The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1938
Number:	15-5
Nominee:
Name:	Cordell Hull
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1871
Year, death:	1955
Profession/Category:	Secretary of State (1933-44).
City:	Washington, DC
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Received prize:	Pea 1945 »
Motivation:	Hull was nominated for his efforts to improve relations between the USA and Latin America. He encouraged détente and a spirit of peace on the American continent through his Pan-American policy, the so-called "Good Neighbor Policy". Hull also made efforts to establish a liberal economic policy and to remove international trade restrictions.
Nominator:
Name:	The Chilean Government (J. Ramón Gutierrez)
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Members of government
City:	Santiago
Country:	CL (CHILE)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Wilhelm Keilhau
Gender:	M
Comment:	The nomination was made by Foreign Minister Gutierrez on behalf of the Chilean Government and signed by the President of Chile.