Book Reviews and Notices : International Commitments and National Administration. BY W. Y. ELLIOTT, ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE, GEORGE C. McGHEE, OTTO L. NELSON, JR., PAUL G. HOFFMAN, WALTER R. SHARP. (Charlottesville: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Virginia. 1949. Pp. vi, 108. $1.50.)

• DOI: 10.1177/106591294900200452
• Published date: 01 December 1949
• Date: 01 December 1949
• Author: John A. Vieg
• Subject Matter: Articles

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International Commitments and National Administration. BY W. Y.
ELLIOTT, ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE, GEORGE C. McGHEE, OTTO L.
NELSON, JR., PAUL G. HOFFMAN, WALTER R. SHARP. (Charlottes-
ville: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Virginia. 1949.
Pp. vi, 108. $1.50.)
By now those members of the guild must be few in number who do
not at least dimly discern that America’s new position in world affairs
compels us to reconsider the adequacy of our governmental methods and
machinery for effective management of our relations with other nations
and with the United Nations. But certainly the majority could profit from
somewhat detailed descriptions of what the impact of international com-
mitments has involved for the various Congressional committees and
executive agencies chiefly concerned. That is the valuable service per-
formed by this book. It brings together in slightly revised form, and with
a brief introduction by Rowland Egger, six papers presented in Decem-
ber, 1948 at a general session of the American Political Science Asso-
ciation devoted to &dquo;The Impact of Foreign Commitments on Adminis-
trative Organization.&dquo;
W. Y. Elliott analyzes the problem faced by Congress of integrating
the exercise of its power over foreign policy. His exposition underscores
the importance of the roles played by several committees other than the
two formally charged with such responsibility, most notably those on
Appropriations, Armed Services, Ways and Means, and Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. Arthur Holcombe, examining the effect of recent
developments on the Presidency, shows how the Greek-Turkish Aid Act
of 1947 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, both modeled on Lend-
Lease, have greatly augmented the President’s discretion but how the
National Security Act of 1947 and the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945 have at the same time provided certain guidance for that dis-
cretion.
Drawing substantially on his experience as Coordinator of the Greek.
Turkish Aid...