The Constitution unequivocally permits transfer by treaty of property belong.ing to the United States. The treaty power, and the power of Congress under Article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution, are concurrent powers and either may be used to transfer property.
 The treaty power extends to all proper subjects -of negotiation with foreign nations; a transfer of United States property is such a subject, and accordingly may be effected by treaty.
 And that, Mr. President, is all the statement says. Why the Senator from Maryland regards this'statement as so important is quite Puzzling to me. All that these lawyers have said is that the transfer of property is the "proper subject" of a treaty, and that "the Constitution unequivocally permits transfer by treaty of property belonging to the United States."'
 .Now who would not sign this? Of course the transfer of property is a proper subject of a treaty. Of course "The Constitution unequivocally permits transfer by treaty of property belonging to the United States."
 Indeed it is also true that the treaty power aind the power of Congress under article IV are concurrent powers, as Alexander Hamilton explained.
 .These lawyers might just as well have been asked to sign their names to a statement declaring that two plus two equals four. What they did not sign-and here, Mr. President, is the real significance of this, statement-is a statement declaring that the President has the power to transfer Amierican territory to a foreign government by a self-executing treaty. The words "self-executing" are, in fact, conspicuously absent from the statement.
 So it appears, Mr. President, that the misunderstandings of the 'comm,11-ittee regarding- the constitutional issue beforetus have now spread the confines of the committee to other quarters. Even though, some of these lawyers are alleged to have, been in the employ of. the State Department or are apologists for the most liberal construction -of the Constitution imag(inabe I would hesitate to suggsthtayotee distinguished gentlemen is collaborating w ith the administration.
 Rather, I think that they, like Members of the Senate, are the innocent victims of the Foreign Relations Committee's- helpless misuLnderstan ding of the constitutional issues before. us. I regret to say there seems to be no end to this mischief and I sincerely ho pe that the Committee will ilil)rove it s understanding of our Constitution before long.,