Calvin Coolidge actually said...

While acknowledging the courtesy of the invitation of the League of Nations to attend such a meeting, I do not feel that any useful purpose could be served by the designation of a delegate by my Government to attend a Conference for this purpose.

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State Department Message on Reservations of the United States on Joining Permanent Court of International Justice

04/18/1926

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