Powers of the President during crises

by J. Malcolm Smith; Cornelius P. Cotter

[115] 64 Stat. 1257, January 12, 1951, Sec. 1.

[116] Proclamation No. 2519, 55 Stat. 1693, October 22, 1941.

[117] 64 Stat. 1245, January 12, 1951, Sec. 3 (a).

[118] Id., Sec. 301.

[119] 66 Stat. 315, July 1, 1952, Sec. 2 (a). Section 201 (g) of the Civil Defense Act, op. cit., had encouraged such compacts and provided for their automatic approval in the absence of exercise of the congressional veto. Here, however, Congress resorted to the traditional machinery, enacting a statute granting its consent.

[120] 46 Stat. 696, June 17, 1930, Sec. 318.

[121] 48 Stat. 1064, June 19, 1934, Sec. 606 (c); 65 Stat. 611, October 24, 1951, Sec. 1.

[122] 54 Stat. 213, May 14, 1940.

[123] 59 Stat. 166, May 9, 1945.

[124] Proclamation No. 2561, 56 Stat. 1964, July 2, 1942; not dissimilar to the December 8, 1941 Proclamations No. 2526 and 2527 declaring the existence of a threatened “invasion or predatory incursion ... by Germany” and by Italy. 55 Stat. 1705, 1707.