Communications Continued Erie County Board of Supervisors, 255 Elliott Street, Buffalo, NY.. Jewish Community Council, 300 Germanis Avenue, Schenectady, NY. Tex.. Mechi, Dr. Paul E., 1544 East River Terrace, Minneapolis, Minn... 1291 1292 1292 Presbytery of Detroit United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., 1105 Riley, Joseph P., president, South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, S.C..--- Starr, C. C., Rural Delivery No. 2, Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa.. APPENDIXES I. The Constitutionality of the Public Accommodations Provisions of III. State Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination in Places of Public Accom- IV. The Validity of State Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination on Account of Race or Color in Places of Public Accommodation, prepared by the Library of Congress.... V. An Episodic Account of Economic Effects of Segregation and Resist- VI. Excerpt from the Congressional Record of May 25, 1961- 1293 1099 1293 1295 1304 1315 1381 1383 1387 1421 Statement submitted by-Continued Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW., Washington, D.C.. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, Ga... Avins, Dr. Alfred, on behalf of Liberty Lobby, Box 1622, Washing- Page 1199 974 973 1202 Bloch, Charles J., attorney, Box 176, Macon, Ga. 1100 Brinkman, Oscar H., cochairman, legislative committee, National Apartment Owners Association, Inc., 1025 Warner Building, Washington, D.C.... 1219 Bruton, Hon. T. W., attorney general of North Carolina, Raleigh, 1110 Cook, Hon. Eugene, attorney general of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. 1103 1220 1220 Fowler, Rev. Andrew, director, Washington Bureau, National Fraternal Council of Churches, U.S.A., Inc., 1921 13th Street NW., Washington, D.C... 1233 Friends Committee on National Legislation, 245 Second Street NE., 1233 Frye, E. M., Box 746, New Smyrna Beach, Fla_ Greater Charleston Chamber of Commerce, 50 Broad Street, Charles- Lowery, Jr., Jack M., attorney, Louisville Trust Co., Louisville, Ky.. Reuther, Walter P., president, United Automobile Workers and Indus- Stevens, Thelma, executive secretary, woman's division of the Meth- 1266 1267 Williams, George Washington, attorney, 231 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Md.. Ward, A. Dudley, associate general secretary, General Board of 1269 1271 Young Democratic Club of the District of Columbia, 1000 Federal Bar 1272 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section, 120 Maryland Avenue NĚ., Washington, D.C.......... 1274 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE RECORD Communications American Civil Liberties Union, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.. 1275 American Newspaper Guild, 1126 16th Street NW., Washington, D.C... 1277 Anderson, Thomas J., editor in chief, Farm and Ranch, Nashville, 1277 Barbour, S. A., Roanoke, Va.- 1279 Beebe, James C., secretary, Committee for Political Analysis, 3340 1279 Cooke, Paul, national chairman, American Veterans Committee, 1830 1280 Copadis, Nicholas G., 451 Milton Street, Manchester, N.H... 1281 Detroit and Michigan Council of Churches, 65 Columbia East, Detroit, 1282 Eldredge, Laurence, attorney, 1500 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.. 1283 Communications-Continued Erie County Board of Supervisors, 255 Elliott Street, Buffalo, N.Y.. Jeffersonville, Ind., motel operators: Alice Koers, Alben Motel; Jewish Community Council, 300 Germania Avenue, Schenectady, N. Y. Page 1284 1111 1285 1286 1288 1289 1290 Meehl, Dr. Paul E., 1544 East River Terrace, Minneapolis, Minn. 1291 1292 1292 Presbytery of Detroit United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., 1105 1293 Riley, Joseph P., president, South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, S.C....... 1099 Starr, C. C., Rural Delivery No. 2, Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa. 1293 APPENDIXES I. The Constitutionality of the Public Accommodations Provisions of III. State Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination in Places of Public Accom- IV. The Validity of State Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination on Account of Race or Color in Places of Public Accommodation, prepared by the Library of Congress... V. An Episodic Account of Economic Effects of Segregation and Resist- VI. Excerpt from the Congressional Record of May 25, 1961. 1295 1304 1315 1381 1383 1387 1421 CIVIL RIGHTS-PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1963 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, The committee reconvened at 9:15 a.m. in room 318 (caucus room), Old Senate Office Building, Hon. A. S. Mike Monroney presiding. Senator MONRONEY. The Committee on Commerce will resume its hearings on the bill S. 1732, to eliminate discrimination in public accommodations affecting interstate commerce. We have as our principal witness today the Acting Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. We would appreciate having your statement at this time. Senator COTTON. Mr. Chairman. Senator MONRONEY. The Senator from New Hampshire. Senator COTTON. If the Secretary would forgive me: I have one question I would like to raise with the acting chairman before we proceed with the hearing. It is most unfortunate that our chairman is ill. We all hope that his recovery will be rapid and complete. We find ourselves, this committee, at this particular time, facing the problem of dealing both with the civil rights legislation and the President's railroad bill, both of which are about as important and vital issues as have faced Congress in a long time. However, in the case of the railroad legislation, there is also the fact that the Congress faces a time deadline of a week, which probably is impossible to do and probably undesirable because certainly Congress should give this problem as careful scrutiny as the President has, and the President has had 6 months and Congress couldn't do it in a week. But for the convenience and for the information of the members of the committee, I'm wondering if it has been determined what the policy of this committee is going to be in the handling of these two issues. I understand we will meet this afternoon on the railroad bill. Are we going to recess the hearings on civil rights and devote the full time, as we are allowed outside the Senate session, to the railroad bill? Or are we going to divide up our time between the two and carry one on each shoulder? What is going to be the policy of the committee? Could the acting chairman give us some information on that point? Senator MONRONEY. I will say to the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire that in the illness and absence of the chairman of the committee, Senator Magnuson, Senator Pastore is acting chairman of the committee and is unavoidably detained this morning. I think, when the committee meets this afternoon at 2 as scheduled on |