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MR. DONAHO: By allotment. He will not allow
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them to spend the funds. He has executive authority. In
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the first place, he has inherent constitutional authority
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to say, you are my department help. You spend this money,
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and I'll fire you. He has absolute executive authority,
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fortunately, one of the things: that the founding fathers
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saw to, and he also is able, and it has been debated, of
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course, with appropriations committees in particular over
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the years, concerning this authority of the President to
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withhold funds; but his powers have been upheld, even in
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one case under suit.
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Now, the most famous case, of course, was that
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of the bomber case in the Truman administration. There were
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some $700,000,000 appropriated for the B-70 bombers which
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Truman would not allow them to spend.
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At the State level, in those States where there
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is truly a chief executive, which we do not have in this
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State, we have a, as you realize, a supreme primus inter-
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party system —
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DR. JENKINS: What does that mean?
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MR. DONAHO: First among many. So, you have
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