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Editorial
April 13, 1944
The Western News
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana
What is this article about?
Editorial praises Secretary of State Hull's wise decision to involve a bipartisan Senate group in planning post-war international collaboration for peace and prosperity, contrasting it with President Wilson's failure to do so before the League of Nations rejection.
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Wise Action
In Secretary of State Hull's broadcast to the nation regarding the Administration's foreign policy, he made one statement that appealed to us as the act of a wise man. He said that a program had been quite well worked out for post-war collaboration among the allies to maintain world peace and to work toward a greater prosperity for all men. And then he spoke of the act we thought showed wisdom. He said he had asked the senate committee on foreign affairs to designate a bipartisan group of its members to sit with him and his department of state in perfecting the plan for world peace and carrying it into effect.
Inasmuch as it will fall on the U. S. senate to approve any treaty that may be drawn up after hostilities cease, it is only wisdom for the Administration to take the senate into its confidence now while policies are being worked out that will be incorporated in that treaty.
Thus the senate will be kept informed of what is being done.
Such action helps to ward off a final rejection of whatever treaty is eventually laid before the senate for its approval. Had President Wilson taken the senate more closely into his confidence, he probably would not have met the bitter defeat he did in his attempt to have the United States join in the League of Nations. Secretary Hull has probably profited by Wilson's mistake
In Secretary of State Hull's broadcast to the nation regarding the Administration's foreign policy, he made one statement that appealed to us as the act of a wise man. He said that a program had been quite well worked out for post-war collaboration among the allies to maintain world peace and to work toward a greater prosperity for all men. And then he spoke of the act we thought showed wisdom. He said he had asked the senate committee on foreign affairs to designate a bipartisan group of its members to sit with him and his department of state in perfecting the plan for world peace and carrying it into effect.
Inasmuch as it will fall on the U. S. senate to approve any treaty that may be drawn up after hostilities cease, it is only wisdom for the Administration to take the senate into its confidence now while policies are being worked out that will be incorporated in that treaty.
Thus the senate will be kept informed of what is being done.
Such action helps to ward off a final rejection of whatever treaty is eventually laid before the senate for its approval. Had President Wilson taken the senate more closely into his confidence, he probably would not have met the bitter defeat he did in his attempt to have the United States join in the League of Nations. Secretary Hull has probably profited by Wilson's mistake
What sub-type of article is it?
Foreign Affairs
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
Post War Collaboration
World Peace
Bipartisan Senate
League Of Nations
Treaty Approval
What entities or persons were involved?
Secretary Of State Hull
President Wilson
U.S. Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Bipartisan Involvement In Post War Peace Planning
Stance / Tone
Praise For Wise Administrative Action
Key Figures
Secretary Of State Hull
President Wilson
U.S. Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Key Arguments
Post War Program For Allied Collaboration On Peace And Prosperity Is Well Worked Out
Bipartisan Senate Group To Assist In Perfecting And Implementing The Plan
Early Senate Involvement Ensures Approval Of Future Treaties
Avoids Rejection Like Wilson's League Of Nations Effort
Hull Learned From Wilson's Mistake