The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
PRESIDENT REVIEWS HIS OBJECTIONS TO
 PACT RESOLUTIONS
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in Article 10 concerning the economic boycott"
 'rhe reservations which the President
 refers to as mine were the five reserTa-
 tions which I presented to the Senate
 November i9. after they had been ap- proved by the democratic caucus, he de- clared. In the Senate they received fl votes"
 The Presidents letter follows: PRESIDENTS LETTER January 26, l930.-My Dear Senator
 Hitchcock; I have greatly appreciated your thoughtful kindness in keeping me informed concerning the conferences you and some of your colleagues have had with spokesmen of the republican party concerning the possibility of ratification of the treaty of peace, and send this line in special appreciatiye acknowledgement i of your letter Of the 22d. return the clipping you were kind enough to in- close
 ITO the substance of it l, of course, adhere. I am bound to- Like yourself, l am solemnly sworn to obey and maintain
 the constitution of the United States.
 But l think the form of it,very unfortu- nate. Any reservation or resolution stat ing that The United States assumes no
 obligation under such and such an ar- ticle, unless or except would, I am sure chill our relationship with the nations
 with which We expect to be associated in the great enterprise of maintaining the world peace.
 That association must in any case, my dear senator, involve very serious and far-reaching implications of honor and duty which I am sure we shall never in fact be desirous of ignoring. It is the more important not to create the impress sion that we are trying to escape obliga- tions.
 But I realize that negative criticism is not all that is called for in so serious matter I am happy to be able to add, therefore, that I have once more gone over the reservations proposed by your selt, the copy of which I return hetewith, and am glad to say that can accept them as they stand
 <'-I have he CT seen the slightest reason to doubt the good faith of our associates in the war, nor ever had the slightest
 'eason 10 fear that ar" na ion wo. aeek
 to enlarge our obligations under the covenant of the League of Nations or seek to commit us to lines of action, which, under our constitution, only the Congress of the United States can, in the last analysis, decide.
 SHOULD BE JOINT RESOLUTION
 May I suggest that with regard to the possible withdrawal of the United States it would be wise to give to the
 resident the rioht to 2. q any 1ution of Congress in the matter of with drawal? In other words, it would seem to be permissible and advisable that any resolution giving notice of withdrawal should be a joint rather than a concur renf resolution? r,efhar Ne President can be deprived of his veto power under the constitution, even with his own consent. The use of a joint reso- lution would permit the President, who is of course, charged by the constitution with the conduct of foreign policy, to merely exercise a voice in saying whether SD important step as withdrawal from the League of Nations should be accom- plished by majority or by two-thirds vote. The constitution itself, providing that the legislative body was to be con suited in treaty a'sing and hna~'n" wa scribed two-thirds vote Tn such cases, l it seems to me there should be 10 un- necessary measure from the method therein indicated.
 q see no objection to a frank state ment that the United States can accep'
 a mandate with regard to any territory
 under Article XIII, Part 1, or any other provision or the treaty of peace, only
 by the direct authority and action Of the Congress of the United States. l "I hope. my dear senator, that you VII never hesitate to call upon me for any
 assistance that can render in this or any | ether public matter.
 l Cordially and sincerely yours. WOODROW WILSON,