Tie preservation of control. without foreign interference. of our donlestic problems is essential. and when by this reservation we take ourselves out from under the rights of this council to determine whether questions are domestic or not. to that extent we nullify the covenant and we ought to nullify the provisions that would give a foreign board tie right. over our protest. to decide and pass upon domestic problems pertaining to this country alonfe. Mr. President. this reservation covers that question by saying thatthe United States reserves to itself exclusively the right to decide what questions are within its domestic jurisdiction and declares that all domestic and political questions relating wholly or in part to its internal affairs. including immigration. labor. coastwise traffic. the tariff. coalimerce. the suppression of traffic in women and children and in opium ald other dangerous drugs. and all other domestic questions. are solely within the jurisdiction of the United States and are not under this treaty to be submitted in any way either to arbitration or to the consideration of the council or of the assembly of the League of Nations. or any agency thereof. or to the decision or recommendation of ally other power. All of this reservation is right except one word. That is the word " commerce." The reason that is wrong is we can not possibly claim all commercial questions are domestic.
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