m into an effective integrated defense force.
He will be supported by an international staff drawn from the nations
contributing to the force.

"The Council, desiring to simplify the structure of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in order to make it more effective, asked the
Council Deputies to initiate appropriate action. In this connection the
Defense Committee, meeting separately on December 18th, had already
taken action to establish a defense production board with greater powers
than those of the Military Production and Supply Board which it
supersedes. The new board is charged with expanding and accelerating
production and with furthering the mutual use of the industrial
capacities of the member nations.

"The Council also reached unanimous agreement regarding the part which
Germany might assume in the common defense. The German participation
would strengthen the defense of Europe without altering in any way the
purely defensive character of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The Council invited the Governments of France, the United Kingdom and
the United States to explore the matter with the Government of the
German Federal Republic.

"The decisions taken and the measures contemplated have the sole purpose
of maintaining and consolidating peace. The North Atlantic nations are
determined to pursue this policy until peace is secure." Department of
State release to the press of December 19, 1950 (No. 1247).

[254] McClure, International Executive Agreements, 38; 1 Stat. 232-239;
reenacted in 1 Stat. 354, 366.

[255] McClure, 78-81; Crandall, 127-131.

[256] Crandall, 121-127.

[257] 48 Stat. 943. Section 802 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 (52
Stat. 973) "clearly anticipates the making of agreements with foreign
countries concerning civil aviation." 40 Op. Atty. Gen. 451, 452 (1946).

[258] 143 U.S. 649 (1892).

[259] Ibid. 694.

[260] 224 U.S. 583, 596 (1912).

[261] Ibid. 601.

[262] 55 Stat. 31. One specific donation was of a destroyer to the Queen
of Holland, a refugee at the time in Great Britain.

[263] 42 Stat. 363, 1325, 1326-1327; extended by 43 Stat. 763.

[264] _See_ Corwin, The President, Office and Powers (3d ed.) 264 and
notes.

[265] 48 Stat. 1182.

[266] McClure, 13-14.

[267] Ibid. 14.

[268] "There have been numerous instances in which the Senate has
approved treaties providing for the submission of specific matters to
arbitration, leaving it to the President