Washington, Aug. 8.
The Majority Leader, Senator Alben W. Barkley, Democrat of Kentucky, today will ask the Senate to adopt a rule halting debates at 4 p.m. so the Senate can vote on President Roosevelt's authority to mobilize 360,- 00 National Guardsmen and reser vists for a year's training and thus clear the way for the vote on the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill Senator Barkley was disturbed by the failure of action on the National Guard bill after three days of sonal invecan Minton of West Virginia and Indiana respectively Meanwhile, a dozen Senators opposing the draft plan, met in order to plan a debate and the strategy they would use.
This bloc included Senators Gerald Republican of North Dakota, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Progressive of Wisconsin, Burton K, Whee-lev, Democrat of Montana, and Edwin C. Johnson, Democrat of Colorado.
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