SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON U.S. RECOGNITION OF U.S.S.R.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 10, 1924, a subcommittee of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee was named "to hold public hearings...urging the recognition of the Soviet government of Russia."
A proposal to hold public hearings was made by Senator Borah (R-Idaho). The vote on the proposal was 11-2 in favor. The Evening Star reports Senator William E. Borah* is certain to be chairman of the subcommittee.
JFK+50 NOTE
The U.S. did not officially recognize the government of the U.S.S.R. from December 1917 to November 1933. During the administration of FDR, on November 16, 1933, the United States officially recognized the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
*William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) was born in Fairfield, Illinois & served in the US Senate 1907-1940. WEB opposed the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI & served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1924-1933.
SOURCES
"Recognition of the Soviet Union, 1933," Office of the Historian, Department of State, www.history.state.gov/
"Senate Will Hold Public Hearings on Soviet Recognition," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 10, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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