Democratic and Republican vote-Based on Associated Press final returns 1960-Electoral vote divided in each State between the 2 leading candi- 1 Used average of Kennedy vote 318.303 and unpledged vote 324.050. 2AP shows Republican winning, whereas recount reversed result. 3 Total vote is sum of 108.362 Kennedy electors and 116.248 unpledged electors, which unpledged vote equals 51.755 percent of total between two leading tickets or 4.140 unpledged electoral votes. 4 Includes 406,176 Liberal Party votes for same electors as Democratic Party. Senator KEFAUVER. We stand in recess until 9:30 in the morning. (Whereupon, at 1:15 p.m. the committee adjourned until Wednesday, June 27, 1961, at 9:30 a.m.) NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1961 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 9:50 a.m., in room 457, Old Senate Office Building, Senator Estes Kefauver (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Kefauver and Keating. Also present: James C. Kirby, Jr., counsel for the subcommittee. Senator KEFAUVER. The committee will come to order. Our first witness today is Mr. Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. Mr. Katzenbach is the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice. He was professor at the University of Chicago Law School until taking this position this year. He has also been a member of the law faculty at Yale and as a student at Yale was editor in chief of the Yale Law Journal. He is a former Rhodes scholar, and at the age of 39 he has already had a distinguished career in the legal profession. His appearance here as a representative of the executive branch is very much appreciated. STATEMENT OF NICHOLAS deB. KATZENBACH, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Senator KEFAUVER. Mr. Katzenbach, you have with you Mr. Nathan Siegel? Mr. KATZENBACH. That is correct, Senator. Senator KEFAUVER. What is Mr. Siegel's position? Mr. KATZENBACH. Mr. Siegel is from the Office of Legal Counsel, and one of my senior men in the Office, Department of Justice. Senator KEFAUVER. As a matter of interest to the chairman, when did you teach at Yale Law School? Mr. KATZENBACH. I taught at Yale Law School from 1952 to 1956. Senator KEFAUVER. Well, I was up there recently and I found almost no one, except a few in the library, who were there when I went to school at Yale. Mr. KATZENBACH. I have had the same experience. There have been a number of appointments made since 1956, and I felt like a stranger when I was there recently. |