Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-11 | Page 3 | Two Roosevelt Set Precedents on Bills

TWO ROOSEVEL TS SET PRECEDENTS ON BILLS T. T R. R Signed l Measure re on Sunday Sunday Franklin Franklin D. D While Outside U. U S. S Boundaries WAS WASHINGTON INGTON April 11 AP President AP President Roosevelt may have set a precedent when he signed two bo bills bUIs into law cruising on the yacht acht outside the boundaries o of the United States But an any official who recalls the precedent created b by another mother President President dent Roosevelt Roosevelt T T R. R probably R.-probably probably wont won't raise any question about it Wilbur J. J Carr assistant secretary of state said he know when asked about the possible precedent involved but told what happened when President Theodore Roosevelt once signed a bill on Sunda Sunday When the signed document reached Elihu Root then secretary of state he questioned its legality and requested request request- ed Carr then Carr then chief clerk clerk to to telephone tele phone the attorney general for a aver verbal verbal ver ver- bal ruling on the point Within a few minutes of the request request re reo re- re quest T R. R had Root on the tele tele- phoner phone I r I understand that you are seeking seeking seek seek- ing to determine whether my action in signing a bill on Sunday is legal Roosevelt was quoted as asking Yes Root replied Well Weil I dont don't want an opinion from the attorney general the president stated emphatically If there is no precedent for that its it's me there was 1 No ruling on the legality of Roosevelt's Roose Roose- veIls velt's signature wa was ever given by the attorney general