TITLE

The Opposite Effect

AUTHOR(S)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
PUB. DATE
November 1941
SOURCE
Saturday Evening Post;11/29/1941, Vol. 214 Issue 22, p26
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Highlights the response of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a proposal in the U.S. House regarding the amendment of the Constitution calling for a referendum vote of the U.S. people as a prerequisite for a declaration of war in January 1938. Consideration of the president to the proposal as impractical; Emphasis given by Roosevelt to the incompatibility of the proposal with the country's representative form of government; Potential impact of the amendment to the president.
ACCESSION #
19992657

Tags: CONSTITUTIONAL amendments;  ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945;  UNITED States. Congress. House;  REFERENDUM;  DECLARATION of war

 

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