Congressional Representation for the District of Columbia: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. J. Res. 9, a Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Empowering Congress to Grant Representation in the Congress and Among the Electors of President and Vice President to the People of the District of Columbia. September 25, 1945U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945 - 62 страница |
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... exclusive control , without disturbing that exclusive control except as Congress shall see fit and without creating a new State . The 663,000 Americans of the District do not give their consent to their National Government through ...
... exclusive control , without disturbing that exclusive control except as Congress shall see fit and without creating a new State . The 663,000 Americans of the District do not give their consent to their National Government through ...
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... exclusive legislation by Con- gress . The only change would be that the District people then , through their elected representatives , would be a part of the Congress . Objection 7. National representation for the District is both un ...
... exclusive legislation by Con- gress . The only change would be that the District people then , through their elected representatives , would be a part of the Congress . Objection 7. National representation for the District is both un ...
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... exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever " was solely for the protection of the national interests . This provision prevented the existence of any dual sovereignty , as would have been the case if the Capital had been located ...
... exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever " was solely for the protection of the national interests . This provision prevented the existence of any dual sovereignty , as would have been the case if the Capital had been located ...
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... ( exclusive of aliens and " citizenship not reported ” ) . It is contended , however , that these figures of citizens of voting age are mis- leading for the reason that there are thousands of District residents who vote in the States and ...
... ( exclusive of aliens and " citizenship not reported ” ) . It is contended , however , that these figures of citizens of voting age are mis- leading for the reason that there are thousands of District residents who vote in the States and ...
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... exclusive legislative control of the National Capital , Congress would be empowered to grant to the people of the District voting representation in Congress and the electoral college . This power would be exercised by Con- gress ...
... exclusive legislative control of the National Capital , Congress would be empowered to grant to the people of the District voting representation in Congress and the electoral college . This power would be exercised by Con- gress ...
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Страница 21 - ... a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoples concerned, their political, economic, social, and educational advancement, their just treatment, and their protection against abuses; b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement;...
Страница 40 - The indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government carries its own evidence with it. It is a power exercised by every legislature of the Union, I might say of the world, by virtue of its general supremacy. Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings...
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Страница 27 - Charter, shall be: a. to further international peace and security; b. to promote the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the trust territories, and their progressive development towards self-government or independence as may be appropriate to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned, and as may be provided by the terms of each trusteeship agreement; c.
Страница 27 - Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this end : a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoples concerned, their political, economic, social, and educational advancement, their just treatment, and their protection against abuses...
Страница 40 - Without it| not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity ; but a dependence of the members of the general government on the State comprehending the seat of government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the national councils an imputation of awe or influence equally dishonorable to the government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the confederacy.
Страница 27 - The Economic and Social Council shall set up commissions in economic and social fields and for the promotion of human rights, and such other commissions as may be required for the performance of its functions.
Страница 21 - ... recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace and security established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this end: a.
Страница 21 - But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District of Columbia...