LODGE ADVISES COOLIDGE TO CONSIDER OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT IN SENATE IF FAVOR OF JAPANESE EXCLUSION LAW
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 15, 1924, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.* (R-Massachusetts) "went to the White House...to inform President (Calvin) Coolidge of the sentiment of his colleagues" in favor of a Japanese exclusion law and "to advise him to consider the overwhelming votes on the question when the measure reaches" his desk.
The Evening Star reports "no inkling came from the White House or the State Department as to the position" the executive branch will take on the legislation.
*Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. (1850-1924) was born in Beverly, Massachusetts & educated at Harvard University (AB,LLB,AM & PhD). HCL served in the U.S. Senate 1893-1924 where he specialized in foreign policy.
SOURCE
"Senators Demand Ban On Japanese, Coolidge Advised," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 15, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
