Presidential Chronicles

Episode #283: Warren Harding #6: Disarmament (1921-1922)


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Warren Harding #6: Disarmament (1921-1922); Topics covered include: Technical end to World War I, calls Disarmament Conference, bold proposals by U.S., treaties established, Harding selects bipartisan delegation that helps with ratification in the Senate (compares to failures of treaty ratification by the Wilson administration), praise for Harding, commutation for Eugene Debs and release of other prisoners, and veto of Bonus Bill


Key people include: William Borah, Charles Evans Hughes, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes, Aristide Briand, Henry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root, Oscar Underwood, Mark Sullivan, Harry Daugherty, and Eugene Debs


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Presidential ChroniclesBy David Fisher