Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...busy session Thursday night, the Student Council postponed action on a proposed new final club, approved a proposal to give itself veto power on Radcliffe applicants to Harvard organizations approved a proposal for itself to review at least every four years charters of all Harvard organizations, and passed the charter of a new social club, Southerners Club...
Missouri's Republican Dewey Short was not impressed. "The ones who pussyfooted, sidestepped, straddled, carried water on both shoulders and compromised were left at home," he roared. "You still have a majority in both houses of Congress who voted to override the President's veto...
...present House, 226 members who were for overriding the veto were reelected; they are a majority. In the Senate, 68 members voted to override; 50 of them are left-also a majority...
More cautious opinion held that the Russians had merely lost the round in Berlin. There seemed little doubt that they would fight, in the impending Foreign Ministers' conference, for an all-German setup in which Russia would have some sort of veto. But the U.S. was ready for that (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), and Europe knew it. The Communists had no cause for vernal jubilation...
...Asia? After the demilitarization and purges, occupation policy switched to a new phase-democratization and economic revival. But Russian veto of a peace treaty blocked MacArthur's plan to restore Japanese trade. U.S. trustbusters were still locked in stalemate with the Zaibatsu. Last summer the U.S. State Department intervened. Top Planner George Kennan took a long look at Japan. He recommended a basic change in policy, aimed at Japan's self-government, self-respect and self-support. Last December, a firm economic directive was finally drafted for MacArthur...