COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 33, S. 477, and S. 1631

TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

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SEPTEMBER 17, 1981

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CONTENTS

Tucker, Marna S., representing the American Bar Association......

Hoffman, Ronald, symposia director, U.S. Capitol Historical Society, and pro-
fessor of history, University of Maryland

Feinman, Boris, founder and chairman, Convention II..

OPENING STATEMENT

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, chairman,

Subcommittee on the Constitution

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Senate Joint Resolution 33, a joint resolution to establish a commission to
plan for the 200th anniversary celebration of the birth of our Constitution...

S. 477, a bill to establish a commission to encourage, plan, develop, and

coordinate the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Constitution .

S. 1631, a bill to establish a Presidential Commission on the Bicentennial of

the U.S. Constitution......

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC. Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland ....

Morris, Richard B., cochairman, Project '87, American Historical Association,

and professor of history emeritus, Columbia University..

Westmoreland, Gen. William C., representing the Bicentennial Council of the

Thirteen Original States Fund, Inc.

The Role of Project '87 in the Constitution's Bicentennial

Schwengel, Hon. Fred: Prepared statement

Tucker, Marna S.:

Westmoreland, Gen. William C.: Testimony.

Wirth, Conrad L.: Prepared statement..

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APPENDIX

Letter from Thad W. Tate, director, Institute of Early American History and

Culture, September 14, 1981.

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