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...less determined was Senator Hiram Johnson, captain of the tiny army of Treaty opponents in the Senate, to delay matters to such a point that the London agreement would have to go over until next winter's session of Congress. Last week the Johnson brigade of twelve did not grow in size but it grew in obstructive influence...
Johnson's Army. Senator Hiram Johnson, aware of the Japanese bugaboo in his great State of California, last week definitely placed himself at the head of the tiny Senate army opposed to the treaty. He commanded about a dozen votes. To beat the pact, he needs 33 (one more than one-third of the 96 Senators). To gain time to muster new recruits, "Captain" Johnson demanded, apparently without hope, that the pact go over until the December session of Congress. President Hoover and Senators actively supporting the treaty were less concerned at the numerical size of the Johnson army than...
...Gatling of Chicago perfected his machine gun in 1861, Sir Hiram Maxim his in 1889-both more than 40 years...
When Senator Hiram Johnson kept calling more and more naval officers before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to testify against the London Treaty, President Hoover last week began to suspect a subtle filibuster was in progress to block ratification of the Pact at this session. The President has gained enough knowledge of practical politics to realize that delay feeds the fires of Opposition. Sternly he spoke out his displeasure...
...Hiram Watson Sibley '31, of Rochester, New York...