Voting 26 to 65 the Senate cartier rejected. a proposal of Senator Ben-ott Champ Clark, Democratic Mis-scun "isolationist, that armed. belli arent merchantmen be banned from American ports and territorial waters, except. in emergencies, Senator Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations "Committee, opposed the amendment, saying that "a five-inch gun on the rear does not constitute a war vessel, Senator Tom Connolly, Democrat of Texas, said there was no danger in permitting armed belligerent merchant vessels to visit American ports "as long as they are armed for de~ fensive purposes only."
Senator Pat MeCarran, Nevada Democrat, supported Senator Clark's amendment, but said he realized was talking against certain defeat.
Voting 43 {0 50, the Senate refused motion introduced by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, who asked the Senate to resider its vote on Senator Clark's earlier proposal to give Congress re~ presentation on the National Muni-lions Board. "The Senate earlier had rejected the Clark amendment, Senator Wheeler argued that Congressional representation on the National Munitions Board would enable the Senate and House of Representatives to keep in closer touch with, the President's foreign policy.
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