Nevertheless, Dillon concluded that as Senator Mansfield insisted, the coins would have to be struck.
With all this activity, the criticism of Senator Mansfield's leadership mostly waned.
Senator Mansfield was unconvinced that the U.S. was acting correctly.
Senator Mansfield described it as "a clear violation of international law."
The next U.S. ambassador will likely be more harshly confrontational, and Japan will rue the day it did not make full use of a friend like Senator Mansfield.
Publicity of this kind was much needed against the campaign being waged by Senator Mansfield and others in favour of major reductions to American forces in Europe.
And since Senator Mansfield led majorities of 64, 66, and in one Congress even 68 Senators, he rarely needed a speech.
Senator Mansfield recalled: "The force behind Albert was Pauline.
This chamber itself stands as a monument to Senator Mansfield's leadership.
For Senator Mansfield, that service began at the age of fourteen, when he managed to enlist in the United States Navy during the First World War.