Presidential Veto Records and History Through the Ages
The article surveys presidential vetoes from Washington to Truman, noting 631 vetoes by FDR and landmark counts by Cleveland and Grant. It explains pocket veto mechanics, cites declines in veto usage, and discusses veto power within constitutional limits and majority-rule debates.
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England
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Halleck
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Truman
Harry S. Truman
Capitol
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Ulysses S. Grant
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GAR
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Monroe
Jackson
Polk
Buchanan
Lincoln
McKinley
Harding
John Adams
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Taylor
Fillmore
Garfield
Historic elms under threat usher in dutch elm disease discourse
The narrator laments advancing dutch elm disease endangering historic elms along a beloved avenue. He notes federal funding cuts to control efforts, warnings from a forestry executive, and references to elm plantings at the White House once attributed to presidents.
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America
District of Columbia
American Forestry Products Industries, Inc
House
Senate
Morristown
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Department of Agriculture
Butau
White House
Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Harrison
Coolidge
Hoover
John Quincy Adams
Lincoln
McKinley
Hartley Packs Blame On Coal Pact As Unions Called Threat
Representative Hartley charges big business and big labor with betraying the public over the John L. Lewis coal contract. He cites a controversial checkoff provision and argues the pact violates the Taft Hartley act. He also notes Hungary and several Communist aligned governments snubbed the Paris reconstruction conference. The piece also reports United States officers leaving service for higher paying civilian jobs, with 1,700 naval officers resigning in ten months versus 259 Army West Point departures.
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Fred A. Hartley
Rep
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Big Business
Big
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Hartley
Southern
United Mine Workers
House
UMW
Hungary
Europe
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Great Britain
France
Finland
Albania
Navy
Army
Annapolis
West Point
Farm assets and income surge amid World War II impact
A National Industrial Conference Board report shows farm assets rising from 53.7 billion dollars in 1940 to 101.5 billion in 1946 and gross agricultural income up 124 percent, aided by government payments near 25 billion in 1945. Real estate leads assets, with Elizabeth II engagement also noted. A separate note mentions an export license for petroleum to Russia granted after Weichel urged denial.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Pilus
Farm income up 30 percent in first half 1947
Agriculture department reports farmers earned 11.7 billion dollars from product sales and about 12 billion including government payments for the January-June period. Meat animal sales rose 70 percent, crops up 20 percent, dairy up 30 percent, with June receipts about two billion dollars, livestock up 50 percent. Prices paid by farmers remain high as export demand supports meat prices and wheat declines are expected to be modest.
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Agriculture Department
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