HOUSE CONFEREES WALK OUT ON NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On June 16, 1921, conferees of the House of Representatives refused to accept Senate increases in the Naval Appropriations Bill and "walked out of the conference room."
According to the New York Tribune, this means "many days of delay in reaching any agreement" and that sentiment in the House opposed to the Senate bill "is strong."
Senator Miles Poindexter (R-Washington), acting chairman of the Naval Committee, said...
"It's up to the House."
*Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) was born in Memphis, TN & earned his LLB at Washington & Lee University (1891). MP's father was a Confederate civil war veteran.
MP served as US ambassador to Peru (1923-1928), as a member of the US House of Representatives (1909-1911) & US Senate (1911-1923).
SOURCE
"House Delegation Bolts Navy Conference," The New York Tribune, June 17, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
