Washington, June 12. Recommend
ations that the government quit build
ing and operating commercial ships at
the earliest time nracticable were pre
sented to the senate commerce com
mittee today toy the shipping board. -
Sale of all commercial ships was
recommended. Vessels which - could
not be disposed of immediately would
be' leased. .. ..., .'.
and Evening Fanner
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., THURSDAY,
RE
Aims to Put Senate on Rec
ord Against League of
Nations.
WOULD SEPARATE
IT FROM TREATY
Vote to Favorably Report
tne ,K.nox measure stood
8 to 7.
Washington, June 12 Sena
tor Knox's resolution to put the
senate on record against ac
cepting the League of Nations
in the terms of peace treaty was
reported today in an amended
form by the senate foreign re
lations committee.
The committee struck out the sec
tion of the resolution which would
declare it a policy of the American
government that whenever the peacef
of Europe 'became again threatened
the United States would co-operate
to remove such a menace.
A resolution reserving the right of
the American congress to determine
the Justice of the obligations imposed
upon thi3 country under the much
discussed section ten of the league
of nations covenant was introduced
by Senator Sterling, Republican, o;
South Dakota,
The motion to amend the Knox
measure was Tirade by Chairman
Lodge and had 'the support of Sena
tor Knox and all other Republican
members except Senator McCumber,
of North Dakota. No other amend
ments were adJed. The vote to fa
vorably report stood 8 to 7..
COURT ORDERS
PLANT TO OPEN
Willys-Overland Must Start
Not Later Than
Monday.
Toledo. O. June 12 Judge Killlts
of the United States District Court
yesterday issued an order instructing
the Wlllys-Cverland Company to re
open its plait not later than Monday.
