HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON Executive J, 88th Congress, 1st session CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN Executive K, 88th Congress, 1st session CONVENTION CONCERNING THE ABOLITION OF FORCED Executive L, 88th Congress, 1st session 75-719 FEBRUARY 23 AND MARCH 8, 1967 LAW LIBRARY APRE 1967 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1967 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS J. W. FULBRIGHT, Arkansas, Chairman JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa CARL MARCY, Chief of Staff AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut, Chairman CONTENTS Page Statements by Benbow, Terence H., chairman, Committee on International Law, the New York State Bar Association____ Bitker, Bruno V., attorney at law, Milwaukee, Wis.. 183 Biemiller, Andrew J., director of legislation, AFL-CIO, Washington, 156 143 Carter, Mrs. Eunice, National Council of Women of the United States, 159 Clayman, Jacob, administrative director, industrial union department, 151 Gardner, Richard N., the Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights and Goldberg, Hon. Arthur J., U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Martin, Mrs. George, American Baptist Convention, Summit, N.J. Nies, Miss Judith, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Proxmire, Hon. William, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 82 140 Rice, Andrew E., chairman, international affairs commission, American 173 Schick, Marvin, American Civil Liberties Union.. 194 Taylor, Mrs. Betty Kaye, National Community_Relations Advisory 118 Insertions for the record: Text of Convention on the Political Rights of Women.. 1 Text of Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor. 5 11 30 List of countries which have ratified the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery 34 List of countries which have ratified the Convention Concerning the 36 List of countries which have ratified the Convention on the Political 37 Excerpt from statement of Hon. John Foster Dulles, former Secretary of State, April 6, 1953.. 39 Letter from President John F. Kennedy to the President of the 39 Letter from Hon. W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, to Hon. 42 Letter from Hon. H. G. Torbert, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to Senator Dodd, March 6, 1967, regarding the Sei Fujii case and enclosing a list of treaties and international agreements containing provisions for submission of disputes to the International Court of Justice. List of African countries parties to the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery__ 42 49 61 Insertions for the record-Continued Excerpt from the report of the President's Commission on the Status List of commissions, committees, and councils on the status of women Text of treaty between the United States and Great Britain on the Prepared statement by Mr. Richard N. Gardner, including list of Prepared statement of National Community Relations Advisory Page 64 65 67 88 101 112 129 Prepared statement of Mr. James M. Read on behalf of the Friends 141 Letter from the former Chairman of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.... 144 Prepared statement of Andrew J. Biemiller, AFL-CIO.. Prepared statement by Bruno V. Bitker. Prepared statement of Jacob Clayman, AFL-CIO Industrial Union 146 153 156 Article entitled, "Slavery's Chains Still Clank," from the World 161 November 1966 issue of the Bulletin of the National Council of Women of the United States.. 162 Reprint of pamphlet entitled, "International Council of Women 1888-1966. 172 Statement of American Veterans Committee_ 177 Statement of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom... 179 Statement of the American Baptist Convention... 181 Report of the New York State Bar Association Committee on International Law 184 Statement of Terence H. Benbow, chairman, Committee on Inter- 193 195 Appendix-Material submitted for the record: Statement of the Catholic Association for International Peace, Statement of the National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., New Letter from Hon. E. L. Bartlett, U.S. Senator from Alaska, transmitting the Alaska Bar Association's convention resolution of 1965. 197 198 199 Statement of John Carey, Committee on International Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, including report of committee 199 Statement of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Statement of James H. Sheldon, the Council for Christian Social 208 210 215 Letter and statement of Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization of 215 Letter from Thomas Hovet, Jr., University of Oregon.. 218 Letter from Myres S. McDougal, Yale University Law School. 220 220 Statement of the National Federation of Business and Professional 222 Statement of the American Association of University Women. 225 Letter and Statement of the Bar Association of the District of 225 Statement of Hon. Frank E. Moss, U.S. Senator from Utah. 226 Statement of Hon. Richard D. McCarthy, U.S. Representative from 227 |