EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT EXTENSION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 134

JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE
RATIFICATION OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

AUGUST 2, 3, AND 4, 1978

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CONTENTS

OPENING STATEMENTS

Bayh, Hon. Birch, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana, chairman,

Subcommittee on the Constitution___

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah...

Metzenbaum, Hon. Howard M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio...

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Senate Joint Resolution 134, joint resolution extending the deadline for the

ratification of the equal rights amendment_---

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1978

Humphrey, Hon. Muriel, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota____

Riegle, Hon. Donald W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan,

accompanied by Carolyn Short, legislative aid.----

Garn, Hon. Jake, a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah..

Volkmer, Hon. Harold, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of

Missouri, accompanied by Ken Schloman and Scott Clarkson, legislative

assistants..

Brooke, Hon. Edward W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts.

Wald, Patricia M., Assistant Attorney General, accompanied by Larry

Simms, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice - -

O'Neill, James E., Deputy Archivist, U.S. National Archives and Records

Service, General Services Administration, accompanied by Fred J.

Emery, Director, Federal Register, and Allie B. Latimer, General

Counsel, General Services Administration____

Emerson, Prof. Thomas I., Yale University, School of Law, New Haven,

Conn__

Gerard, Prof. Jules B., professor of law, School of Law, Washington

University, St. Louis, Mo...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1978

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts-

Railsback, Hon. Tom, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State

of Illinois..

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

Tribe, Prof. Laurence H., professor of law, Harvard University, Cambridge,

Mass....

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Rotunda, Prof. Ronald, associate professor of law, School of Law, Uni-

versity of Illinois...

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Ginsburg, Prof. Ruth Bader, professor of law, Columbia University School

of Law..

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1978

Martin, Rev. Joan M., Justice for Women, National Council of Churches--

Hertz, Judith, coordinator, Task Force on ERA, National Federation of

Temple Sisterhoods__

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Johnson, Sonia, Mormons for Equal Rights___

Callahan, Rev. William R., national secretary, Priests for Equality...

Moorer, Adm. Thomas H., U.S. Navy, retired, member Board of American

Security Council, president, Association of Naval Aviation...

Meany, George, president, American Federation of Labor and Congress

of Industrial Organizations, presented by Jane O'Grady, legislative

representative_...

Trabeaux, Winifred L., president, Catholic Daughters of America.

Merzel, David, director, Community Relations, Union of Orthodox

Jewish Congregations of America__

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