Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Truman, who had cooled somewhat on Stevenson, let it be known that he thought Barkley would be a good candidate. The Barkley boom began to gather surprising momentum-until it was knocked on the head by organized labor. The labor leaders who exercise a veto ("Clear everything with Sidney") on major Democratic decisions, did not object to Barkley on factional grounds. They simply decided that his age (74) made him a difficult candidate to sell to union members...
When the vote came, however, Malik was quick to put his newspaper down. Ten of the eleven Council members voted for the investigation. Malik killed it with Russia's sist U.N. veto. Then the U.S. bounced right back with a second proposal: a resolution roundly condemning "the practice of fabricating and disseminating" the germs of untruth. Malik announced that he would veto that...
...softened up, Rhee offered a compromise amendment. It included all his original demands (among them popular election for the presidency), but offered to yield the President's right to appoint a cabinet to the Premier and the Assembly. As President of the Republic, Rhee of course could still veto these appointments...
...intend to stand up and fight to protect the people's interest in this matter." Since a bill to return the Tidelands to the states was already on its way from Congress to the White House for signature, this seemed a clear signal that the President would veto...
...West named the U.N. ("the quickest and most practical course"). It would accept any other "precise and practical" alternative, but not the Big Four Commission vaguely proposed by the Russians. Such a body, said the West, would be "both judge and party," i.e., Russia would have a verdict-rigging veto...