Papers on League of Nations / edited with commentary by Frank X. Gerrity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.

Contributor:

Gerrity, Frank X., 1923-2001.

Series:

The collected works of William Howard Taft ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

League of Nations.

League to Enforce Peace (U.S.).

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third volume of The Collected Works of William Howard Taft imparts an appreciation of the range of the twenty-seventh president's interests. Beginning with his inaugural address and concluding with a detailed exposition of governmental expenses and needed economies, President William Howard Taft showed himself willing to tackle the routine as well as the rarified responsibilities of executive rule. Whether he was addressing the issue of strikes and labor unions or conservation, President Taft consistently demonstrated that, in word and action, he was prepared to be a modern president. What impresses the reader of these remarks is Taft's willingness to administer to virtually every part of the nation, thereby proving that he was not a mere figurehead but a chief executive truly concerned about problems across the country. Perhaps, as his words here indicate, Taft was not a good politician after all but a kind man who saw himself as president of all the people. As the first of two volumes directly related to Taft's tenure as president, Presidential Addresses and State Papers documents a pivotal time in the public life of this man from Ohio. Introduced by a commentary from the general series editor Professor David H. Burton, the third volume of The Collected Works of William Howard Taft underscores the presidential stature of William Howard Taft.

Contents:

Intro

Taft Papers on League of Nations Commentary Frank X. Gerrity

Contents

Foreword to the Original Edition

Introduction

1 League to Enforce Peace

2 Victory Program

3 The Paris Covenant for a League of Nations

4 Plan for a League of Nations to Enforce Peace

5 Proposals of the League to Enforce Peace

6 Constitutionality of the Proposals

7 A Constructive Plan for Human Betterment

8 The Purposes of the League

9 Statement Made at Richmond, Virginia, March21, 1917

10 The Menace of a Premature Peace

11 World Peace Debate

12 Victory with Power

13 Our Purpose

14 Self Determination

15 Peril in Hun Peace Offer

16 The Obligations of Victory

17 Workingmen and the League

18 A League of Nations Our National Policy

19 Why a League of Nations Is Necessary

20 Lesser League of Nations

21 Disarmament of Nations and Freedom of the Seas

22 The League of Nations and the German Colonies

23 The League of Nations and Religious Liberty

24 President Wilson and the League of Nations

25 Senator Lodge on the League of Nations

26 The League: Why and How

27 From an Article in the Public Ledger

28 Representation in the League

29 Criticism Should Be Constructive

30 Roosevelt's Contribution to League of Nations

31 The League of Nations, What It Means and Why It Must Be

32 League of Nations and President Wilson's Advisers

33 ''The League of Nations Is Here''

34 The League's ''Bite''

35 The League of Nations and the German Colonies

36 From an Address at the Atlantic Congress for a League of Nations, New York

37 Ireland and the League

38 The Great Covenant of Paris

39 To Business Men

40 From an Address at San Francisco

41 From an Address at Salt Lake City

42 League of Nations as Barrier to Any Great Wars in Future.

43 The Paris Covenant for a League of Nations

44 Answer to Senator Knox's Indictment

45 Paris Covenant Has Teeth

46 To Make Peace Secure

47 League of Nations Has Not Delayed Peace

48 ''Open Diplomacy'' Slow

49 Russia, France, Danzig

50 The Round Robin

51 Guaranties of Article X

52 Religious and Racial Freedom

53 Secret Treaty Provisions That Are at the Root of the Crisis at the Paris Conference

54 Analysis of the League Covenant as Amended

55 Correspondence.

Notes:

Previously published: New York : Macmillan, 1920.

ISBN:

0-8214-4181-7

OCLC:

133168044