Evening star., 1950-04-28
Hudson Is Reelected
President OF Society
OF International Law

Judge Manley o. Hudson, former
turist on the Permanent Court of
international Justice at The Hague,
today was reelected president of
the American Society of Inter-
national Law. meeting at the Carl
ton Hotel.
Secretary of State Acheson was
reelected as honorary president.
Honorary vice presidents re-elect-
ed were: Philip Marshall Brown,
Frederic r. Coudert, William C..
Dennis, Charles G. Fenwick, Cor
dell Hull, Charles Cheney Hyde,
Supreme Court Justice Robert H.
Jockson, Arthur X. Kuhn, Gen.
George c. Marshall, Henry l..
Stimson, former Secretary of
State; Senator Thomas, Democrat.
of Utah; Charles Warren, George
Grafton Wilson and Lester H.
Woolsey.
Elected vice presidents were
George A. Finch, Edwin D. Dickin-
son and Philip c. JeSsup.
Society Must Move.
The society was informed that
because the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace is NOV
ing it's headquarters from 700
Jackson place N. w. the society
has to find new quarters. The
membership authorized the sign
ing of a lease for Offices at 1922
r street N. W., the Kellogg Build
ing. The society had occupied
space at the Jackson place ad-
dress for a great number of years.
BY unanimous vote the society
elected as an honorary member
the distinguished international
law authority, Prof. George Scelle
Of the University of Paris.
A request that the State Depart
ment negotiate treaties to permit
better gathering of evidence
abroad for use in American courts
was referred to the society's ex-
ecutive council.
A new plea for unity in our
foreign policy was issued last night
by John Foster Dulles, newly ap-
pointed Republican consultant to
the Secretary of State.
Support for Policy Urged.
"It is vitally important" Mr..
Dulles told the society "for the
safety and welfare Of the United
States that foreign policies should
reflect national unity so that the
foreign governments which are, at
the moment, in most imminent
peril will feel that these policies
can be relied upon to persist, ire
spective of election results in the
United States which might change
the political complexion of the
Congress or of the presidency"
During the past few months"
he added, "an unfortunate combi-
nation of circumstances has pro-
duced a superficial disunity here
which raised doubt abroad as to
whether our national attitudes are
dependable and whether we can
develop the more incisive policies
required to meet the mounting
offensive of Soviet communism.
Such doubts spell danger to
the United States"
This statement was an apparent
reference to recent charges by
Senator Mccarthy, Republican. of
Wisconsin that there are Com
munists in the State Department.
Personnel Praised.
Although he did not name any
official in particular. Mr. Dulles
went on to praise the present con-
duct of our foreign affairs.
1T is my conviction" ne as
serted, that the American peo-
pie are served by loyal and
capable Americans who are un-
partisan in relation to foreign
affairs and who will increasingly
demonstrate their right to public
confidence in this field"
Mr.. Dulles support for the
State Department was echoed by
Judge Hudson, who called Dean
Acheson. "in my judgment, the
ablest Secretary of State we
have had since Elihu Root"
Judge Hudson was formerly
judge of the Permanent Court
of international Justice at The
Hague.
In a letter to Judge Hudson,
President Truman declared:
"It is to be hoped that,
under an enlightened leadership,
the influence of your society upon
American thinking in interna-
tional fields will continue to ex-
1T is encouraging to know that
we have such an active organiza-
ton as the American Society of
international Law, striving to
analyze international problems
effectively, without narrow preju-
dices, and without the uninformed
and ill-considered announcements
that handicap so greatly those
who are in authority"