The President's News Conference
06/20/1951
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I therefore recommend that the Senate and the House of Representatives, by Joint Resolution, make a declaration of policy to the effect that...
I again urge the Congress to give its attention to this subject.
It is my belief that the present line of succession as provided by the existing statute, which was enacted in 1886, is not in accord with ou...
I said then, and I repeat now, that in a democracy, this power should not rest with the Chief Executive.