HARDING DECIDES TO DELAY PASSAGE OF PEACE RESOLUTION
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 7, 1921, the Harding administration decided to "delay passage of the Knox peace resolution*" possibly for several months.
Carter Field writes that "this action was wholly unexpected."
An unnamed member of Congress was quoted as saying...
"The situation abroad is entirely too critical for the United States to take any hasty action that might complicate...the relations of this country."
*The Knox-Porter Resolution, a joint resolution signed by President Harding on July 2, 1921, officially ended US involvement in World War I.
It passed the House by a vote of 263-59 & also guaranteed the rights of American citizens by protecting them from government seizure of property.
SOURCES
"Knox-Peace Resolution Held Up Indefinitely; Harding Fears It Might Hamper New Relations," by Carter Field, The New York Tribune, May 8, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The Knox-Porter Peace Resolution," History, Art and Archives, United States House of Representatives, www.history.house.gov/
