CONTENTS

WITNESSES BY DATE

FEBRUARY 16, 1970

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia__
Sorensen, Mr. Theodore, former Special Counsel to President Kennedy.
Menninger, Dr. W. Walter, member National Commission on the Causes
and Prevention of Violence...

Hayakawa, Dr. S. I., president, San Francisco State College

MacGowan, Mr. Ian, executive director of the Youth Franchise Coali-
tion....

Wideman, Mr. Clark, Midwest consultant for Youth Franchise Coalition__
Blumenauer, Mr. Earl, director of Oregon Referendum to Lower Voting
Age...

DiScuillo, Mr. Alan, research consultant, Youth Franchise Coalition.

FEBRUARY 17, 1970

Cowger, Hon. William, U.S. Representative from the State of Kentucky..
Kleindienst, Deputy Attorney General Richard, Justice Department__.
Lumley, Mr. John, National Education Association.

Gonzales, Mr. Charles, president of Student National Education Asso-
ciation

Clark, Ramsey, former U.S. Attorney General _

102

Springer, Private Gerald..

111

Lowenstein, Hon. Allard, U.S. Representative from the State of New York.
Bogardo, Mr. Stephen, National Businessmen's Council.
Megel, Mr. Carl, American Federation of Teachers - -

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120

124

MARCH 9, 1970

Goldwater, Hon. Barry, U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona...
Brown, James Jr., national youth director, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.--.

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150

Queen, Miss Philomena, youth regional chairman, Middle Atlantic region of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from the State of Massachu

setts.

155

152

MARCH 10, 1970

Railsback, Hon. Tom, U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois_-_-
Mead, Dr. Margaret, professor of anthropology, Columbia University,
New York..

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222

Rehnquist, Assistant Attorney General, Justice Department -
Pollak, Dean Louis, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn....

233

249

Speiser, Mr. Lawrence, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D.C..

273

WITNESSES ALPHABETICALLY

American Civil Liberties Union.

American Federation of Teachers-

Bogardo, Mr. Stephen L., member of board of directors, National Businessmen's Council..

Blumenauer, Mr. Earl, director of Oregon Referendum to Lower Voting
Age..

Brown, Mr. James Brown Jr., national youth director, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People..

150

(III)

Clark, Mr. Ramsey, former Attorney General of the United States...
Cowger, Hon. William O., U.S. Representative from the State of Kentucky.
DiScuillo, Alan M., research consultant, Youth Franchise Coalition.
Goldwater, Hon. Barry, U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona_
Gonzales, Mr. Charles, president of Student National Education Associa-
tion___.

Hayakawa, Dr. S. I., president, San Francisco State College..
Justice Department__

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from the State of Massachu-
setts.

Kleindienst, Deputy Attorney General Richard, Justice Department.
Lowenstein, Hon. Allard, U.S. Representative from the State of New York.
Lumley, John, assistant executive secretary for legislative and federal
relations, National Education Association__

MacGowan, Ian, executive director, Youth Franchise Coalition__
Mead, Dr. Margaret, professor of anthropology, Columbia University...
Megel, Mr. Carl J., director of legislation, American Federation of
Teachers

Menninger, Dr. W. Walter, member National Commission on the Causes
and Prevention of Violence_

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People..
National Businessmen's Council...

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58

31

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36

78, 233

155

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114

92

43

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124

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Pollak, Dean Louis, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn.
Queen, Miss Philomena, youth regional chairman, Middle Atlantic re-
gion of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Railsback, Hon. Tom, U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois....
Randolph, Hon. Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia..
Rehnquist, Assistant Attorney General, Justice Department.
Sorensen, Mr. Theodore, former Special Counsel to President Kennedy-
Speiser, Mr. Lawrence, director, Washington office, American Civil
Liberties Union_.

Springer, Private Gerald, U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Knox, Ky...
Wideman, Clark W., Midwest consultant for Youth Franchise Coalition,
former director of Ohio referendum.
Youth Franchise Coalition, Inc.-----

273

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48

43, 48, 58

STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD

Butt, Mr. Thomas F., chancellor and probate judge of 13th Chancery
Circuit of the State of Arkansas..

281

Chamberlain, Mr. Warren, State Representative from Minnesota
Chiswell, Jim, director, Washington Legislative Bureau of Citizens for
Vote 18..

282

119

Corbitt, Mr. J. Elliott, Board of Christian Social Concerns of the United
Methodist Church..

286

Gahringer, Mr. Robert E., Deering, N.H.

Hart, Hon. Philip A., U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan_
Marsh, Bruce J., executive director, Citizens for Vote 18.--

Montoya, Hon. Joseph M., U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico__
Musser, Virgil L., president, Wooster (Ohio) College Alumni Association..
National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States, Washington,
D.C.

Pell, Hon. Claiborne, U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island....
Riegle, Mr. Donald W., Jr., U.S. Representative from the State of Michi-
gan__

Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service "Age At Which Minors
Are To Be Considered as Adults for Purposes of Prosecution Under the
Criminal Law.".

6

Wheeling (West Virginia) Intelligencer, February 12, 1970, "Grown Up."
The Martinsburg (West Virginia) Journal, August 16, 1969, “18 Year Old

Vote Needed.'

9

John, Herbers, "Analysis of Student Protests Finds Most Nonviolent, With New Left a Minor Factor," The New York Times, January 14, 1970_

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Analysis of Voter Participation Among Youths 18–21 in 1968

Provisional Estimates of Population for States: July 1968.

Ohio County Analysis, 1969 State Issue No. 1 (Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age).

How Interested Are 18- 20-Year-Olds in a Lower Voting Age?

Effects of the 18-Year-Old Vote As Reported by Social Studies Teachers in
Georgia and Kentucky.

Statistics by Age-1968 Population

Distribution of 18-20-Year-Olds in Military; and U.S. Casualties in Southeast Asia... -.

Appendix to Senator Goldwater's testimony

Increase in Voting Population by Lowering Voting Age to 21

Prof. Paul A. Freund, "The Student Generation and Social Regeneration,"
June 9, 1968-

170

Prof. Archibald Cox, statement before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, February 24, 1970.

174

Prof. Archibald Cox, "The Supreme Court 1965 Term," Harvard Law
Review, Vol. 91 (1966).

Congressman William E. Brock, "Congress Looks at the Campus: The Brock Report on Student Unrest," Congressional Record, June 25, 1969...

Biography of Margaret Mead.

National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, Interim
Statement on Campus Disorder, June 9, 1969__

National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, Statement on Challenging Our Youth, November, 1969.-

Title III of Public Law 91-285, Voting Rights Act Amendment of 1970-
Department of Justice, Memorandum of the Constitutional Bases for Pro-
posed Voting Rights Amendments of 1969__

Department of Justice, Memorandum on the Constitutional Basis for Res-
idency Provisions of the "Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970.".
Katzenbach v. Morgan, 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
Letters to the Editor, New York Times

Prof. Paul A. Freund, Letter to Senator Mansfield, March 5, 1970.
Nixon Speaks Out, excerpts from speeches, 1968 presidential campaign__
The White House, Letter From the President to Speaker McCormack,
Majority Leader Albert, and Minority Leader Ford, April 27, 1970...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Statement in Response to President Nixon's
Letter, April 27, 1970.......

Prof. Richard P. Claude, "Nationalization of the Electoral Process."
"The Right to Vote at 18," Bruce K. Chapman, Trial Magazine, February/
March, 1970..

American Jewish Committee, "A Program Proposal for the Bicentennial
Commission: 100 Million Voters by 1976.".

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303

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324

325

328

332

363

364

367

386

390

395

425

428

433

456

Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, "Lowering the Voting
Age: A Bibliography.'

Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, "Power of Congress
Under Constitutional Art. 1, Sec. 4 To Set Age Limitations To Vote.".
Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, "State Laws Setting
Minimum Age At 18 Years or Younger."

485

488

Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, "Supreme Court
Opinions re Voting Qualifications.".

Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, "Unconstitutionality
of Congressional Statutory Enactment of a Uniform Voting Age of 18
Pursuant to Sections 1 and 5 of Amendment Fourteen."
Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, "Fifty-State Survey of
Minimum Ages for Voting, Driving, Drinking, Smoking, Making Con-
tracts, Making Wills, and Maximum Ages for Appointment of Guardian
Ad Litem."

499

507

Puishes v. Mann, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...

WMCA Vote at 18 Club v. Board of Election, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York..

509

561

Youth Franchise Coalition, State-by-State Rundown, January, 1970The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, "Statutory Reduction of the Voting Age.".

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