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Subject: U.S. Congress Voted for Complete Irish Independence
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	Upon America's entry into World War I, the war that was supposedly
fought to secure the rights and freedoms of small nations, the U.S. Congress
took the trouble to state clearly and openly what it thought the goals of that
war should be. One of the intended goals of the United States is expressed
eloquently, yet in practical terms in the following bill passed by Congress:

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	65th Congress		House Joint Resolution 88
	1st Session
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		IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES
			May 14, 1917

	Mr. Mason introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
	to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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			JOINT  RESOLUTION

To declare the liberation of Ireland one of the purposes of the present war.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, that Ireland, a distinct and historic nation,
anciently possessed of freedom, in the opinion of Congress and of the American
people, of right ought to be free and independent; and be it further

Resolved, that as the Irish nation has contributed a very numerous and valuable
element to the American Nation, and as the United States is committed by
American traditions and by recent utterances of the President to the principle
of freedom for small nations, the LIBERATION OF IRELAND FROM ALL FOREIGN
DOMINATION is hereby declared one of the objects for which the United States
fights in this present war; and all money hereafter voted by Congress for the
prosecution of this war, and ALL LOANS HEREAFTER AUTHORIZED TO BE MADE TO ANY
NATION NOW AT WAR SHALL BE VOTED AND AUTHORIZED WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE
LIBERATION OF IRELAND IS ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS WAR; and be it further

Resolved, that THE LIBERATION OF IRELAND MEANS THE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE
ISLAND OF THAT NAME, TOGETHER WITH SUCH SMALL ISLANDS AS ARE NOW ADMINISTERED
AS PART OF IT, FROM ALL INVOLUNTARY AND SUBORDINATE POLITICAL CONNECTION WITH
ANY OTHER NATION AND THE COMPLETE FREEDOM OF THE ADULT INHABITANTS TO DECIDE
BY FULL AND FAIR VOTE UPON THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE COMPLETE FREEDOM
OF SUCH GOVERNMENT, AS THEY MAY ERECT TO DETERMINE ITS RELATIONS WITH OTHER
NATIONS AND TO EXERCISE ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF AN INDEPENDENT NATION, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS DEFINITION, SHALL BE A PART OF THE PEACE TERMS SECURED
BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ANY AND ALL
OF THE BELLIGERENT NATIONS, and be it further

Resolved, That if the people of Ireland shall request the assistance and advice
of the United States in the establishment of their future government, the
President, the Vice-President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
shall appoint a commission of five American citizens to proceed to Ireland and
render such assistance and advice up to, but not beyond, the time when the
people of Ireland shall adopt a constitution but the United States shall not
attempt to mold the course of the Irish nation and shall assume no
responsibility for the new government to be erected in Ireland, and be it
further

Resolved, That upon the adoption of a constitution by the people of Ireland,
if said constitution shall erect a republican government, the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to purchase bonds of the Irish Government so
established, provided such bonds bear interest at not less than three per
centum, to the amount of $100,000,000. and to reimburse the Treasury by sale
of United States bonds to an equal amount and bearing an even interest.


					clyde!bonnie!jmm
					J. M. McGhee