WATERWAY TREATY
AMERICAN SENATE’S ACTION
RATIFICATION REFUSED.
WASHINGTON, March 14. (Received March 15, at 5.5 p.m.) The United States Senate, by 46 votes to 42, refused to ratify the St. Lawrence Waterway* Treaty, which was supported by President Roosevelt. A LEGISLATIVE SETBACK. WASHINGTON, March 14. (Received March 15, at 5.5 p.m.) The Senate’s rejection to-day of the St. Lawrence Treaty is the major legislative setback of the Administration and President Roosevelt. The President personally urged ratification in two messages to the Senate, and the Senate's action again illustrates the difficulty of ratifying aiiy treaty which is undertaken by the executive. Senator Lewis (Illinois), the leader of the opposition to the treaty, is jubilant -Oyer the’ outcome, stating that no treaty could get Senate approval that did not recognise Lake Michigan as a purely American body of water. President Roosevelt announced that he would send 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 its construction.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22213, 16 March 1934, Page 9
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173WATERWAY TREATY Otago Daily Times, Issue 22213, 16 March 1934, Page 9
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