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PRAYERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER MATTERS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 205

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

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

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JULY 26 AND AUGUST 2, 1962

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1963

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman

ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee
OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina
JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas
SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina
JOHN A. CARROLL, Colorado
THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut
PHILIP A. HART, Michigan
EDWARD V. LONG, Missouri

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ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska KENNETH B. KEATING, New York HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii

HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania

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Hon. J. Glenn Beall, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland. -
Hon. Frank J. Becker, a Representative in Congress from the Third
Congressional District of the State of New York..

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

Congressional District of the State of Texas__.

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

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..

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

EXHIBITS

Petition of the Young Americans for Freedom, Inc., dated July 25, 1962,
submitted by Senator Keating--

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

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

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