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A Note on American Participation in Interparliamentary Meetings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Carl Marcy  and
Morella Hansen
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In the calendar year 1957, members of the United States Congress participated in three major interparliamentary meetings. No less than 41 members journeyed abroad to consort with fellow members of legislative bodies, to make speeches to each other for the benefit of an attentive press, and to adopt resolutions ranging widely over the field of foreign policy.

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International Organization , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , Summer 1959 , pp. 431 - 438
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1959

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References

1 See H. J. Res. 137, 86th Cong, and S. J. Res. 33, 86th Cong.

2 For full account of United Stares participation, see Staff Memorandum on the Interparliamentary Union, Committee Print of Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, June 18, 1955, Washington, Government Printing Office.

3 Supra, p. 6.

4 The Act of June 28, 1935, as amended, 49 Stat. 425.

5 Senate Document No. 100, 85th Cong., 2d sess., “Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Meeting, New Delhi, India, 1957,” Report of the Delegation Appointed to Attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Meeting in New Delhi, India, December 9–10, 1957, May 12, 1958, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1958, p. 1.

6 For references to the observer capacity of the United States, see S. Res. 160, as amended by S. Res. 177, 85th Cong., 1st sess., and Report 604 thereon.

7 See Senate Document No. 100, op. cit., passim.

8 See S. Res. 160, as amended, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 36, 85th Cong., 1st sess.

9 See Senate Document No. 100, op. cit., for text of remarks by Senators Morse, Carlson, and Morton.

10 Ismay, Lord, NATO, the First Five Years, 1949–1954, Paris, NATO, 1954Google Scholar.

11 See House Concurrent Resolution 109, 84th Cong., 1st sess. For description, “Second NATO Parliamentary Conference,” United States Foreign Relations Committee Print, December 31, 1956.

12 Public Law 689, 84th Cong.; see also Senate Report 2140 and House Report 1808, 84th Cong.

13 “The Union of Europe; Its Progress, Problems, Prospects, and Place in the Western World,” report of the meetings between a delegation appointed by the United States Congress as authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 36 and Representatives appointed by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. 82d Cong., 2d sess., Senate Document No. 90, January 21, 1952.

14 Ibid., p. 5.

15 Ibid., p. 6.

16 Ibid., p. 19. For full account of debates, see Official Record of Debates, Conference of Strasbourg, Between Delegations of the Congress of the United States of America and of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, November 19–23, 1951.

17 S. Con. Res. 108, S. Res. 359, Senate Report 2231, 85th Cong., 2d sess. S. Con. Res. 108, which would have applied to the creation of a similar subcommittee in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, was not acted upon by the House.

18 Press release, Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, January 8, 1959.

19 Press release. Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, January 10, 1959.

20 H. J. Res. 137, January 15, 1959, Mr. Anfuso; and S. J. Res. 33, January 27, 1959, Senator Smathers. For similar resolutions introduced during the 85th Congress, see H. Con. Res. 335.

21 S. Res. 259, agreed to March 6, 1958. This resolution also made available to the Foreign Relations Committee the su m of $5,000 for official expenses incurred in connection with “the interchange and reception in the United States of members of foreign legislative bodies and prominent officials of foreign governments”. See also, Senate Report 3, 86th Cong., 1st sess.

22 P. L. 85–474, Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1959.

23 Recent Senate participants in meetings of the NATO Parliamentarians' Conference have included such non-Foreign Relations Committee members as Senator Johnson of Texas, Senator Russell, Senator Bridges, Senator Dirksen, Senator Kefauver, Senator Javits, Senator Kuchel, Senator Talmadge, and Senator Jackson. Recent meetings of the Interparliamentary Union have included such non-Foreign Relations Committee members as Senator Monroney, Senator Case of South Dakota, Senator Frear, and others. Members of the Committee on Foreign Relations attending recent meetings of these groups have included Senator Green, Senator Fulbright, Senator Sparkman, Senator Wiley, and others.

24 Senate Report 548, 84th Cong., p. 3.

25 Printed in “Second NATO Parliamentary Conference,” Report of the United States Senate Delegation to the Second Conference of Members of Parliament from the NATO Countries, Held in Paris, 11 19 to 23, 1956Google Scholar, Committee Print of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 84th Cong., 2d sess., December 31, 1956.

26 For resolutions adopted see “Fourth NATO Parliamentarians Conference,” Report of the United States Senate Delegation to the Fourth Conference of Members of Parliament from the NATO Countries, Held in Paris, November 15 to 11 21, 1958Google Scholar, Committee Print of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 86th Cong., 1st sess., January 15, 1959.

27 Supra, p. 3.