Word: notted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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>Decided flatly (but privately) not to recall from Russia U. S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt, but left the matter on a 24-hour basis. Franklin Roosevelt firmly believes that in his foreign policy he has made but one bad blunder: withdrawal one year ago of U. S. Ambassador to Germany Hugh...
> Approved a note sent by Secretary Hull to London, asking the British Government not to apply to U. S. ships and goods the British blockade program. The document, purely a matter of form, will halt no British seizures, but aids establishment of a base for later damage-delay claims.
A Constitutional prerogative of the U. S. Senate is the right to ratify all U. S. treaties with foreign Governments. And one of the chores the Congress as a whole has most enjoyed is the writing of tariff bills. Under the New Deal the key to both these powers has...
But last week, as Mr. Hull dickered desperately with Argentina for his 23rd trade agreement, the 23rd tide of complaints rolled in. Cattlemen, dairymen, manufacturers squawked louder than ever before. Not only had Republicans whipped up anti-agreement sentiment throughout the Midwest, but New Dealers from agricultural States had pledged...
January's session of the 76th Congress will be that opportunity. But by January Mr. Hull may not care. Soon the massive Argentine trade agreement will be concluded; hard on its heels, one with Chile; a third with Uruguay. With these 25 in Mr. Hull's pocket-agreements...