Hearings before the Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs...on H.R. 5945...to establish a procedure for the prompt settlement...of the political status of Puerto Rico

United States Congress House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session, on H.R. 5945 [and other] bills to establish a procedure for the prompt settlement, in a democratic manner, of the political status of Puerto Rico. May 16 and 17, 1963., Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963.

Contents:

Statement of:

Abreu-Castillo, Manuel, president, Bar Association of Puerto Rico.
Acosta, Raymond L., president, Citizens of State 51 of Puerto Rico.
Amadeo, Santos P. Dr., legal adviser, Statehood Republican Party of Puerto Rico.
Arsenio Torres, Jose, professor of political philosophy, University of Puerto Rico.
Bosch, Rafael, acting president, Puerto Rico Absentee Voters Association.
Burns, Arthur E. Dr., professor of economics, George Washington University, Washington DC.
Campos del Toro, Enrique, chairman, First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR.
Concepcion de Gracia, Gilberto, president, Puerto Rico Independence Party, accompanied by Fernando Milan Suarez, secretary general of the party, and University Professor Jose Antonio Ortiz, chairman of the guiding committee.
Cardona, Francisco Jose, editor and publisher of New York’s Puerto Rican daily newspaper, La Noticia.
Carrion, Rafael, Jr., Banco Popular, San Juan, PR.
Casey, Sam H., president, Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., Puerto Rico, accompanied by Richard Manning, vice president.
De Jesus Toro, Roberto, Banco de Ponce, Ponce, PR.
Feliu Pesquera, Jose Luis, president, Christian Action Party of Puerto Rcio.
Ferre, Luis A., Ponce, PR.
Fernos Lopez, G., Santurce, PR.
Franco Soto, Harding, Santurce, PR.
Garcia Mendez, Miguel A., representing the Statehood Republican Party of Puerto Rico
Hathway, Alan, managing editor, News Day, Long Island, NY.
Highley, Leslie, president, Council of American Citizens of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
Iglesias, Manuel F., of Puerto Rico.
Julia, Charles H., senator, Legislature of Puerto Rico.
Long, Clarence D., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland.
Longo, Antonio, vice president, Action for Statehood for Puerto Rico.
Marcano, Hipolito, senator, president of the Puerto Rico Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO).
Mari Bras, Juan, secretary general, Pro-Independence Movement of Puerto Rico, accompanied by Gabriel Vicente Maura, secretary of foreign affairs, Pro-Independence Movement of Puerto Rico.
Muñoz Marin, Hon. Luis, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Ortiz Toro, Arturo, in behalf of the Republican Statehood Party of Puerto Rico.
Powell, Hon. Adam Clayton, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York.
Rivera Ramos, Ruben, member of the Legislature of Puerto Rico.
Rosso, Jorge I., Metropolitan Construction Corp., San Juan, PR.
Ryan, Hon. William Fitts, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York.
Seidman, Harold, Assistant Director for Management and Organization, Bureau of the Budget, accompanied by Howard Schnoor.
Soltero Peralta, Rafael, professor of law, University of Puerto Rico.
Trilla, Dr. Francisco, New York.
Trias Monge, Jose, San Juan, PR.
Vargas Rodriguez, Alfredo, Legislature of Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Statements Submitted for the Record:

Barbosa, Pedro Juan, San Juan, PR.
Fernos Isern, Hon. A., Resident Commissioner, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Gilbert, Hon. Jacob H., a Representative of Congress from the State of New York.
Gonzalez, Hon. Henry B., a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.
Gonzalez Gonzalez, J.A., Permanent Mission to the United Nations of the Puerto Rico Independence Movement.
Helfield, David M., dean of the Law School, University of Puerto Rico.
Matos Matos, Pedro, Workers & Farmers Organization for Independence of Puerto Rico, Utuado, PR.
Mayoral Barnes, Maximo J., Ponce, PR.
Rivera, Jose Andres, Rio Piedras, PR.
Torres, Frank, attorney, Rio Piedras, PR.

Additional Data Submitted to the Committee:

Christian Action Party supplemental statement, submitted by Jose Luis Feliu Pesquera, dated May 27, 1963.
Comments on Dr. Burns’ testimony by Dr. Rafael de Jesus Toro, associate professor of economics, University of Puerto Rico.
Editorial of May 13, 1963, broadcast by Pedro J. Barbosa, San Juan, and translated from Spanish by the Library of Congress for the Hon. Clarence D. Long.
Justice Department letter to Hon. Emanuel Celler, chairman, Committee on Judiciary, dated April 4, 1963.
”legal Aspects of H.R. 5945 88th Congress, 1st Session,” report prepared by Prof. Stanley D. Metzger, Georgetown University Law Center, submitted by Luis A. Ferre.
Library of Congress appraisal of Commonwealth studies, prepared by American Law Division for Hon. Jack Westland.
Lecture delivered to the Puerto Rico Bar Association by Vicente Geigel Polanco, professor of Law, University of Puerto Rico, and translated from Spanish by the Library of Congress for the Hon. John P. Saylor.
Resolution of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, dated Dec. 3, 1962
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico, addressed to Hon. A. Fernos Isern, regarding economic aspects of status of Puerto Rico.