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<br />101 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHl.llm:',N HOOVi}l: Tho constitutional provision is "consont." <br /> <br /> <br />1.lR. D:,VIS: 1"10 havo consont by virtuc of tho original act of Congross. <br /> <br /> <br />MR. H1\MELE: Thoro is no consont of Congrcss GO thc .\ct noVi in oxistonco <br /> <br /> <br />undcr which wo aro ncgotiating, It is r.loroly consont to nOGotiato. It is <br /> <br /> <br />not approval of tho final pact. ClQUSO 3, paragraph 10, .\rticlo I of tho <br /> <br /> <br />Constitution providos that, ar.long othor thinGs, IIstates shall, nithout tho <br /> <br />'& <br /> <br />consent of Congress, ontoI' into <::ny agreoment or .ccmpact nith another ntato, II <br /> <br />and an action upon this pact by Coneross is a consent and not o.pprovQl~ <br /> <br />CH..'.illLL-'lN HOOVER: lIy suggestion TfQS morely to [;ot tho t.hinG in con- <br /> <br />forr.lity with the constitutional pro',rision. <br />till. D}..VIS: Uy attempt YiD.S to l;::oop it 1'lithin tho ,,\ct of Congress. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MR.' H1'J.!ELE: I thinl, tho ConstituUon ought to provail, <br />I.m. D,WIG: I think, tochnically spoaking, Tihat Tiould happon is this: <br />Congross has givon its consont to thoso statos to proceod to conter into a <br />compact vlith tho limitation that that compact must bo apnrovod by CO'"t,'russ. <br />Tho L~ct of Congress starts, llConsont of ConGrcslJ j.s hereby r;iven to tho <br />states to nogotiato and. onter into a cmepact or acroomont," Thoro, thon, is <br />your consont. Thon at tho ond of tho ,\ct comos this lancuage: "Providing, <br />any' such. compact or agreemont shall not bo binding or ebligatory upon any <br />parties thoreto unless and un'til tho same shall have been appro\.ed by the <br />legislaturo of oach state and by tho Congress or" the Unitod states" "nd nhat <br />He are attempting to do noY! is comply nith that provise Tihich roquires the <br />approval by' Congress, its censent having already'been Given in that linited <br />amount. <br /> <br /> <br />J1JDGE SLO,\N: Approval is a consont too. <br /> <br /> <br />MR. C~'~RPEHTill: Tho Supremo .court h<J.s held in some ono cr tHO casos <br /> <br /> <br />that tho subsequent approval is', after a cempact has buen enterod inte, an <br /> <br /> <br />equivalunt to consont in the first 'instance. <br /> <br /> <br />CH1i.IRM,\N HOOVER: What is your answer to Judge Davis' statol'1ent, Ur.!bmele? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br />