MAJOR SETBACK
ROOSEVELT POLICY
SENATE AND ST. LAWRENCE
REJECTION OP TREATY
United Press Association—By Electric Tclecrapb—Copyright. (Received March 15, 2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 14. The United States Senate on Wednesday, by a vote of 46 to 42, refused to ratify the St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty, a measure supported by President Eoosevelt. The Senate's rejection today of the St. Lawrence Treaty is a major legislative setback to the Administration and President Eoosevelt personally, the President having urged ratification in" two messages to the Senate. The Senate's action again illustrates the difficulty in ra* ifying any treaty which is undertaken by the Executive. Senator Lewis, of Illinois, the leader of the opposition to the treaty, is jubilant over the outcome, stating that no treaty could get Senate approval that did not recognise Lake Michigan as a purely American body of water. President Eoosevelt announced that he would send the treaty back for reconsideration later, stating that he feared that failure to ratify would place the seaway entirely under Canadian control, if Canada decided to undertake the construction.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 63, 15 March 1934, Page 12
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175MAJOR SETBACK Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 63, 15 March 1934, Page 12
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