Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actually, the framers had no apparent intention of granting the legislature the sole authority over war and peace. In an earlier draft of the Constitution, they had given Congress the power to "make" war, but in the completed document, they settled on the word "declare." Madison explained that this change was made to leave "the Executive the power to repel sudden attacks." Hamilton himself, once the Constitution was safely ratified, abandoned his earlier emphasis on the restricted role of the President in military affairs...
...simple way out of this grim mess, if we have enough vision and imagination to use it. Suppose the President of the United States were to issue an Executive Order to the armed forces right now, telling our men that, if captured by the Reds, they may sign any document the Communists want them to, or appear on radio or TV programs and deliver any script the Reds hand them. Tell them they can confess that the United States poisoned Lenin and Stalin; they can call the President a capitalist, warmongering dog of Wall Street; they can broadcast peace appeals...
...President's second report; last year's, his first, merely recited his impressions upon returning to Harvard. This 42 page document is the first time he has attempted to outline what he regards as the major live issue at the University...
...Balance in Sight. But considerable progress had been made. In a 1,324-page document drafted by Budget Director Rowland Hughes, the Eisenhower Administration proposed total expenditures of $62.4 billion during fiscal 1956 (beginning next July 1), $1.1 billion less than estimated spending for this year, and $11.9 billion below Harry Truman's final year...
Cole also claimed that Brady falsely gained access to the Conservative Club's constitution. According to Cole, Brady had asked to read and copy parts of the constitution, claiming that he was "merely interested in the document." "That was a dirty trick," Cole charged, "and they'll obviously do the same type thing again...