 27, 1939, www.nytimes.com/
"Naval Treaty Ratified, 74-1; Submarines, Gas Outlawed," The New York Tribune, March 30, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
