The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14

Iof honor? Among the Connecticut signers from Waterbury are the fol- lowing: Arthur Reed Kimball, Rob- ert A Cairns, city engineer; Attor- ney Y. F. Carmody, Frederick $. Chase, Irving II. Chase, John A. Coe, John F. Elton, Rev. William G. Me- Gurk, Lewis s. Reed, Roger $. Sperry, Rev. Dr. James F Gregg,
 John R. Hughes, Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis.
 Signers from nearby towns in- clude: Horace b. Tafto Watertown, Rev. Tertius Van Dyke of Washing
 ton, $. Mclean Buckingham of Wa tertown, Howard B.. Futile of Mid dlebury, Harris Whittemore, Jr o1 1 Naugatuck.
 By way of excuse for the smal | number of signers, the statement ac.
 companying the published list o
 names, it is stated not all the sigma
 lures have been appended and tha
 there are other separate groups be, sides the one issued from the Ma. | tional World Court committee, IS | East fist street. New York city There are eighty-Seven names on the
 committee, which is headed %by Ma
 jor John F. O'Ryan, @wso1' com
 manded the 27th division, New York National Guard in the overseas con- fiict, frequently referred to as the Of ficer who figured prominently in the smashing of the Hindenburg line.
 The petition addressed to the Uni ted states reads as follows:
 Petition on the World Court
 Believing that the United States should join the World Court with out further delay. we, the under signed United States citizens, peti- tion the senate of the United States to take favorable action on the three protocols submitted to it by the pres ident, either during the present ses- sion of congress or, if necessary, at a special session of the senate alone.
 The question of United States membership in the permanent court of international justice has been be- fore the country for many years. The senate accepted the principle that this country should join in the work of the court when, on January 27,
 1926, by 76 to 17. it voted in favor of ratification of the World Court treaty, subject to five reservations. These reservations have been met by the protocols submitted to the sen ate by the president on December 10. 1880. This is the view of the president, the secretary of state and oL lcSdl duLiOIIlicS III lIlt
 United States.
 If action thus taken by the senate after careful and thorough delibera- tion is now to be repudiated, the foreign relations of the United States cannot be carried on. Since the action of the senate in 1926 the United States has become a party to the Kellogg Briand peace pact which implies and requires such a court for its fulfillment.
 We believe that to delay action on the court protocols for another year would lead to attempts to post pone such action indefinitely and would result in a serious setback to
 the movement for world justice and While we appreciate the pressure
 of essential legislation during this season and have no desire to inter- fere with such legislation, we are convinced that the senate, if it func- tions efficiently, can dispose of this business and also bring the question of United States membership in the court to an early vote. We therefore call upon our respective senators to 1 lend their support to prompt and favorable action on the World Court protocols.