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This is the beginning of the specific documents on display in the two glass cases associated with the topic of World War I, a World Transformed Glass Case #1 The Senate Considers the Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles’s fate was uncertain in the Senate. Some senators, known as “Irreconcilables,” opposed the treaty in any form. “Reservationists,” led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, wanted reservations (amendments) added to the treaty before approving it. Lodge added 14 reservations to reinforce U.S. policy and protect congressional war powers. The Senate voted on the treaty with and without reservations, but both votes fell short of the required two-thirds majority. After more debate, the Senate rejected the treaty 49 to 35 during a final vote on March 19, 1920. [Selected Quote associated with the introduction to this stop] I hope and pray that peace . . . may reign everywhere on earth. But . . . the American people are first in my heart now and always. I can never assent to any scheme, . . . which is not for the welfare and for the highest and best interest of my own beloved people of whom I am one—the American people—the people of the United States. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, Speech to the U.S. Senate, February 28, 1919 [First Document] Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Vote Tally on the Lodge Amendment (Treaty of Versailles), August 23, 1919 When the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations began adding Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s amendments to the Treaty of Versailles, President Woodrow Wilson embarked on a nationwide speaking tour in an attempt to galvanize public support for a treaty without reservations (amendments) to avoid potentially needing to renegotiate the treaty. The tour ended abruptly when Wilson’s health failed in September 1919.
“The Lamb from the Slaughter,” drawing by Clifford Berryman, The Evening Star, September 5, 1919 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led the effort to revise the Treaty of Versailles by including reservations (amendments). In this political cartoon, Lodge escorts the battered “Peace Treaty” on crutches out of a room labeled "Operating Room, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations." Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Third Document] Treaty of Peace with Germany, Reservations, February 10, 1920 Some senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles believed the proposed League of Nations would infringe upon U.S. sovereignty and Congress’s power to declare war. Following the Senate’s defeat of the treaty, Congress formally declared the end of World War I by joint resolution in 1921. Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives and Records Administration [Glass Case # 2] Setting the Terms of Peace The armistice of November 11, 1918, ended the fighting in World War I with Germany. In 1919 delegates drafted the Treaty of Versailles that set the terms of peace at the Paris Peace Conference. President Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points,” his plan for a “just peace,” laid the framework for the conference. European leaders, however, preferred retribution against Germany. The resulting treaty required Germany to pay reparations, but it largely retained Wilson’s plan. It included provisions for a League of Nations and the creation of new nations in Eastern Europe. [First Document] Treaty of Peace with Germany: Address of the President of the United States . . . , July 10, 1919 The Senate has the constitutional power to approve or reject treaties with foreign countries. President Woodrow Wilson urged the Senate to swiftly approve the Treaty of Versailles. Instead, the Senate debated the treaty’s terms for months, with many senators expressing concerns that participation in a League of Nations might undermine U.S. sovereignty. Efforts to amend the treaty failed, however, and the Senate ultimately rejected it. Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives and Records Administration [Second Document] At Last! drawing by Clifford Berryman, July 10, 1919 Clifford Berryman created this cartoon when President Woodrow Wilson delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate. It shows a senator gazing with puzzlement at a scroll labeled “Peace Treaty,” while Wilson walks back to the White House. President Wilson was deeply involved in negotiating the terms of the treaty in Paris, but he did so without congressional participation. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Third Document] The Ogden Standard, Ogden City, Utah, front page, November 11, 1918 Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (male narrator) Stop Number 200: Perimeter Wall.
In the 1980s, some of the deteriorated sandstone rosettes on the Capitol's west front were replaced with more durable limestone. At the end of the long table farthest from Capitol Dome model and Exhibition Hall entryway is a reproduction of a slightly worn rosette carved into a square frame. The rosette's thick, grainy petals curl up at the edges.
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