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Mr. BULLITT. Yes, the political viewpoints should be represented sothat you would get some connection between the central assembly of theleague and the true opinion of the countries.

Senator BRANDEGEE. When you went across to Paris on the _DavidWashington_ with the President do you know whether he had with him atthat time any draft for a league of nations or any memorandum that heshowed to you of discussed with you?

Mr. BULLITT. The President outlined to several of us one evening, orrather one evening, the conception he had at the time of the leagueof nations. I did not see any formal draft that he had, but thePresident made a statement before the council of 10, in one of theseminutes from which I always have been reading, stating that he had first--andin fact I think I know it from other sources--that he had firstreceived the Phillimore report, that then it had been rewritten byCol. House and that he had rewritten Col. House's report, and after hehad discussed his rewriting with Robert Cecil and Gen. Smuts, he hadrewritten it again.

Senator BRANDEGEE. You stated substantially that the only part of theleague draft which was laid before the Peace Conference which thePresident had his way about, was Article 10. Did you make some suchstatement as that?