IN THE SENATE 0F THE UNITED STATES
JULY 11 (legislative day, .July 10), 1939
Referred to tile Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed
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AMENDMENT
(IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE)
Intended to be proposed by Mr. PITTMAN to the joint resolu-
tion (S.J. Res. 123) relative to violatoin of a treaty, viz:
Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
1 That whenever the President shall find that any foreign
2 state which is a party tto the treaty known as the Nine
3 Power Pact between the 1/nited States, Belgium, the British
4 Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands,
5 and Portuga1, regarding principles and policies to lie followed
6 in matters concerning; China, signed at Washington, Febru-
7 ary 6, 1922, is endangering the lives of citizens of the United
8 States, or depriving such citizens of their legal rights and
9 privileges, through the commission of acts, or the failure to
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