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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">karen aram <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com" class="">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 4, 2021 at 6:54:29 PM CDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Karen Aram <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com" class="">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">The Ludlow Bill or Agreement</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="dati1w0a ecm0bbzt e5nlhep0 hv4rvrfc" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_ee"><div class="j83agx80 ew0dbk1b cbu4d94t irj2b8pg"><div class="knvmm38d qzhwtbm6"><span class="d2edcug0 qv66sw1b mau55g9w aigsh9s9 iv3no6db fe6kdd0r nxhoafnm hpfvmrgz c8b282yb hzawbc8m jq4qci2q ht8s03o8 ik7dh3pa a8c37x1j d3f4x2em b1v8xokw keod5gw0 oi732d6d a3bd9o3v c1et5uql oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab c1et5uql ii04i59q kvgmc6g5 hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">I'm reminded of my support for a By-Law, I proposed when elected to the BOD of the International School of Bangkok in 1988. It wasn't my idea, but I liked it enough to propose it. It required a referendum by the parents who paid the private school fee's, when the BOD elected a huge increase in tuition or proposed a bond, etc. My proposal was put down by friends and foes alike as impinging on the duties and powers of the BOD. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">Later I had a chance though failed, to vote out a proposal to add to the BY-Law addressing Executive Session meetings by adding to "All matters of personnel, expulsion or negotiations," the addition of "all important matters." I criticized it as it was unclear, vague and open to interpretation. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">At the time I had been privy to information that it was a member of USAID, who met with the BOD in executive session and suggested the building of a new school. One can only guess where this led, lot's of money, lot's of real estate development, etc. Some people leaving the country and their jobs, as they couldn't afford the high fees. My opposition was struck down by the BOD, most of whom were corporate employee's, later profiting from real estate development. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">Now I'm reading of the Ludlow Bill promoted in the thirty's, rejected first by Roosevelt, later by Congress. Always the same excuse. "It infringes on the duty and powers of the USG. and/or Congress." Maybe it's time we do infringe on the powers of the government, since it has failed to represent the will of the people.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">Maybe it's time to raise the Ludlow Bill again. Though I doubt it will pass, and/or it will be watered down like every other reform we attempt, it's worth a try. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">See below from Wikipedia, the history of attempts over the years to reign in US war making. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">Wars and interventions</div><div dir="auto" class="">United States: </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class="">1812 North America</div><div dir="auto" class="">House Federalists’ Address</div><div dir="auto" class="">1847 Mexican–American War</div><div dir="auto" class="">Spot Resolutions</div><div dir="auto" class="">1917 World War I</div><div dir="auto" class="">Filibuster of the Armed Ship Bill</div><div dir="auto" class="">1935–1939</div><div dir="auto" class="">Neutrality Acts</div><div dir="auto" class="">1935–1940</div><div dir="auto" class="">Ludlow Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">1970 Vietnam</div><div dir="auto" class="">McGovern–Hatfield Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">1970 Southeast Asia</div><div dir="auto" class="">Cooper–Church Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">1971 Vietnam</div><div dir="auto" class="">Repeal of Tonkin Gulf Resolution</div><div dir="auto" class="">1973 Southeast Asia</div><div dir="auto" class="">Case–Church Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">1973</div><div dir="auto" class="">War Powers Resolution</div><div dir="auto" class="">1974</div><div dir="auto" class="">Hughes–Ryan Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">1976 Angola</div><div dir="auto" class="">Clark Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">1982 Nicaragua</div><div dir="auto" class="">Boland Amendment</div><div dir="auto" class="">2007 Iraq</div><div dir="auto" class="">House Concurrent Resolution 63</div><div dir="auto" class="">2018–2019 Yemen</div><div dir="auto" class="">Yemen War Powers Resolution</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x"><div dir="auto" class=""><i data-visualcompletion="css-img" class="m6k467ps hu5pjgll" aria-label="Shared with Public" role="img" style="background-image: url(https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v3/yC/r/yIkLjPfGzTN.png); background-size: auto; width: 12px; height: 12px; display: inline-block; background-position: 0px -894px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></i></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>