Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...original bill allowed 'all costs' in figuring prices," he stated in defense of Truman's veto, "so presumably increased wages would be one, and what is to keep excessive salaries or bonuses to company officers from being included...
...States enters its ninth day without price controls of any kind. Except in those instances where governors of states have used extraordinary war powers to keep ceilings on rents, the roof has been completely ripped off the price structure and the sky is now the limit. President Truman's veto of the emasculated OPA bill a week ago was perhaps the bravest thing he has done since entering the White House. But revived hopes for a genuinely effective price control bill have faded once again in the face of amendments to the new bill to exempt oil, cotton, and pulp...
Harry Truman's justifications for his veto were not new. Chester Bowles, who resigned as Economic Stabilization Director last week in an evident move to strengthen the President's veto hand, had made the same arguments to Congressmen many times-and a majority of both Houses had rejected them...
...Politician Harry Truman had counted on Congress picking up the cue and becoming his supporting cast in a last-minute rescue, he soon learned his mistake. Within a few minutes after hearing his message, the House-by a margin of 38 votes-sustained the veto. The Senate turned down a resolution that would have extended the present law temporarily. It required unanimous consent-and Texan O'Daniel immediately objected. At midnight, 34 hours later, OPA died...
...even if we do not, the conference must be held." Britain's Bevin and France's Bidault spoke up for an early conference. Gazing steadily at Molotov, Byrnes said: "It is now clear who is exercising the veto. I want to know how much longer he is going to veto the peace of the world...