In 1918 by the end of World War I President Wilson offended members of the US Senate by refusing to include senators on the negotiations team that would accompany him to the Paris Peace Conference. He also offended the members of the US senate by making public the conference results before discussing them with the Foreign Relations Committee (of the Senate). President Wilson defended his actions and even denounced the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee (Lodge) and his allies as "narrow, selfish, with poor minds..." among other things.