Berlin, Febrauary 24, 1935.
 
 
Dear Judge Moore:
 
 
When you see the President, I wish you
 
would say to him that at the request of the appropria-
 
tions Committee of the House and the Foreign Affairs
 
Committee of the Senate I went over important questions
 
affecting us. He asksd me to report to him, especially
 
what the Foreign Affairs Committe's reactions were. You
 
know I saw the Committee two days after the last inter-
 
view with the President. Borah seemed to make a point
 
of being absent, but other members of tho Committee
 
including Johnson, were present and remained some time
 
after lunch on February 8. Members of the Committee
 
told me that two Senators who had voted against the
 
World Court were surprised at the outcome and that 
 
they said that they would have changed their votes 
 
had they realized what was going to happen and especially
 
what it meant. Senator Johnson started the discussion 
 
about historical precedents, and I gave him facts about 
 
certain minority attitudes in the past and indicated 
 
how unfortunate they had been. That led to discussions 
 
of Washincton's violation of the Constitution (much 
 
against his desire) and also of Lincoln's notable 
 
violation and his propaganda work in England. This 
 
seemed to surprise Johnson, and when every member of 
 
the Committee present heard me say that the vote on the 
 
World Court was very unfortunate, that it would ser-
 
iously affect commercial relations and make it it impossible
 
for us to raise the question against violation of our 
 
treaties before a court which might not give us compen-
 
sations but which would give us great moral advantages, 
 
Johnson kept silent during the rest of the discussion.
 
Other members, even those who apparently had voted
 
contrarily, seemed a little surprised at my statement
 
that our Government's prestige in Europe would have been
 
raised
 
 
The Honorable
 
A. Walton Moore
 
Assistant Secretary of State,
 
Washington, D.C.