 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1939 - 722 pages
...and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the principle on...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent." 1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents, p. 194. The marked difference between foreign affairs and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1959 - 386 pages
...admit, then, a right in the House of Representatives to demand and to have as a matter of course all papers respecting a negotiation with a foreign power would be to establish a dangerous precedent." 1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents, p. 194. The marked difference between foreign affairs and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1965 - 826 pages
...and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the principle on...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent." The marked difference between foreign affairs and domestic affairs, in this respect is recognized by... | |
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The necessity of such caution and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the president, with the advice and consent of the senate ; the principle on which that body was formed confining it to a small number of members.... 
