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Show issues remain for the second I sion which promise furthp, Ses" flicts between the Executle I Legislative branches. ni had developed through govern- ment administration by directives rather than by statutory laws. The most outstanding examples of Congressional defiance of Administration Ad-ministration leadership were its over-riding of the presidential veto ve-to in the Smith-Connally anti-strike anti-strike bill, and the repeal of the $25,000 salary limitation directive of the President. While Congress made in 1943 an imposing effort to stem the tide of bureaucratic government, many issues involving domestic ents by boosting allotments and allowances. But for the first time in a decade Congress' served notice by its actions on a score of issues that it was determined to restore to the Legislative branch its duties du-ties and responsibilities under the Constitution. It brought to an end the policy of extending to the Executive branch "blank checks" of authority author-ity and power. On every occasion it moved to bring to an end the practice which JameS Preston In its first session, the 7t8h Congress established a unique record. re-cord. During its almost continuous continu-ous session of 11 months it met every Administration request for the successful prosecution of the war but it declined to follow it on many basic issues. I To meet the costs of all-out global glo-bal war, both Democrats and Republicans Re-publicans joined in boosting the national debt limit to $200 billion, in extending Lend-Lease, continuing continu-ing the President's authority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements agree-ments and meeting the economic problems of servicemen's depend- |