Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Besides the heavy wind, Harry Truman's vacation preserve was invaded by another rude noise: a crew of workmen showed up to install a teletypewriter to handle in triplicate all the messages demanding presidential veto-or signature-for the highly volatile Kerr gas bill (see BUSINESS). Most ringing of all was a round robin from mayors of 18 principal U.S. cities urging a veto in the name of their millions of gas consumers. Harry Truman, originally reported ready to sign the bill, delayed his decision until he returned to Washington...
...were working towards much the same goal by somewhat different paths: ex-marine Cord Meyer Jr., whose United World Federalists was designed to transform the U.N. itself into a world government; Hamilton Fish Armstrong, editor of Foreign Affairs, who urged the "faithful members" of U.N. to bypass the Soviet veto and go on about their pressing business; Ely Culbertson, high priest of contract bridge, who wanted an international land, sea and air force (drawn principally from small nations) to prevent aggression...
...explain it." Mine-Mill, said Potofsky, was dominated and its policies set by a four-member steering committee, which took its orders from Eugene Dennis and the rest of the hierarchy of the Communist Party. The Reds ran the union newspaper, its organizing staff and its leadership. The veto power of 44,000 members was only "theoretical...
...figure out the next step, everybody at the meeting fluttered yellow booklets called Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council. If a majority of the Council nations follow the fashion of recognizing Red China, can the Council oust Tsiang? Or can Tsiang use China's Big Power veto to block this? The answer depends on whether the question of ouster is procedural (not vetoable) or substantive (vetoable). If the Council majority tries to decide that an ouster is procedural, then China may try to veto this decision before the Council goes on to a second vote...
Arguing against the Soviet proposal, U.S. delegates point out that use of the veto would make the control system meaningless, since one of the Big Five could halt punishment of its own violation. Britain, speaking for the Commission majority, states that "periodic" inspection would mean no control at all: a country could easily cover up a violation before the UN inspectors made their visit...