THE PRESIDENCY: International Week

Never monotonous are the weeks of a U. S. President. Last fortnight President Hoover was preoccupied with domestic matters—Law Enforcement, the Press, Farm Relief. Last week his focus shifted to world affairs.

Elder Statesman Elihu Root arrived at the White House, just back from Geneva where, with other famed jurists, he had been revising World Court statutes. President Hoover kept him for luncheon. They talked of Mr. Root's new formula for getting the U. S. into the Court over the Senate's reservation against advisory opinions. Secretary...

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