EVENING STAR REPORTS COOLIDGE FAVORS WORLD COURT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On September 12, 1923, The Evening Star reports that President Calvin Coolidge "has not the remotest intention of dropping the world court* issue."
The President, according to Frederic William Wile, will ask the United States Senate to adopt the late President Warren G. Harding's recommendation "for American adhesion to the tribunal."
President Coolidge's first message to Congress "will carry out Harding's 'dying wish' in the belief of 'his close friends."
*Permanent Court of International Justice (1922-1946) headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, heard 29 cases. In 1946, the PCIJ was replaced by the International Court of Justice & the United Nations.
SOURCE
"Coolidge Declared Firm For World Court," by Frederic William Wile, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 12, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
