STATE OF NEW JERSEY&nbspCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1947

COMMITTEE ON&nbspRIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AMENDMENTS AND&nbspMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Tuesday, June 24, 19471 These minutes were prepared by the Secretary of the Committee.&nbsp(Afternoon session)

(The session began at 2:00 P. M.)

PRESENT: Carey, Delaney, Ferry, Katzenbach, Park, Pursel, Randolph, Schenk, Stanger and Taylor.

Chairman John F. Schenk presided.

The Chairman reported that the Convention Hall had been reserved for the afternoon of July 8, 1947 and the entire day of July 9, 1947, for public hearings on material within the Committee’s jurisdiction as set forth under Rule 15 of the Convention.

There was discussion as to how many public hearings should be held during the week of July 7, and whether people should be invited to the hearings by particular invitation or by general invitation. Mr. Randolph pointed out that most people who come to a hearing will come with a prepared statement.

Mr. Park moved that, through the action of the Chairman and Secretary, public announcement be made that this Committee will hear any persons interested in discussing questions of alteration in the Preamble, Article II dealing with Suffrage, Article III dealing with Distribution of the Powers of Government, and Article VIII dealing with General Provisions, following the Convention recess on Tuesday, July 1, 1947, at 1:00 P. M., and through the day as necessary; that hearings on Article IX, Amendments, will be held on Wednesday, July 2, 1947 at 10:00 A. M. and 1:30 P. M.; and that hearings on Article I, Rights and Privileges, will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 1947, at 1:30 P. M., and Wednesday, July 9, 1947, at 10:00 A. M. and 1:30 P. M., in the Convention Hall, and thereafter as necessity shall require. The motion was seconded by Mr. Stanger and carried.

Mr. Randolph pointed out that Reverend Hardge of Jersey City, President of the New Jersey National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, would, no doubt, desire to appear before the Committee.

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