Talk:William Edgar Borah
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The article says "the reduced gold content of the dollar". In fact he reduced it to zero, so this is very misleading. How about he approved "the confiscation of all US citzen held gold as ordered by Roosevelt via executive decree". That would be much more accurate.
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Elected in 1906 for the 1907-13 term. A member of the Republican National Committee in 1908-12, he denounced Taft's nomination in 1912.
Senator Borah opposed the policy of President Wilson in regard to the League of Nations.
He opposed the Four-Power Treaty, too.
In 1922, he influenced the Senate by attacking the plan to give a financial loan to the Negro Republic of Liberia. Passage of the loan failed in the Senate in September, 1922, in spite of President Harding's approval.
The Liberians exulted.
Along with Senator Barry M. Goldwater and a few others, Senator Borah was one of the most active U. S. Senators of the 20th century.
70.17.166.121 16:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
- The Navy appropriation bill of June 1, 1921 contains his proposal that disarmament ought to be enacted (he had proposed the adoption of a Constitutional amendment).
- 141.151.190.148 06:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Who's Tom Romano?
[edit] Terminology Note: "Ratification" of Treaties
It is very common for people to speak of a treaty being ratified by the Senate. Technically, that is not true. In the United States, treaties are ratified by the President. Before the President may ratify a treaty, however, two-thirds of the Senators present and voting must "advise and consent to ratification." John Paul Parks (talk) 03:54, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Is this the exact quote?
"Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided" ? If so, we need a reference to it. Kingturtle (talk) 15:46, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I just checked the citation for the Hitler quotation. It is a review of Marian McKenna's book on Borah. The reviewer is Donald R. McCoy and he does not mention Hitler or quote Borah at all. Probably, the quotation can be found in McKenna's book. I am going to check it later today. Mrbaker1917 (talk) 19:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
The source of this quotation appears to be Marian C. McKenna, Borah (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1961), p. 360. McKenna cites William K. Hutchinson, "News and Articles on the Life and Works of Hon. William E. Borah," Senate Document 150 (Washington, D.C., 1940), pp. 29-40. I have read the passage in McKenna, but not the Senate document itself. I should add that the only source on this quotation appears to be Hutchinson, who was "a staff correspondent for the International News Service" (McKenna, p. 257). I just noticed that the quotation is not exactly correct, at least not as quoted by McKenna. There it is "talked with Hitler," not "talked to Hitler" (p. 360). Mrbaker1917 (talk) 21:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I have now accessed the source McKenna refers to concerning this famous quotation. The source is the Hutchinson publication mentioned in footnote 9, but it is not quite accurate. Here is the way Hutchinson quoted Borah: "Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler -- all this might have been averted." I will change it on the page and give the exact citation in the note. The quotation means essentially the same thing; as a historian, though, I am circumspect of its authenticity. It was not uttered in public nor recorded by a public institution; it is hearsay, recorded by Hutchinson as he heard it. Borah had no opportunity to deny it, because he died before Hutchinson's piece was printed. As far as I have been able to determine, there is no other source for this quotation. Mrbaker1917 (talk) 20:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hitler Quote clean up
Removed claims that can not be verified and were stated by commentators and are not verifiable facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.216.10 (talk) 12:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
