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Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University Professor, witness before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, today endorsed the Thomas Amendment of the Neutrality Act which would permit designation of the aggressor nations and application of economic pressure. He said, 'the time for the determination of policy is now; it should not be left for emergency legislation in the hour of crisis'
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Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University Professor, witness before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, today endorsed the Thomas Amendment of the Neutrality Act which would permit designation of the aggressor nations and application of economic pressure. He said, 'the time for the determination of policy is now; it should not be left for emergency legislation in the hour of crisis'
Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs amendments. Washington, D.C., April 17. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of International Law at Bryn Mawr College, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Thomas Neutrality Act should be amended to allow either Congress or the president to select aggressor nations and apply sanctions. As the act now stands, he said, 'No distinction is made between nations that violate treaties they have made with us and those that observe them.' He urged that the United States 'let it be known' that the U.S. will be on the side of those who observe international laws
Dean Young B. Smith of Columbia School. Washington, D.C., March 25. Young B. Smith, Dean of the Columbia Law Faculty at Columbia University is shown on the stand before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was opposed the bill saying that it should be done by constitutional amendment. On the suggestion of the Senators he will have the law faculty draw up a bill on his proposals
Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs amendments. Washington, D.C., April 17. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of International Law at Bryn Mawr College, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Thomas Neutrality Act should be amended to allow either Congress or the president to select aggressor nations and apply sanctions. As the act now stands, he said, 'No distinction is made between nations that violate treaties they have made with us and those that observe them.' He urged that the United States 'let it be known' that the U.S. will be on the side of those who observe international laws
Senate to inaugurate hearings on Neutrality Act. Washington, D.C., March 29. Senator Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as he told reporters today that open hearings will begin on April 5 on proposals to repeal, modify, or strengthen the Neutrality Act. At the same time he announced that the appointment of himself, Senator William E. Borah and Senator Walter F. George to handle the schedule of witnesses and "Do everything that can be done to expedite the hearings." 3-29- 39
Court reform plan hostile to Constitution. Washington, D.C., April 5. Frank H. Sommer, Dean of the New York Univeristy Law School, denouncing the President's Judiciary plan before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. He declared that although the plan conforms to the letter of the constitution, it is distinctly hostile t... he proposed constitutional amendments in place of the plan, 451937
Former Secretary of State fears Neutrality Act may aid attack on U.S. Washington, D.C., April 5. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today as the first witness on half dozen proposals to revise or repeal the Neutrality Act, former Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson warned that the present act is an instrument which may "Make the United States the next victim of attack." 4-5-39
Discuss America's foreign policy. Washington, D.C., April 15. In an effort to give impetus to the movement for revision of the Neutrality Act, an emergency conference of one hundred today assembled in Washington for a two-day discussion of American Foreign Policy. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the American Union for Concerted Pace Efforts. In the picture, left to right. James T. Shotwell, President, League of Nations Association - Reverend Roy M. Houghton, Congregational Church of New Haven, Conn., and Ernest Wilkins, President of Oberlin College, 4-15-39
Georgetown U. prexy asserts neutrality laws impractical. Urges Pan-American front. Washington, D.C., May 3. Dr. Edmund A Walsh, Vice President of the Georgetown University here and head of the Foreign Service School, told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations today that no satisfactory neutrality law is possible and suggested a bloc of 21 American republics as a front against foreign aggression in this hemisphere. He said that neutrality today exists 'possibly in a few rare and detached souls'
Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University Professor, witness before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, today endorsed the Thomas Amendment of the Neutrality Act which would permit designation of the aggressor nations and application of economic pressure. He said, 'the time for the determination of policy is now; it should not be left for emergency legislation in the hour of crisis'
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A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
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The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html