"Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that it should be a fundamental objective of the foreign policy of the United States to support and strengthen the United Nations and to seek its development into a world federation ... with defined and limited powers adequate to preserve peace and prevent aggression through the enactment, interpretation, and enforcement of world law..." | Quote by: | |
Source: | House Concurrent Resolution 64, "To Seek Development of the United Nationns into a World Federation."
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing, 81st Cong., 1st Sess. 10/12-13/1949 - Congressional Record, NOVEMBER 12-13th, 1949
Introduced by REP. BROOK HAYS of Arkansas, had over 100 co-sponsors, including two future Presidents - REP. GERALD FORD of Michigan and REP. JOHN F. KENNEDY of Massachusetts - and a future Presidential candidate - SEN. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY |
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