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Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge

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Auction Date:2011 Sep 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.25, White House letterhead, January 17, 1927. Letter to Edward W. Bok, of Merion, Pennsylvania. In full: “The State Department is of the opinion that the draft of the treaty and your comments thereon reveal the profound thought which you have given to this subject. They report, however, that the practice heretofore followed by the Government in its treaties of arbitration has been to restrict such agreements to those questions which are legal in their character and are susceptible of the application of legal principles. This government has never been willing to submit to any form of arbitral of judicial determination questions involving national honor or which affect the vital interests of independence of the country. A treaty of the kind here under consideration covering as it would any conceivable matter of dispute would include such questions as immigration deportation or any other question whether arising under municipal law, Governmental policy, treaties or alleged principles of international law. In other words, the conduct of the Government in any of its varied activities might be called into question and subjected to review by an international tribunal at the behest of any other country party to the treaty, which might, whether justifiably or unjustifiably, raise an issue with respect thereto. They think it very doubtful whether such an undertaking would be wise and that probably it would be impossible to secure the ratification of an agreement of that nature.” A uniform shade of toning, horizontal fold directly under signature, and a couple edge and corner creases, otherwise fine condition. Coolidge spoke in favor of the US becoming a member of the World Court as long as it would not be bound by advisory decisions. The Senate would eventually approve of joining the court in 1926 but with reservations. These reservations were accepted by the court; however they proposed some modifications of their own. The Senate failed to act, and as a result the US did not become a member of the court.
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