U.S. & MEXICO EXPECTED TO REINSTATE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 21, 1923, The Evening Star reports President Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes* "have approved the findings of the American-Mexican commissioners who have evolved a basis for the resumption of diplomatic relations at once between the United States and Mexico."
David Lawrence writes that "no difficulty is expected" in obtaining approval of the reinstatement of diplomatic relations by the senates of both nations.
He goes on to suggest "an era of friendship and good will" between the two neighboring countries "now may be predicted."
*Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (1862-1948) was born in Glen falls, New York & educated at Brown University & Columbia Law School.
CEH was the Republican nominee for POTUS in 1916. He served as Secretary of State under Harding & Coolidge & as Chief Justice of the USSC 1930-1941.
SOURCE
"Coolidge and Hughes O.K. Plan To Bring U.S. - Mexican Amity," by David Lawrence, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 21, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
