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¶ Helped draft a U.N. Covenant of Human Rights. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was for two years chairman of the drafting commission, but the influence of delegates from the Soviet Union and other dictatorships is apparent in the document. The covenant dilutes such natural rights as freedom of religion, speech, press...
When the steel strike came before the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice Vinson gave an example of how lawyers, bent on enlarging the federal power, can use the existence of treaties in an effort to make domestic law. Vinson's main argument was that Truman derived a power to...
Where the Issue Stands. When the Bricker Resolution popped up in the 83rd Congress, Dwight Eisenhower and his Cabinet took a hard look at it and decided to fight it. Secretary Dulles and other Eisenhower officials last April rode up to Capitol Hill to appear before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee...
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower have chosen the church they will attend in Washington: the grey stone, round-arched National Presbyterian Church at Connecticut and N Street, eight blocks north of the White House. Formerly known as the Church of the Covenant, it is considered one of Washington's more...
By actual count, Bricker has voted "no" more times than any other member of the last three Senates. Following the straight isolationist line, he has opposed Marshall Plan aid and branded Truman's decision to send troops to Korea "unconstitutional." His original contribution to isolationism has been a proposed amendment...