SENATE COMMITTEE SUPPORTS HARDING'S WISHES ON DISARMAMENT ISSUE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 4, 1921, the Senate Naval Committee, "guided by the expressed wishes of President (Warren G.) Harding," rejected a proposal by Senator William E. Borah* (R-Idaho) authorizing the President to invite Great Britain and Japan to send representatives to a disarmament conference to be held here in the Nation's Capital.
The Committee informed the White House that...
"the President will not be embarrassed by the House in pressing disarmament legislation."
*William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) was born in Fairfield, Illlinois & educated at the University of Kansas. WEB served in the US Senate 1907-1940 & was chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 1924-1933.
SOURCE
"Harding Blocks Disarmament Drive by Borah," The New York Tribune, May 5, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
