Speech #690012980

Of course. as my colleague suggests and as I firmly believe. that gives entire protection to this country. but I may say. while I shall point that out when I come to speak briefly of the reservations. that we do not leave It In this resolution even under the decision of the court. we specifically cover it by a reservation. To make assurance doubly sure. one of the pending reservations proposes. in substance. that the court shall not have jurisdiction. so far as the United States is concerned. except in cases voluntarily submitted to the court by our Government. This decision in the Eastern Karelia case and the reservation referred to afford the most ample protection in matters of national interest. such as the Monroe doctrine and domestic questions. such as the right to pass immigration laws. The claim that if we enter the court under the HardingHughesCoolidge reservations we shall thereby give to the court authority to pass upon Immigration and the Monroe doctrine is only sublimated sophistry. poppycock In the pluperfect tense. and nonsense raised to the nth power. Those who believe that the way to get a world court is to destroy the existing one. if the 48 nations now agreed to it shall be willing so to do. ought to put to themselves the question: If we were starting afresh. and making a new world court. just how would we change the existing court? As previously pointed out. it conforms in detail to the requirements which our Government has heretofore officially set. forth.