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Archive Report
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Richard M. Boeckel, Editor
Roosevelt's Defense Moves and War Powers
Attorney general Jackson's opinion supporting President Roosevelt's transfer of 50 over-age American destroyers to Great Britain, in return for the right to construct naval and air bases in British colonies in the Western Hemisphere, rested its case in part on the President's constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. The President's parallel move to strengthen the American defense position through creation of a joint Canadian-American Defense Board may likewise be considered an exercise of the Chief Executive's powers ...