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October 16, 1931

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LEAGUE COUNCIL VOTES 13-1 TO INVITE US DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION OF JAPAN; TOKYO'S ENVOY HERE ADVISES YIELDING; ALL--DAY PARLEY ON CHINA Council Rejects Japan's Plea for Juridical Ruling on Proposal. BRIAND STEERS DISCUSSION Our Representative Stays Away From Secret Deliberations Over Invitation. PUBLIC MEETING SET TODAY Bid, Being Drafted, Will Be Sent to Washington After Opening of the Session.

By Lansing Warren. Wireless To the New York Times

Council in private session votes 13 to 1 to invite U S to participate in discussions

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DEBUCHI ASKS JAPAN TO CHANGE STAND; Tokyo Cabinet Convenes to Consider Action on the League's Move. OUR ATTITUDE RESENTED Friendliness of the American Plan to Cooperate at Geneva on China Is Doubted. May Contest League Vote. DEBUCHI ASKS JAPAN TO CHANGE STAND Public Irritation Feared. Hold Incident Is Minor. Senior Statesmen Now Figure. Neville Explains Our View. ADVICE TO TOKYO CONFIRMED. Ambassador Debuchi Sends Message After Seeing Stimson.

By Hugh Byas. Wireless To the New York Times

U S policy in affair criticized by Repr Fish and Sec Johnson

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Notable Births

Charles Colson

1931Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)[†]

Charles Wendell Colson, generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as President Nixon's "hatchet man", Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven and also for pleading guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. In 1974, Colson served seven months in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama, as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.

1931Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2022)[†]

Valery Aleksandrovich Klimov was a Soviet violinist.

1931P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (died 2013)[†]

Phillip Wayne "Bear" Underwood, known as P. W. Underwood, was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was the head coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from 1969 to 1974.