PRESIDENT’S SET-BACK

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 80, 16 March 1934, Page 6

PRESIDENT’S SET-BACK

St. Lawrence Waterways U.S. SENATE REJECTS TREAD i (By Telegraph- I'reee A*rn.—Copyright.l (Received 16, 10.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 15. The Senate’s rejection to-day of the St. Lawrence treaty by 46 votes to 42 | is the major legislative setback of the Administration and President Roosevelt personally, the president having urged ratification in two messages to Senate. Senate's action again illustrates the | difficulty of ratifying any treaty which i is undertaken by the executive. Senator Lewis ('lllinois), leader of | the opposition to the treaty, was jubl- i lant over the outcome, stating that no i treaty eould get Senate approval that did not recognise Lake Michigan as a purely American body of water. Preaident Roosevelt announced that he would sdnd the treaty back for reconsideration later, stating that he feared that failure to ratify would place the waterway entirely under Canadian control if Canada decides to undertake construction.