Hackworth headed the second group charged with studying arrangements for the peaceful settlements of international disputes and the development of a World Court . At the Dumbarton Oaks Conference , Hackworth chaired a special Legal Subcommittee that was established to deal with the issue of a World Court . The subcommittee used as a base the American draft statute that Hackworth 's section had developed prior to the conference . The subcommittee first dealt with the technically complex issue of whether or not the present court should be continued or a new court established and also what the relationship should be of the new court with the new international organization . Hackworth championed the American 's view that retaining as much of the existing court statutes as possible . However , the Soviets strongly opposed the continuing membership of certain neutral states in the World Court and favored a new tribunal . This dispute and others over the World Court were settled at the general U.N. Conference at San Francisco where Hackworth represented the U.S. on Committee IV , which was tasked with finalizing statutes for the International Court of Justice
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