AZ vs. CA:15 California Exhibits, Vol. XV; Nos. 2101-2174; 2200-2217; 2250-2253; 2301; 2401-24032401-2403

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"Senator Connally opened the debate with a half-day argument in which he was apparently surprised by being continuously heckled by Senators Johnson, Downey, Chandler, Murdock, Wheeler, Hawkes, and others. On the 18th of March, the Senate took up the nomination of Aubrey Williams for R.E.A. Administrator, and returned to the Treaty on March 23, at which time Senator Hawkes made an able statement in which he presented a letter written to him by Herbert Hoover, opposing the treaty, and explaining its background insofar as it relates to the Colorado River Compact. Senator Downey followed him and continued on March 26 at length, making an able and comprehensive presentation on behalf of the opponents of the treaty, concluding his speech on the 27th. Senator Millikin followed him on the 27th, but on the 28th the Senate took up the War Manpower Bill, the debates on which extended to April 3. On April 4, Senator O'Daniel made a brief statement on behalf of Texas interests, and Senator Millikin concluded his speech in support of the treaty. Senator Downey then, on April 5, commenced the presentation of the first of a group of about 35 amendments to the treaty, presenting two or three of them but withdrawing them on April 6, when it appeared inevitable that they would be defeated. On April 9, Senator Downey consented that the treaty go from the Committee of the Whole to the Senate itself without amendment, with the purpose of offering reservations rather than amendments in the Senate. The Lend-Lease Bill was taken up on the 10th of April, and a comparatively short discussion of the treaty occurred on the 11th, pending a report from a sub-committee of the Committee on Foreign Relations as to certain reservations initially suggested by Senator Connally. Senator Connally had originally proposed three