Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of Naval Vessels to Determine the Effect of Atomic Weapons Upon Such Vessels: Hearing Before the Committee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.J. Res. 307, a Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of Naval Vessels to Determine the Effect of Atomic Weapons Upon Such Vessels. Part 2. April 18, 1946, Part 2 |
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Page 43 - ... (2) naval vessels of the following categories : Battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines; and (3) records of the Federal Government. (e) The term "excess property...
Page 43 - ... wasteful forces of disorganization and obstruction. The Congress has the power and the right to grant or deny an appropriation, or to enact or refuse to enact a law; but once an appropriation is made or a law is passed, the appropriation should be administered or the law executed by the executive branch of the Government. In no other way can the Government be efficiently managed and responsibility definitely fixed.
Page 43 - ... it is essential to the due administration of the government that the boundaries fixed by the Constitution between the different departments should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbids a compliance with your request.
Page 21 - President, is authorized to employ vessels of the Navy as targets for purposes of test and experimentation in determining the effect of atomic weapons upon such vessels. SEC. 2. After employment pursuant to authority contained in section 1 of this Act vessels may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy or such other person as may be designated by him, be — (a) sunk if considered unseaworthy...
Page 21 - That prior to the acquisition or disposal, by lease or otherwise, of any land acquired for naval use under the authority of this, or any other Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall come into agreement with the Naval Affairs Committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to the terms of such prospective acquisitions or disposals...
Page 44 - A comparable bul was passed in the last Congress, but was not considered by the Senate because of the lateness of the session. The report from the subcommittee is unanimous, and I move a favorable report. The CHAIRMAN. Any questions from any members of the committee in reference to the bill ? (No response.) The CHAIRMAN. If not, the bill will be favorably reported. Who introduced the bill? Mr.
Page 22 - President has now stated his position, as being in full agreement with the belief of the Secretaries of War and the Navy, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that the tests are of vital Importance to the national defense.
Page 38 - SECONDARY PURPOSES 1. To .test the effect of the atomic bomb against aircraft, both air-borne and grounded, and upon a wide variety of military ground weapons and equipment in order to learn what redesign of any items may be necessary, and what may be needed in the way of dispersal, to minimize the effects of the bomb.
Page 43 - The Constitution of the United States divides the functions of the Government into three great departments — the legislative, the executive, and the judicial — and establishes the principle that they shall be kept separate, and that neither the legislative, executive, nor judicial branch may exercise functions belonging to the others. The proviso in the urgent deficiency bill violates this constitutional principle. It attempts to entrust to members of...