U.S. IS FAVORABLE CHOICE AS MEMBER OF WORLD COURT
Geneva, Switzerland (JFK+50) On March 1, 1923, the Associated Press reports President Warren G. Harding's proposal that the United States be represented on the Court of International Justice* "is regarded league of nations circles as entirely reasonable."
The U.S., reports AP, would be placed "in equality with the other members of the court." League officials have not received a response from the United States, but twenty smaller countries "have accepted as obligatory the jurisdiction of the court."
*The Permanent Court of International Justice was established in 1920 by the League of Nations. The PCIJ was replaced by the International Court of Justice & the League of Nations by the United Nations after WWII.
The ICJ consists of 15 judges elected by the UN General Assembly & Security Council for 9-year terms. The ICJ has ruled in 184 cases.
SOURCE
"League Favors U.S. In World Court," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
