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HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 49

AS EXTENDED BY S. RES. 234 OF THE 85TH CONGRESS,

2D SESSION

A SURVEY OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS ARE BEING RESPECTED IN THE ISSUANCE, LIMI-
TATION OF USE, DENIAL, AND REVOCATION OF AMERICAN
PASSPORTS

29174

APRIL 4, 1957

PART 2

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1958

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CONTENTS

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Statements received for the record:

1. Barnett, Claude A., Associated Negro Press.

2. Holt, Cooper T., commander in chief, Veterans of Foreign Wars..
3. Jacobs, Lou, Jr., president, Southern California Chapter of Ameri-
can Society of Magazine Photographers_

4. Loeb, William, publisher, Manchester Union Leader.

5. Williams, Cranston, American Newspaper Publishers Association_

Exhibits for the record:

Hennings, Thomas C., Jr., United States Senator, to Secretary of

State John Foster Dulles, March 22, 1957...

Hill, Robert C., Assistant Secretary, Department of State, to
Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., March 29, 1957-
Ludwig, Gilbert, clerk, United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to chief counsel, Consti-
tutional Rights Subcommittee__

Slayman, Charles H., Jr., to Gilbert Ludwig, clerk, United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Slayman, Charles H., Jr., chief counsel, Constitutional Rights
Subcommittee, to Frank Stanton, president, Columbia Broad-
casting System___

Stanton, Frank, president, Columbia Broadcasting System, to
Charles H. Slayman, Jr., chief counsel, Constitutional Rights
Subcommittee_..

Copies of court records in the case of William Worthy..
Editorial, Above the Law? by David Lawrence, U. S. News & World
Report, February 22, 1957...

Press release, Department of State, February 5, 1957, concerning
travel by newsmen in Red China__

Regulations of the Secretary of State concerning issuance of passports-

Legal opinion on the right of travel for newsmen, prepared by Morris

L. Ernst for Victor Lasky, chairman, freedom of the press com-

mittee, Overseas Press Club...

Restrictive stamps used by the Department of State to limit the use

of passports----

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APPENDIX

1. Correspondence between the chairman of the Constitutional Rights Subcommittee and the Secretary of State concerning the appearance of the Secretary as a witness before the subcommittee:

(a) Senator Hennings to Secretary of State Dulles, April 23, Page

1957__

(b) Robert C. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State, to Senator
Hennings, May 1, 1957____

(c) Senator Hennings, to Secretary of State Dulles, May 8, 1957.
(d) Robert C. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State, to Senator
Hennings, May 15, 1957, enclosing copy of State Depart-
ment replies to the questions raised during a hearing held
by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions__

2. Statement by William Worthy in Chicago, April 4, 1957, commenting
upon Mr. Cartwright's testimony..

3. Article in the New York Times, April 5, 1957 concerning, William Worthy...

4. Correspondence between the Constitutional Rights Subcommittee and
the Department of State concerning (1) William Worthy court
records, and (2) American prisoners in Red China:

(a) Charles H. Slayman, Jr., chief counsel, Constitutional Rights
Subcommittee, to Assistant Secretary of State Robert C.
Hill, May 13, 1957.

(b) Robert F. Cartwright, Acting Administrator, Bureau of
Security and Consular Affairs, to Charles H. Slayman, Jr.,
May 24, 1957-----

5. Passports and the Right To Travel: A Study of Administrative Control
of the Citizen, prepared by Freeman W. Sharp, Legislative Reference
Service, Library of Congress...

6. Summary of Statutes, Regulations and Recent Court Decisions Pertaining to the Issuance of Passports, prepared by Victor L. Edwards, Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress_

7. Legislative History of Basic Passport Acts, prepared by Victor L. Edwards, Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress -

8. Geographic Limitations on Validity of Passports During Past 40 Years and Their Application to the Cases of Journalists, study by Ashley J. Nicholas, Chief, Passport Legal Division, Passport Office, Department of State...

9. 1957 Compilation of Statutes, Executive Orders, and Administrative Rules and Regulations bearing upon the issuance of passports to American citizens, submitted by Frances G. Knight, Director, Passport Office, Department of State..

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209

Letter of Transmittal...

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10. Discretionary Refusal of Passports, study submitted by Frances G. Knight, Director, Passport Office, Department of State, July 22, 1957.----11. Department of State requirements for making application for passport_____

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14. Contents of the passport issued by the Department of State, United States of America..

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15. Correspondence between the Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee staff and the Department of State concerning State Department passport policies:

(a) Letter from Charles H. Slayman, Jr., chief counsel, Constitu-
tional Rights Subcommittee, June 19, 1958 - -

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(b) Letter from John S. Hoghland, 2d, Department of State,
August 28, 1958....

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16. Passport Office statistical reports, received from Frances G. Knight,
Director of the Passport Office, Department of State:
Report of October 23, 1957.

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(Supplemented, October 20, 1958).

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