PRAYERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER MATTERS

HEARINGS 972

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

UNIVERSITI

ON

S.J. Res. 205

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES TO PERMIT THE OFFERING OF PRAYER IN

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

FEB 1963

S.J. Res. 206

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES TO PERMIT THE USE OF PRAYER IN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS

S.J. Res. 207

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES PERMITTING THE OFFERING OF PRAYERS
AND THE READING OF THE BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF A STATE
TO ENACT LEGISLATION ON THE BASIS OF ITS OWN PUBLIC

POLICY ON QUESTIONS OF DECENCY AND MORALITY

S. Con. Res. 81

THAT IT IS THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE DESIGNATION
BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY OF A NONSECTARIAN
PRAYER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF

RELIGION

S. Res. 356

PROVIDING ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM MAY PROVIDE TIME
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY FOR PRAYERFUL MEDITATION

UNIVERSITI

SIANFORD

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judicial

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee

ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina

EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas

ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina

KENNETH B. KEATING, New York JOHN A. CARROLL, Colorado

HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii
THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut

HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania
PHILIP A. HART, Michigan
EDWARD V. LONG, Missouri

CONTENTS

Statement of

Pago

Hon. J. Glenn Beall, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland... 40

Hon. Frank J. Becker, a Representative in Congress from the Third

Congressional District of the State of New York..

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Hon. John Dowdy, a Representative in Congress from the Seventh

Congressional District of the State of Texas_

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Hon. Vance Hartke, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana ---

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Hon. Kenneth B. Keating, a U.S. Senator from the State of New

York..

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The Right Reverend James A. Pike, bishop, Episcopal diocese of
California, San Francisco, Calif..

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Hon. A. Willis Robertson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia - 29, 49

Hon. Eugene Siler, a Representative in Congress from the Eighth

Congressional District of the State of Kentucky

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Hon. John Stennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Mississippi.- 20, 50

Hon. Strom Thurmond, a U.S. Senator from the State of South

Carolina.

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EXHIBITS

Copy of Senate Joint Resolution 205.

Copy of Senate Joint Resolution 206_

Copy of Senate Joint Resolution 207.

Copy of Senate Concurrent Resolution 81.

Copy of Senate Resolution 356.--
Steven I. Engel et al. v. William J. Vitale, Jr., et al., as decided by the

Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1962.-
Petition of the Young Americans for Freedom, Inc., dated July 25, 1962,

submitted by Senator Keating--
Text of resolution and petition of the council of the city of Yonkers, N.Y.,

submitted by Senator Keating-

Letter dated June 26, 1962, from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Carney, ad-

dressed to Senator Keating--

Copy of House Joint Resolution 752_-

Article, "A Little Prayer That Stirred a Nation,” by J. S. Bracewell, sub-

mitted by Congressman Dowdy---

Statement submitted by-

Hon. John B. Anderson, a Representative in Congress from the 16th

Congressional District of the State of Illinois --

Hon. Walter S. Baring, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Nevada.

Hon. J. Floyd Breeding, a Representative in Congress from the Fifth

Congressional District of the State of Kansas..

Hon. Howard W. Cannon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Nevada -

Hon. Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana..

Hon. Steven B. Derounian, a Representative in Congress from the

Second Congressional District of the State of New York.

Hon. George H. Fallon, a Representative in Congress from the Fourth

Congressional District of the State of Maryland.

Hon. Paul A. Fino, a Representative in Congress from the 25th Con-

gressional District of the State of New York

Hon. William E. Miller, a Representative in Congress from the 40th

Congressional District of the State of New York.

Hon. John H. Ray, a Representative in Congress from the 15th Con-

gressional District of the State of New York.

Hon. L. Mendel Rivers, a Representative in Congress from the First

Congressional District of the State of South Carolina -

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