Thursday, April 12, 1973__

CONTENTS

HEARING DAY

OPENING STATEMENT

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina,

chairman, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers__

TESTIMONY

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Connally, Wayne, of Texas, chairman, National Committee for a Constitu-

tional Amendment To Prohibit Forced Busing---.

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Rankin, Gene, of Oklahoma, executive director, National Committee for a

Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Forced Busing.

Gillock, Hon. Edgar, State senator, State of Tennessee_.

Also present:

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Karl Weymeyer, of Texas, member of executive committee, National

Committee for a Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Forced

Busing.

Hon. Milton Earnhart, State senator, State of Arkansas.

Hon. Frank Henslee, State representative, State of Arkansas.
Hon. Earl Shucklett, Jr., State senator, State of Tennessee.
Hon. Tommy Powell, State representative, State of Tennessee.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENT

Hathaway, Hon. William A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine___

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S. 1272, a bill to provide procedures for calling constitutional conventions

for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, on

application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, pursuant to

Article V of the Constitution____.

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

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Article V, the Constitution of the United States--‒‒‒

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr.:

Introduction of S. 1272, Congressional Record, March 19, 1973_

Letter of April 2, 1973----

Mitchell, Clarence, director of the Washington bureau, National Associa-

tion for the Advancement of Colored People:

State of Michigan, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 172, application to
the Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention pur-
suant to Article V of the Constitution__.

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