Word: attack
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Many of the antiwar lawyers conceded that proving the Cambodian "attacks" unconstitutional may be difficult. Nixon's authority as Commander in Chief gives him full power to protect U.S. troops in the field. But could he exercise that authority if the troops fighting in Southeast Asia were not deployed legally in the first place? The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave congressional support to President Johnson's use of "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States." The dissenters argue, of course, that Congressmen who voted for the resolution after...
Potential Attack. In the early days of the Republic, the founders' system was honored, as Presidents sought congressional permission for military moves abroad−if not always formal declarations of hostility. During the so-called "undeclared war" with France between 1798 and 1800, Congress authorized naval seizures of American merchant ships going to French ports. But President John Adams went further and ordered the seizure of American ships leaving those ports as well, and the Supreme Court held that he had exceeded the intent of Congress. As Administration defenders often note, President Jefferson felt free to send naval vessels...
Pressures are building on Nixon to mount a new and more energetic attack on inflation without provoking a severe recession. The President, in turn, is trying to convince business and financial leaders that he is deeply concerned about the stock market and the general economy. Last week he conferred with Bernard Lasker, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. In the next few days, National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and Budget Director Robert Mayo will exchange ideas with other prominent businessmen...
...Attack structural rigidities in the economy. U.S. business is shot through with restrictive union practices, fair-trade laws, and indefensible subsidies to farmers, shipping men and others. All such rigidities help to drive up prices. Quotas on steel and oil imports keep out low-priced foreign materials. An act passed by Congress in 1964 orders the President to impose a quota on meat imports if they seem likely to rise 10% or more above the 1959-1963 yearly average. In order to avoid triggering the quota, foreign suppliers are refraining from shipping in as much meat as they could. That...
...share the view that the Campaign G.M. proposals represent an "attack" on the Corporation. This is a defensive and negative attitude at a time when all leading American institutions of government, business, philanthropy, education and religion should be seeking fresh approaches to demands for change and reform. We believe the goals of the proposals have been designed to serve the public good by increasing the Corporation's awareness of the major impact of its decisions and policies on society at large...