These are very earnest men who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberal. People who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war. A tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to stop. They are trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. In a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its very moving piece. Those are all very prominent senators. I knew several of them and work with them. They looked much younger in these pictures but they are really earnest about what they are saying. They were very convincing to the Television Audience that watch them. They had to fight to get the Television Program in the first place and so they made the most of it. Article one, section eight of the constitution reads as follows, the Congress Shall have power to raise and support armies but no appropriation of money to that use shelby for a longer term than two ye
As demonstrations in the street, what was really important here was that leading u. S. Senators were siding with the antiwar faction, had an amendment to end the war, were appealing to the public and doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way. This was a very important moment for the Antiwar Movement, that it wasnt just in the streets. It was in the senate and the congress as well. You hadnt seen this before. Whats your impressions, your first reaction to just the tone of this thing . Its a very serious piece. These are earnest men who are republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals, people who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, that tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to intervene to stop. And theyre trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. And in a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a moving peace and t
These are very earnest man, who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals. People who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, the tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to try to stop. Theyre trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end, in a sense creating a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a very moving piece. I worked with many of, them they look much younger in these pictures, but they are very earnest about what they are saying. They are very convincing to the Television Audience that watch them. They made the most of it. Article, one section eight of the constitution reads as follows, the congress should have the power to no appreciation of for a longer term than two years. Our amendment, the mcgovern amendment is sometimes what its referred to. Who are they in what would this have done if it had passed . To back up a little bit, the president of
But no appropriations of money shall be for a longer term than two years. Our amendment to end the war fulfills the obligations that we have over the constitution. One governor hadfield sometimes refer to who were they and what with this really have done if it passed . To back up just a little bit, the president Richard Nixon had announced in november of 1969 the vietnamese Asian Program to remove american troops from vietnam. The thought at that point was maybe this was the end of the war. It was cooling down. Actually, it was good for me because the vietnam is a shun, they were not sending supply clerks to vietnam. I was sent to pearl harbor and hawaii instead. A lot of us breathed a sigh of relief. But instead of the war going down and reducing it seemed to increase, escalate. It seemed to be getting more violent. It seemed to be spreading into the rest of indochina and cambodia. That is why senator cooper and frank church introduced the Cooper Church amendment to stop any american
Was that leading u. S. Senators were sidiing essentially with te antiwar faction and an amendment to end the war were appealing to the public, and doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way, and this was a very important moment for the Antiwar Movement, that it wasnt just in the streets. It was in the senate and the congress as well. You hadnt seen this before, whats your impressions, your first reaction to just the tone of this thing . Its a very serious piece. These are very earnest men who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals, people who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, that the tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to and they are trying to use the legislati legislative branch to bring the war to an end, in a sense creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a very moving piece, and those are all very prominent senators. I k