Election of Governor: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Possessions of the Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress First Session on HR 3309

Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Possessions of the Committee on Public Lands, Election of Governor: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Possessions of the Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress First Session on HR 3309 A Bill to Amend the Organic Act of Puerto Rico, Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, May 19, 1947.(contained a sheet with some notes by Dr. Mathews)

From the statement (PDF) of: Jesús T. Piñero (the first native Puerto Rican to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the Government of the United States):

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am delighted to have the opportunity to testify on the bills you are considering to amend the Organic Act of Puerto Rico. If the Congress enacts either of these bills, the people of Puerto Rico will elect their Governor beginning next year, and the Governor will be allowed to appoint the heads of the executive departments and the justices of the supreme court. As Secretary Krug has just told you, this is something that all Puerto Ricans want.