A "special senate for foreign affairs" is what Frank A. Vanderlip, the New York banker, proposed in a speech on the Pacific Coast. Instability and ignorance are the faults for which Mr. Vanderlip blames our present system of conducting foreign relations policies changing every four years, new and untrained amateurs saddled with the responsibilities of diplomacy. This is his proposal: A body of mature men, elected from the United States at large, for not less than ten years each; five members to change at each congressional election; half the body would...
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