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... application , or execu- tion , is confided to the President , who acts through the governmental agencies provided him for that purpose . These agencies are the Department of State , and the Foreign Service , which is composed of a ...
... application , or execu- tion , is confided to the President , who acts through the governmental agencies provided him for that purpose . These agencies are the Department of State , and the Foreign Service , which is composed of a ...
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... applying to positions below grade of minister . The regulations thus established directed the Secre- tary of State to report from time to time to the Presi- dent , along with his recommendations , the names of those secretaries of the ...
... applying to positions below grade of minister . The regulations thus established directed the Secre- tary of State to report from time to time to the Presi- dent , along with his recommendations , the names of those secretaries of the ...
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... application through such international groupings and affiliations as appear to subserve the ends of national ambition or national greed . We are in the midst of an era of transition and trans- formation in which the future adjustment of ...
... application through such international groupings and affiliations as appear to subserve the ends of national ambition or national greed . We are in the midst of an era of transition and trans- formation in which the future adjustment of ...
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... application of formulae which are obsolete and ineffective . War surprised the United States .- " The history of the world is one of recurrent crises in international affairs . Every step from this time onward must be interpreted in its ...
... application of formulae which are obsolete and ineffective . War surprised the United States .- " The history of the world is one of recurrent crises in international affairs . Every step from this time onward must be interpreted in its ...
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... application of these two laws.11 As he must discharge his functions ordinarily through agencies provided by Congress , which has the power of controlling expenditures and largely of shaping such agencies into conformity with its own ...
... application of these two laws.11 As he must discharge his functions ordinarily through agencies provided by Congress , which has the power of controlling expenditures and largely of shaping such agencies into conformity with its own ...
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Page 64 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to adjust and settle its international disputes through mediation or arbitration, to the end that -war may be honorably avoided. It looks with apprehension and disfavor upon a general increase of armament throughout the world, but it realizes that no single nation can disarm, and that without a common agreement upon the subject every considerable power must maintain a relative standing in military strength.
Page 398 - The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter; and for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may prescribe their duties, and establish regulations for the conduct of persons who...
Page 64 - That Congress has a constitutional right to an authoritative voice in declaring and prescribing the foreign policy of the United States, as well in the recognition of new Powers as in other matters...
Page 41 - ... to provide and maintain a navy ... to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces...
Page 5 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 189 - That appeals shall lie from all final judgments or decrees of said court to the United States circuit court of appeals of the ninth judicial circuit, and thence appeals and writs of error may be taken from the judgments or decrees of the said circuit court of appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States...
Page 170 - X of the treaty, any questions or matters of difference arising between the high contracting parties involving the rights, obligations, or interests of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada, either in relation to each other or to their respective inhabitants, may be referred for decision...
Page 62 - When foreign affairs play a prominent part in the politics and policy of a nation, its Executive must of necessity be its guide: must utter every initial judgment, take every first step of action, supply the information upon which it is to act, suggest and in large measure control its conduct.
Page 41 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 55 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war declared to exist between the Imperial German Government and the United States of America by the joint resolution of Congress approved April 6, 1917, is hereby declared at an end.