A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 18Bureau of national literature, Incorporated, 1917 - Presidents |
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Page 7743
... Senate . Pursuant to an Act of the Fifty - Second Congress of the United States ( With Additions and . Encyclopedic Index by Private Enterprise ) VOLUME XVIII PUBLISHED BY BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE , Inc. NEW YORK ILLUSTRATIONS IN ...
... Senate . Pursuant to an Act of the Fifty - Second Congress of the United States ( With Additions and . Encyclopedic Index by Private Enterprise ) VOLUME XVIII PUBLISHED BY BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE , Inc. NEW YORK ILLUSTRATIONS IN ...
Page 7748
... Senate that the members of the majority in both Houses are deeply impressed with the necessity of reducing the tariff under the present act on wool and woolens ; that they do not propose to stand on the question of the amount of ...
... Senate that the members of the majority in both Houses are deeply impressed with the necessity of reducing the tariff under the present act on wool and woolens ; that they do not propose to stand on the question of the amount of ...
Page 7764
... Senate he won the respect and esteem of all for his fairness and impartiality . His private life was noble and good . His genial disposition and attractiveness of character endeared him to all whose privilege it was to know him . His ...
... Senate he won the respect and esteem of all for his fairness and impartiality . His private life was noble and good . His genial disposition and attractiveness of character endeared him to all whose privilege it was to know him . His ...
Page 7766
... Senate and House of Representatives : The foreign relations of the United States actually and potentially affect the state of the Union to a degree not widely realized and hardly surpassed by any other factor in the welfare of the whole ...
... Senate and House of Representatives : The foreign relations of the United States actually and potentially affect the state of the Union to a degree not widely realized and hardly surpassed by any other factor in the welfare of the whole ...
Page 7773
... Senate , been per- mitted to carry out its now well - developed policy of encouraging the extending of financial aid to weak Central American States with the primary objects of avoiding just such revolutions by assisting those Republics ...
... Senate , been per- mitted to carry out its now well - developed policy of encouraging the extending of financial aid to weak Central American States with the primary objects of avoiding just such revolutions by assisting those Republics ...
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Page 7898 - Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas...
Page 7986 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 7901 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be...
Page 8063 - It understands it, also, to accept as established beyond question the principle that the lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unresisting merchantman, and to recognize the obligation to take sufficient precaution to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag.
Page 7876 - State, in the manner and to the extent and for the purposes prescribed by any treaty now existing between the government of the United States and the nation or country of which such members or stockholders are citizens or subjects, and not otherwise, and may in addition thereto lease lands in this State for agricultural purposes for a term not exceeding three years.
Page 7929 - President shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.
Page 7830 - Never has a complete description been given of the agencies through which these activities are performed. At no time has the attempt been made to study all of these activities and agencies with a view to the assignment of each activity to the agency best fitted for its performance, to the avoidance of duplication of plant and work, to the integration of all administrative agencies of the government, so far as may be practicable, into a unified organization for the most effective and economical dispatch...
Page 7942 - said my college friend, The Tory member's elder son, 'and there! God bless the narrow sea which keeps her off, And keeps our Britain, whole within herself, A nation yet, the rulers and the ruled — Some sense of duty, something of a faith, Some reverence for the laws ourselves have made, Some patient force to change them when we will, Some civic manhood firm against the crowd — But yonder, whiff!
Page 8098 - In cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the period contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the loss or wreck of the vessel, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period.
Page 7940 - If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same...