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An Annual Report by the Secretary of State—A Suggestion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

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Type
Editorial Comment
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1928

References

1 See Hudson, Manley 0., “The Department of State and the Teaching of International Law and International Relations,” in the Proceedings of theThird Conference of Teachers of International Law, 1928 Google Scholar.

2 See U. S. Revised Statutes, §208; 44Stat., p. 167. Some of the functions specified have been transferred to the Department of Commerce by or under the Act of February 14,1903, 32 Stat. c. 552; others are considered to be complied with by an annual report sent by the Chief Clerk of the Department of State to the Clerk of the House of Representatives (not printed).

3 U. S. Foreign Relations, 1896, p. lxiii.

4 In 1922, however, “ A Short Account of the Department of State of the United States” was published, with a foreword by Secretary Hughes.

5 See editorial, infra, p. 629.

6 The excellent reports published concerning the British Civil Service might be taken as models.

7 A similar statement prepared by Secretary Hughes was published by the Republican National Committee in 1924.