763.72111/4520½
The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Stone)
Washington,
February 15, 1917.
My Dear Mr. Senator: I received yesterday your letter of the 13th enclosing a copy of the resolution introduced by Senator Saulsbury, which I herewith return.9
I at once submitted the resolution to the President as by its terms it conferred unusual powers upon him. This afternoon I received a letter from him, a copy of which I herewith enclose.10
In view of the very definite views expressed by the President I do not think it necessary or of value for me to make any comment.
Very sincerely yours,
Robert Lansing