Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California Volume 14 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...of the world. But they constitute domestic policy and not international concern. The conditions in the several countries differ so much that what might apply to one might not apply to another; and each country should be allowed to work out its own internal salvation, including labor questions. The insertion of this labor clause into this treaty of peace was nothing more than a political trick to curry favor with labor. I place it in the category of a plank in a political platform. There is just one other thing I want to say to you gentlemen. Mr. Wilson selected a large number of experts to go with him to Paris to help make a treaty. They were very eminent gentlemen in their way, and they collected all kinds of data and information and turned it over to Mr. Wilson, --none of which was accepted. The treaty was made without them. One of them, a man by the name of Bullitt, resigned. Now, I do not know who Mr. Bullitt is. I looked in "Who's Who," but he was not there. (Laughter.) I could not find anybody who did know him, but he was there just the same, and he sent in a letter of resignation. He was selected by Mr. Wilson to help him, and it is to be presumed that he was a man of education and ability. Now, when this treaty was framed, it was at such variance with the recommendations which these experts had given to Mr. Wilson as the basis of a treaty, that this expert resigned, and I believe there were some eight or nine others that likewise resigned. Now, as I said, I do not know this man's ability, but he has a very suggestive name--Bullitt; and his letter, which I am going to show you, seems to justify his name, because he shoots straight and hits the bull's eye. Here is his letter. I took it out of one of the papers. I am not...