MR. ROOSEVELT'S SETBACK.
Congress is engager] in clipping the President's wings, at a time when his ability to fly strongly and confidently is more important than ever. Once Congress was glad to give him all the powers he sought to deal with an internal emergency, but the feeling has been growing stronger that he hns too much power, far more than the Constitution ever intended any President to have. This may well be true, lint Congress lias chosen an unfortunate lime to restore the constitutional balance. It' war should conic, the President would be given " dictatorial " power. The nrguincnt is that war has not come, and dictatorial power in peace time is dangerous in « democratic country. That argument i* iin;i-s)iilable except on the ground that in lhe.-e times the rush of events, requiring grave decisions to be taken almost instantly, !;<■'•- not wait un any funnal declaration of war.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 154, 3 July 1939, Page 6
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148MR. ROOSEVELT'S SETBACK. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 154, 3 July 1939, Page 6
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