Powers of the President during crises

by J. Malcolm Smith; Cornelius P. Cotter

[639] H. Con. Res. 21 (1947).

[640] H. Con. Res. 138 (1946), providing for termination of an Act of July 14, 1941, providing for priority in transportation by merchant vessels for national defense purposes. 55 Stat. 591 (1941).

[641] H. Con. Res. 85, 86, 91, 98 (1945); H. Con. Res. 132, 133, 156 (1946); H. Con. Res. 5, 9, 25 (1947).

[642] S. Con. Res. 31, H. Con. Res. 81 (1945).

[643] 91 Cong. Rec. 9099, 9217; 59 Stat. 846 (1945).

[644] 54 Stat. 4 (1939).

[645] Ibid., Sec. 1 (a).

[646] The words are those of Senator Gillette at 76 Cong. Rec. 355 (1940).

[647] S. Con. Res. 35 (1940).

[648] S. Con. Res. 36, and H. Con Res. 44 (1940).