COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1731 TO ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE, TO CONFER TO ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE, TO ESTAB- 21-579 JULY 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 31; AUGUST 1, 8, 23, AND Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1964 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts BIRCH BAYH, Indiana QUENTIN N. BURDICK,1 North Dakota EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania 1 The late Hon. Estes Kefauver, while a member of this committee, died on Aug. 10, 1963. On Aug. 23, 1963, by order of the Senate, Hon. Quentin N. Burdick, of North Dakota, was assigned to serve on this committee. II CONTENTS Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution__ Extract from Purdy v. Moise ((S.C.—1953) 75 S.E. 2d 605). Extract from Camp Walden v. Johnson ((1960—Maine) 163 A. 2d 356)....... List of Federal statutes based on the commerce clause__ Public Law 85-315, Civil Rights Act of 1957. Public Law 86-449, Civil Rights Act of 1960_. Excerpt from 12 Amer. Juris., Constitutional Law, section 573, pages 267-268_. Page 150 List of Supreme Court decisions interpreting the 14th amendment. List of Supreme Court decisions relative to the equal protection clause--. List of Supreme Court decisions relative to interpretation and privileges.. Williams v. Howard Johnson's Restaurant (268 F. 2d. 845) ....... Article, "The Right To Be Nasty," by Laurence H. Eldredge, from the Bell v. the School City of Gary, Indiana (213 Fed. Supp. 819). Article, "Suit for White Pupils Charges Discrimination-Four Brooklyn Parents Protest City's Racial Quota Plan in New Junior High," from Compilation of persons 25 years old and over with less than 5 years of school completed as prepared by the Justice Department and submitted "Unlimited Federal Control of Individuals, Businesses, and the States," by John C. Satterfield, attorney at law and a past president (1961-62) Hon. Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, Hon. Thomas J. Dodd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut__ Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of North 25, 45, 108, 117, 155, 175, 207, 237, 267, 334, 393 Senator from the State of Michigan.. Hon. Kenneth B. Keating, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hon. Thomas J. Dodd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut__ Hon. Roman L. Hruska, a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska__ Hon. Kenneth B. Keating, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hon. Edward V. Long, a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri.. APPENDIX Letter dated August 9, 1963, addressed to Hon. James O. Eastland, from Hon. Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, and enclosing a memorandum, "The Constitutionality of the Public Ac- commodations Provisions of Title II," as proposed in S. 1731 and as prepared by the Department of Justice.. Letter dated October 9, 1963, addressed to Hon. James O. Eastland, from (A) Excerpt from table 2 of Bureau of the Census Current Popula- 76 (B) Excerpt from table 3 of Bureau of the Census Current Popula- tion Reports, series P-20, No. 121, February 7, 1963, showing years of school completed by nonwhite persons 14 years old and (C) Table showing years of school completed by persons 14 to 24 years old, and 25 years old, and over, by color, in the 21 States requir- ing some form of literacy test. This was prepared from table 103 of the detailed characteristics volumes of the 1960 Reports of (D) Photocopies of first page of table 103 for each of the 21 States. These tables give a detailed breakdown of years of school com- pleted for the total population and the nonwhite population, as (E) Letter dated September 26, 1963, addressed to Harold H. Greene, Department of Justice, from Owen B. Kiernan, Massachusetts Commissioner of Education__. |