Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 13, 1920, President Woodrow Wilson vetoed an attempt by the Congress of the United States to exercise control over the printing of all government publications. The Congress also included an appropriations bill to fund the government for fiscal year 1921.
The bill would have given Congress control of the printing of...
"all government mimeographing, multi-graphing, and other duplication processes."
In justifying his veto, the President said that the proposal would give Congress censorship power and would be...
"an encroachment on the function of the Executive Branch and is incompatible with good government."
An attempt to override the presidential veto failed the following day.
President Woodrow Wilson
Photo by Harris & Ewing (1919)
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