Word: vetoed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Navy program. See ARMY & NAVY) to be finally approved. And the administration tax program was being knocked out of joint by the House of Representatives (see THE CONGRESS). President Coolidge let the word go up Pennsylvania avenue that he was displeased and might veto the revenue act of 1928 if tax-cutting went too far. The Congress sent the President its $200,936,000 deficiency bill to sign- first major bill this session...
...Department in 1911-1913. Filipinos were glad. Col. Stimson has been much among them and last spring he declared he favors developing responsible Filipino's political parties, choosing the Governor General's cabinet from the majority party and using the Governor General's veto-power only to prevent dereliction. U. S. business was glad. Educated at Yale and Harvard, cultivated in Manhattan, Col. Stimson has a conservative backround and, by his pacification of Nicaragua last spring, his ability has been demonstrated. Mrs. Leonard Wood was glad, too. Col. Stimson was long her late husband's friend...
...Governor Sampson entered office with a Democratic Lieutenant Governor (James Breathitt Jr.) and a departmental staff which is Democratic to a man. Soon a Democratic legislature will convene. Surrounded by Democratic Philistines, Governor Sampson was not, however, shorn by a Democratic Delilah. Hampered in obtaining legislation, he can still veto legislation. Governor Sampson was elected because Governor Fields wanted to smash the betting machines at Kentucky's race track. Many a Democrat voted against this threat to Kentucky tradition, remained party-faithful to the rest of the Democratic ticket. Before leaving office, Governor Fields did support two Kentucky traditions...
...modifications at convocations earlier this year. In a country, as the U. S., where state and church are separate, such approval would have been sufficient to create rules for a denomination. But the Church of England is the "established," state church of England. Parliament has the right to veto any changes in the Church of England practices. Therefore the new prayer book was submitted to the House of Lords last week; and approved. It was immediately submitted to the House of Commons; and rejected (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...ensconced in the Vice President's offices at Washington while Congress was McNary-Hauging. For this Mr. Dawes was roundly scored by Chicago business friends. The explanation was that Mr. Dawes, smart politician, traded his support of the McNary-Haugen bill-which he felt sure President Coolidge would veto-for reciprocal Senate support of the McFadden Branch-Banking bill, which became...