[Peace] Fwd: The Ludlow Bill or Agreement

[karen aram]

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> From: karen aram <karenaram at hotmail.com>
> Date: September 4, 2021 at 6:54:29 PM CDT
> To: Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com>
> Subject: The Ludlow Bill or Agreement
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
> 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.
> See below from Wikipedia, the history of attempts over the years to reign in US war making.
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> Wars and interventions
> United States:
> 1812 North America
> House Federalists’ Address
> 1847 Mexican–American War
> Spot Resolutions
> 1917 World War I
> Filibuster of the Armed Ship Bill
> 1935–1939
> Neutrality Acts
> 1935–1940
> Ludlow Amendment
> 1970 Vietnam
> McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
> 1970 Southeast Asia
> Cooper–Church Amendment
> 1971 Vietnam
> Repeal of Tonkin Gulf Resolution
> 1973 Southeast Asia
> Case–Church Amendment
> 1973
> War Powers Resolution
> 1974
> Hughes–Ryan Amendment
> 1976 Angola
> Clark Amendment
> 1982 Nicaragua
> Boland Amendment
> 2007 Iraq
> House Concurrent Resolution 63
> 2018–2019 Yemen
> Yemen War Powers Resolution
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