Without raising any constitutional question, I think that this section, which would give the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing power to exercise censorship over the executive departments, is an encroachment on the functions of the executive and incompatible with good government.
Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 12610 \An Act Making Appropriations for the...\
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