NELS ACKERSON, Chief Counsel and Executive Director
MARY K. JOLLY, Staff Director
KEVIN O. FALEY, General Counsel
LINDA ROGERS-KINGSBURY, Chief Clerk
THEODORE L. HUMES, Minority Counsel
KENNETH L. FORAN, Minority Counsel
Thomson, Ken, director, Citizens for Participation in Political Action--
Ward, Baxter, supervisor, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Whiting, Don, election supervisor, State of Washington__
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
Bachrach, Prof. Peter, Department of Political Science, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pa...
Abraham, Prof. Henry, Department of Government and Foreign Affairs,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.--.
Telschow, Roger, codirector, Initiative America, accompanied by John
Forster, codirector, Initiative America, and Bill Harrington, legislative
coordinator, Initiative America_____
Thomson, Ken, director, Citizens for Participation in Political Action__.
Koupal, Joyce, People's Lobby, Los Angeles, Calif..
Diamond, Roger J., legal counsel, People's Lobby, Los Angeles, Calif....
1. Letter to Sen. James O. Eastland, chairman, Committee on the
Judiciary, from Patricia M. Wald, assistant attorney general, De-
partment of Justice.
2. Letter to Alice Rivlin, director, Congressional Budget Office, from
Senator Bayh, chairman, Subcommittee on the Constitution,
January 18, 1978....
3. Letter to Senator Bayh from Alice Rivlin, February 27, 1978..
4. S.J. Res. 67, joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tution of the United States with respect to the proposal and the
enactment of laws by popular vote of the people of the United
States__
5. Introductory statement from the Congressional Record, Monday,
July 11, 1977, by Senator James Abourezk which accompanied the
introduction of S.J. Res. 67.
6. Public opinion survey conducted by Cambridge Survey Research on
the voter initiative constitutional amendment....
7. Prepared statement of Hon. Michael J. Harrington, a Representative
in Congress from the State of Massachusetts-
8. Prepared statement of Hon. Guy Vander Jagt, a Representative in
Congress from the State of Michigan..........
9. H.J. Res. 544, joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States
the right to enact and repeal laws by voting on legislation in a
national election_.
10. Prepared statement of Hon. Harold S. Sawyer, a Representative in
Congress from the State of Michigan..
11. H.J. Res. 658, joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States
the right to enact and repeal laws by voting on legislation in a
national election___
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Letter from Hon. J. James Exon, Governor, State of Nebraska, to Senator
Mark Hatfield and Senator James Abourezk, November 21, 1977.
Letter from Hon. Jay S. Hammond, Governor, State of Alaska, to Senator
Mark Hatfield and Senator James Abourezk, November 30, 1977.
Prepared statement of Hon. William N. Durley, assistant to California
Secretary of State March Fong Eu for Elections and Political Reform___
Letter from Hon. Dixon Arnett, 20th district, California State assembly-
man, with enclosures, to Senator Birch Bayh, December 5. 1977.
Letter from Hon. William G. Milliken, Governor, State of Michigan, to
Senator Mark Hatfield and James Abourezk, December 5, 1977..
Letter from Hon. Bruce A. Smathers, Secretary of State, State of Florida, to
Senator James Abourezk, December 5, 1977.
PART 3.-CORRESPONDENCE AND STATEMENTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS
Americans for Initiative-Referendum, Milwaukee, Wis, James A. Sigl,
director...
American Referendum Association, Inc., New York, N. Y., Matt Shermer,
director.
Illinois Coalition for Political Honesty, Patrick Quinn, secretary-treasurer..
Liberty Lobby, Washington, D.C., Vincent A. Drosdik III.
Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Lansing Michigan, Thomas L.
Washington, executive director...
"The Initiative: A Comparative State Analysis and Reassessment of a
Western Phenomenon," by Charles M. Price, the Western Political
Quarterly, vol. 28, June 1975....
"Direct Democracy-A Study of the American Referendum," by Penelope
J. Gazey, Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 24, No. 2, spring 1971.
"Perspectives on Direct Legislation: Washington State's Experience 1914-
1973," by Hugh A. Bone and Robert C. Benedict, Western Political
Quarterly, June 1975...
"Tendencies of California Direct Legislation", by John Sheldon Rada-
baugh, The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly, June 1961_
"Initiative, Referendum and Recall: A Resume of State Provisions",
76-95A, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, May
1976; with Addendum I to 76-95A, February 15, 1977
"Constitutional Problems Involving a National Referendum," Thomas M.
Durbin, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, February 25,
1977...
PART 6.-ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND STATEMENTS
Letter from Robert Redford, to Senator James Abourezk, November 10,
1977_.
Letter and statement from James A. Boyle, Jr., attorney at law, to Senator
James Abourezk, November 28, 1977-
Prepared statement of David Marker, board of directors, Maryland
Public Interest Research Group..
Letter and statement from Upton Sisson, attorney at law, to Senator James
Abourezk, December 1, 1977...
Letter and statement from Stephen Laudig, attorney at law, to Senator
James Abourezk, December 1, 1977..--
Letter from Roy V. Jordan, lawyer, to Senator Birch Bayh, with attached
newspaper articles and statements, December 2, 1977..
Letter from Sheila S. Hartley and Lee Jones, to Senator James Abourezk,
December 5, 1977.
Letter from Harley H. Hoppe, King County assessor, Seattle, Wash. to
Senator James Abourezk, December 5, 1977..
Letter from Michael J. Malbin, American Enterprise Institute, to the
editor, Washington Post, January 23, 1978...-
Letter from Edward G. Maschke, vice president, Goleta County Water
District, Goleta County, Calif., to Senator James Abourezk, January 30,
1978__
PART 7.-NEWS ARTICLES, Comments, AND EDITORIALS
"California Initiative Process Needs Reform," by Nick Brestoff, Los
Angeles Times, February 5, 1975.
"More Refrendums?" The Economist, March 6, 1976.
"Initiative Voting Spreads," by Neal R. Peirce, Los Angles Times, June 6,
1976.
"The Continuing Campaign To Inhibit the Initiative," by Joe Dziub-
lenski, California Journal, August 1976
"Direct Democracy via Referenda," by Ralph Nader, Washington Star,
November 6, 1976..
"Taking the Initiative," Washington Post, May 24, 1977
"Group Backs Initiative Plan," by Jeff Hall, Kansas City Star, July 10,
1977.
"National Initiative Ballot Law Will be Introduced by Abourezk," New
York Times, July 11, 1977..
"Initiating of Laws by Public Proposed," New York Times, July 12, 1977.
"People's Laws Being Proposed," Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette, July 12,
1977.
"Amendment Would Grant Power To Enact Laws," Rochester, New York,
Times-Union, July 12, 1977.
"Petition Proposal Promoted," by Terry Maxon, Oklahoma Journal, July
14, 1977.
"Legislation Gets Group's Support," Daily Oklahoman, July 15, 1977 ... ... ....
"Federal Initiatives," KFI/KOST, Los Angeles, Calif., editorial broadcast
July 15, 1977..
"They're Taking the Initiative," by Douglas C. Lyons, Rochester, New
York, Democrat and Chronicle, July 19, 1977-
"Abourezk's Bill: A Chance To Exercise Voter Initiative," by Nicholas von
Hoffman, Washington Post, July 26, 1977--
"Initiative, the Populists' Voguish Darling," by George F. Will, Washing-
ton Post, July 28, 1977.
"For a National Initiative," Portland, Oreg., Journal, July 28, 1977.
David Brinkley, NBC News-New York Radio Commentary, July 28,
1977-
"Do the People Rule?" by Roger Telschow, Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield,
Mass., August 2, 1977-
"In Support of a National Initiative Amendment," Letters to the Editor
column, Washington Post, August 3, 1977----
"In Defense of 'Creeping Populism'," by James Abourezk, Washington
Post, August 10, 1977..
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