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Show 10 TAKE ACTION ON SHIPPINGMEASURE PRESIDENT SAID TO " CONTEMPLATE CONTEM-PLATE MESSAGE DEALING WITH MARINE BILL. ' . Will Be Defense of Executive's Refusal to Obey Mandate of Congress, and Will Point Way to Accom- " plishment of Object Sought. Washington. President Wilson, It has been learned, will send a special message to congress, pointing out how that body can accomplish, "In a thoroughly thor-oughly legal maimer," the object it ought to accomplish through the Jones shipping act, now annulled by him. He will recommend that the act be referred back to the merchant marine committee of congress for such alteration alter-ation and amendment as will authorize the state department to enter into negotiations ne-gotiations with the various foreign nations na-tions that have commercial treaties in conflict with the interests of the American Amer-ican merchant marine. The message will primarily, it was learned, be a defense of the president's refusing to. obey the mandate of congress. con-gress. It will be admitted that the president Is without the right "to construe con-strue and pass upon the legality of an act of congress," but will maintain that he must be the Judge as to whether wheth-er or not an act is worded- In such form that it can be put into execution. execu-tion. It was pointed out, however, that President Wilson does not propose to retract a single word he has spoken with regard to the Jones act. It was admitted by the state department depart-ment that practically every European nation is now in the business of abrogating abro-gating commercial treaties, but it was maintained that such treaties are being be-ing terminated in their entirety and only after full notice, provided In their terminating clauses. |