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Show Veto Of Oil Bill Leaves 11 To Courts President Truman's veto of the "Tideland Oil Bill" should cause no surprise and we are unable to see where there is any basis for a difference of opinion as to the propriety of the presidential presi-dential veto. As the reader knows, the bill would have renounced claims to such oil rich lands, principally between low-tide marks and the three-mile limit along the coast and, thus establish the title of the respective states to the area in quesion. As the President says, however, how-ever, the question should be decided de-cided by the Supreme Court, not by Congress. "If the United States owns the areas," he argues, ar-gues, "they should not be given away." He adds that if the Supreme Su-preme Court decides that the Federal Government has not title to or interest in the land, it is unnecessary for Congress to quitclaim quit-claim them. |