Word: vetoing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fence. It saluted the idea of a collective world-up to a point. But in the conduct of Assembly business and the incessant maneuvering which went on behind the scenes, not even the Russians gave any more naked demonstrations than did Jimmy Byrnes of his intent to use the veto whenever necessary to protect U.S. prerogatives. The vigorous U.S. fight to get three of the six nonpermanent Security Council seats for the New World, two of them for her immediate neighbors, was plain power politics...
Next night, Byrnes went on the air with a defense of the agreements. He argued that the U.S. would use its veto power against peace terms that ignored small-nation interests. As for the Balkan nations, he said, "It is for us to say whether the terms have been complied with...
Killed, by pocket veto, legislation that would have handed the U.S. Employment Service offices to the states and territories, explained that it would "immeasurably retard our re-employment program...
...Russians had not sought to increase the meager Communist representation (one) in Chancellor Figl's 15-man Cabinet. But they insisted on using their veto power on the Control Council in a way that indicated Russia's long-range intention of watching closely Austria's internal politics. Austria would not be added to the list of Russian-dominated countries; neither would it be fully independent...
This turnabout at Chicago's off-season powwow followed hard upon the minor leagues' meeting at Columbus, Ohio where Happy had been kicked around. The minors voted to strip him of his veto power over their legislation, action that would have left him crippled. The majors voted down this proposal, also scrapped a project of the minors to cut from the Commissioner's job control of the recently established $50,000 baseball promotional fund. The result: Happy was happy again. Said he: "I'm . . . not bloodied...