HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 435, S. 456, S. 499, S. 810, S. 957, S. 958,
S. 959, S. 960, S. 1084, S. 1199, S. 1277,
S. 1848, S. 1998, S. 2001, S. 2002, S. 2003,
and S. 2041

PROPOSALS TO SECURE, PROTECT, AND STRENGTHEN CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES

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MAY 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, AND 28, 1959

PART 2

l'rinted for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1959

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., U.S. Senator from the State of New York..
Thurmond, Hon. Strom, U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina___

MARCH 19, 1959

Douglas, Hon. Paul H., U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois..
Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota__
Clark, Hon. Joseph S., U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania...

MARCH 20, 1959

Rogers, Hon. William P., Attorney General of the United States-
Storey, Hon. Robert G., Vice Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights..
Tiffany, Gordon M., staff director, Commission on Civil Rights.
Keating, Hon. Kenneth B., U.S. Senator from the State of New York...

APRIL 8, 1959

Wilkins, Roy, executive secretary, National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People----

Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights-
Maslow, Will, general counsel, American Jewish Congress..

APRIL 10, 1959

Sparkman, Hon. John J., U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama_
Edelsberg, Herman, director, Washington office, Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith_ _

Ferman, Irving, director, Washington office, American Civil Liberties
Union..

Lechliter, Irving, national executive director, American Veterans Com-
mittee

Stewart, Mrs. Annalee, legislative secretary, Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom.

Van Deusen, Rev. Robert E., National Lutheran Council..

APRIL 10, 1959-Continued

Blanshard, Mrs. Paul, executive director, Unitarian Fellowship for Social
Justice..

Bell, B. Tartt, Friends Committee on National Legislation..
Carman, Harry J., chairman, American Liberal Association..
Lowell, Rev. Č. Stanley, associate director, Protestants and Other Ameri-
cans United for Separation of Church and State___

APRIL 14, 1959

Hollings, Hon. Ernest F., Governor of the State of South Carolina..
McLeod, Hon. Daniel R., attorney general of the State of South Carolina....
Gresette, L. Marion, chairman, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee

McNair, Robert E., chairman, South Carolina House Judiciary Committee.
Brown, Edgar A., president pro tempore, South Carolina State Senate__.
Holland, Hon. Spessard L., U.S. Senator from the State of Florida..
Odum, Ralph E., assistant attorney general from the State of Florida.
Waring, Thomas R., editor, News and Courier, Charleston, S.C.____.

APRIL 16, 1959

Case, Hon. Clifford P., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey...
Newman, Rev. I. DeQuincy, president, South Carolina State conference
NAACP branches__.

Fleming, Billie S., president, Clarendon County, S.C., Improvement
Association___

McCray, John H., State chairman, South Carolina Progressive Democratic
Organization...

Tilly, Mrs. Dorothy, director of women's work, Southern Regional Council.
Leskes, director, legal division of the American Jewish Committee...

APRIL 22, 1959

Patterson, Hon. John, Governor of the State of Alabama..
Hunton, George K., secretary, Catholic Interracial Council__.

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Campbell, Boyd, past president, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jackson,
Miss..

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McSween, Hon. Harold B., U.S. Representative from the State of
Louisiana___.

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MAY 13, 1959

Tuck, Hon. William M., U.S. Representative from the State of Virginia......
Old, Judge William, 13th circuit, State of Virginia..........

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Dorn, Hon. William J. B., U.S. Representative from the State of South
Carolina___

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MAY 14, 1959

Huddleston, Hon. George, Jr., U.S. Representative from the State of
Alabama...