U.S. MAY GIVE AID TO REHABILITATE EUROPE SAYS HUGHES
London (JFK+50) On July 22, 1924, The Evening Star reports that Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes' declaration that "American assistance might be counted upon in the rehabilitation of Europe is regarded at the White House as a general statement of American international policy under the (Calvin) Coolidge administration."
The Secretary made his declaration at the Pilgrim's Dinner* held here in London last evening.
*The Pilgrim Society, a dinner club established in London & New York, 1902 & 1903, fosters better Anglo-American relationships through co-operation of banking & manufacturing institutions. The PS hosts a welcome dinner for new U.S. ambassadors to U.K.
JFK+50 NOTE
NNDB lists U.S. ambassadors to U.K. identifying Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., JFK's father, as a "smuggler & patriarch of the Kennedy clan.
SOURCES
"Coolidge Indorses U.S. Aid To Europe," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 22, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Pilgrims Society," NNDB, www.nndb.com/
