Auction Date:2011 Sep 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.5 x 9, White House letterhead, November 9, 1973. Letter to Republican Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead of California. In full: “Despite the negative outcome of the House vote on November 7 to sustain my veto of the War Powers bill, your strong support on this important issue is greatly appreciated. I feel certain the test of time will prove your position a wise one, and I fervently hope the dangerous ramifications of the measure can be avoided.” In fine condition.
The US Congress passed the War Powers Act in 1973 as American forces began to withdraw from combat operations in Vietnam. The legislation attempted to correct what many elected officials—and much of the American public—saw as excessive war-making powers in the hands of the president. Just a couple of weeks before Nixon sent this letter to Representative Moorhead, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the chief executive vetoed the original War Powers Act, claiming it imposed ‘unconstitutional and dangerous’ restrictions on his authority and would ‘seriously undermine this nation's ability to act decisively and convincingly in times of international crisis.’ On November 7, 1973, both the House and Senate overrode Nixon’s veto. Among those few siding with Nixon was Moorhead, whom the president applauded. “I feel certain the test of time will prove your position a wise one,” he writes here. The congressman’s loyalty would extend to the judiciary’s committee’s impeachment hearings, where he voted against impeachment and urged Nixon not to resign.
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