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 - Всего страниц: 62 |
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... the Constitution of the United States to empower Con- gress to grant national representation to the residents of the District of Columbia . Now , I also have a letter from the American CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ...
... the Constitution of the United States to empower Con- gress to grant national representation to the residents of the District of Columbia . Now , I also have a letter from the American CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ...
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... gress , as their representatives that that arrangement was not to the best interests of the Federal Government , it could be amended or abandoned entirely . I recognize , and I believe the people of the Dis- trict recognize , that the ...
... gress , as their representatives that that arrangement was not to the best interests of the Federal Government , it could be amended or abandoned entirely . I recognize , and I believe the people of the Dis- trict recognize , that the ...
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... gress and the President are a part of the local government for the District of Columbia . Why these people should be denied the right thus to participate in the selection of these agents , if such participa- tion on their part would not ...
... gress and the President are a part of the local government for the District of Columbia . Why these people should be denied the right thus to participate in the selection of these agents , if such participa- tion on their part would not ...
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... gress . The Citizens ' Joint Committee on National Representation , formed in 1917 , has brought together most of the civic , business , labor , and veterans ' organizations of the District . These numerous organi- zations , while ...
... gress . The Citizens ' Joint Committee on National Representation , formed in 1917 , has brought together most of the civic , business , labor , and veterans ' organizations of the District . These numerous organi- zations , while ...
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... gress in respect to the Capital , but adds a new power ; it does not propose the admission of the District into the Union as a soverign State ; it does not propose the destruction of the " 10 miles square " provision of the Constitution ...
... gress in respect to the Capital , but adds a new power ; it does not propose the admission of the District into the Union as a soverign State ; it does not propose the destruction of the " 10 miles square " provision of the Constitution ...
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Стр. 27 - Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount...
Стр. 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;...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 27 - With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shall promote: a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development; b.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 21 - But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District of Columbia...