Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russia, at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, had insisted that, in the proposed security league, any one of the Big Four (the U.S., Britain, Russia, China) must have the right to veto any attempt by the league to discipline an aggressor-even if the vetoing power was itself the aggressor. Clearly, Russia's mind was wary, her mood was suspicious...
...American Plan has been presented at the Oaks Conference, but not officially made public, although details of the Great Blueprint are known (TIME, June 12). The Plan: the U.S. would place military forces at the disposal of a central international council. The U.S. member of that council could veto any proposal to use the U.S. military forces against an aggressor nation. But on the other hand-always presuming that the Senate ratifies the treaty-the U.S. council member could approve the use of U.S. land, sea and air forces under the direction of the council...
...Passos was in Washington when the antistrike bill was passed over the President's veto (TIME, July 5, 1943). He talked with cynical New Dealers, got in an argument with a Communist taxi driver. He found out what "unloading the detail" means. He asked what happened when an industry was taken over by the Government. " 'That's easy .. . first we call a meeting of department heads.' " 'Aren't they all busy? . . .' " 'Nobody's ever so busy he can't take on something more, if he knows how to unload...
Wilson insisted that "the settlement of every question" must be "upon the basis of the free acceptance of that settlement by the people immediately concerned." Says Lippmann: "This principle gives to the people inhabiting any strategic point upon the world's surface-say Panama, Gibraltar-an absolute veto on any arrangement designed to use that point for the security of a nation, a region, or of the world...
...more than 10% after consulting the Fund; it may change the value of an additional 10% with the consent of the Fund. Thus the possible necessity for devaluation was recognized, but the U.S., as biggest stockholder in the Fund, would have considerable say (amounting practically to a veto) if any other nation wanted to devalue by more than 10%. In return the British would get something : if any nation's currency became scarce, other nations might, with the consent of the Fund, ration the scarce currency. This means that if the U.S. insists on selling more than it buys...