COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 7446 TO ESTABLISH THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL 98-974 JULY 11, 1973 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman JOHN L. MCCLELLAN Arkansas EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania STROM THURMOND, South Carolina CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS. JR., Maryland SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL CHARTERS, HOLIDAYS, AND CELEBRATIONS ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska, Chairman JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas (II) 114 EC/1/012/1/20 KF26 CONTENTS Testimony of: Louise M. Gore, chairman, Maryland Bicentennial Commission__. Page 45 27 19 Paul H. O'Neill, Associate Director, Office of Management and 2 Statements submitted by: Hon. Alphonzo Bell, a U.S. Congressman from the 28th District of 43 Hon. Charles E. Bennett, a U.S. Congressman from the third District of 54 Hon. Edward W. Brooke, a U.S. Senator from the State of 52 Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of 48 Kyran M. McGrath, director, American Association of Museums, 51 Hon. James R. Mann, a U.S. Congressman from the Fourth District Hon. Sam Numm, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia.- Perry A. Snyder, director, Mississippi American Revolution Bicenten- (III) 49 44 50 41 ૮ ૨૦ AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1973 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL CHARTERS, HOLIDAYS, AND CELEBRATIONS, OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 11 a.m., in room 2228, New Senate Office Building, Senator Roman L. Hruska (chairman), presiding. Present: Senator Hruska (presiding). Also present: Senator Mathias, Tom Collins, subcommittee counsel. Senator HRUSKA. The subcommittee will come to order. The chairman apologizes for the delay. We have three committees, subcommittee of this committee, meeting simultanously. Somehow or another, we cannot divide ourselves into two, each part going to a separate meeting. The Subcommittee on Federal Charters, Holidays, and Celebrations of the Committee on the Judiciary commences hearings today on H.R. 7446. This bill is designed to provide for a new organization to assume the functions and responsibilities of the present American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. This bill passed the House of Representatives on June 7. Extensive oversight hearings on the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission were held by this subcommittee during August 1 and 2, 1972. On March 14 and 15 of this year, Subcommittee No. 2 of the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on proposals to restructure the Commission. These public hearings have provided Congress with an exhaustive background on the activities and progress of the Commission in fulfilling its mission to aid in the celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial in 1976. During the hearing today, we expect to have testimony as to the progress of the Bicentennial effort and the need for new legislation. This hearing will be an opportunity for those who have various and diverse ideas to comment on the merits of H.R. 7446. The Commission has received wide acclaim and praise from many quarters for its achievements. It also has been the subject of considerable disagreement and controversy. Criticism is to be expected because of the very nature and scope of its important work. (1) |