Transcript Date
CABINET MEETING, MAY 23, 1952
Acheson - Absent
Harriman - Absent
Brannan - Absent
Bruce for State
BRUCE
Acheson has left for conference in Europe - only obstacle is Dutch reluctance to join in NATO Treaty arrangements.
BARKLEY
This Congress has the worst record of attendance of any in his memory.
THE PRESIDENT
Sen McCarran and Sen Ferguson are now trying to abrogate the powers of the President in negotiating treaties which is his constitutional right.
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