CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE
February 28, 1969
Page 4900
Mr. MCCARTHY. Many organizations and individuals have worked over the years to secure the adoption of this resolution by the Congress and for submission of the amendment to the States. It is time that the objective of these efforts be achieved and that equality of rights for men and women under Federal and State statutes be assured as a constitutional right.
I do hope that the Senate this year will move beyond action by the committee and face up to this proposition on the floor of the Senate.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the names of Senators who are cosponsors of this amendment be printed at this point in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the names were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:
COSPONSORS
Senator Bible, Senator Boggs, Senator Burdick, Senator Case, Senator Cooper, Senator Dole, Senator Dominick, Senator Fulbright, Senator Gurney, Senator Hansen, Senator Hart, Senator Hartke, Senator Hatfield, Senator Hughes.
Senator Inouye, Senator Mathias, Senator McGee, Senator McGovern, Senator Mondale, Senator Montoya, Senator Moss, Senator Mundt, Senator Murphy, Senator Muskie, Senator Nelson, Senator Pastore, Senator Pearson, Senator Prouty, Senator Proxmire, Senator Randolph, Senator Ribicoff.
Senator Schweiker, Senator Smith, Senator Sparkman, Senator Stennis, Senator Stevens, Senator Tower, Senator Tydings, Senator Williams of Delaware, Senator Young of North Dakota, Senator Young of Ohio.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution will be received and appropriately referred.
The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 61) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women, introduced by Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself and other Senators), was received, read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I wish to add my voice in support of the statement that has been made by the lady of the Senate. One of the Alaskans whom I respect greatly had the honor of participating in nominating her on the floor of the Republican convention. I look forward to being able to work with her and with the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. MCCARTHY) to achieve the amendment that he seeks to our Constitution, and I am joining with him as a cosponsor today.
The lady from Maine (Mrs. SMITH), with her usual modesty, has paid tribute to Susan B. Anthony here today. And, as Mrs. SMITH has stated, she is a Member of this body because of the dedication of Susan B. Anthony to the fight for equal rights for women. We are all proud to have Mrs. SMITH continue this battle for she proves that Susan B. Anthony's fight was not in vain -- and she carries the banner high for all women of America.
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, I am proud to be a cosponsor of the resolution offered by the senior Senator from Minnesota (Mr. MCCARTHY) to secure equal rights for women.
This ideal was the lifelong goal of Susan B. Anthony, whose name is synonymous with women's rights. Miss Anthony began her fight for women's suffrage when she was only 17 years old, and now, almost a century and a half later, we have still fallen short in our efforts to secure those rights.
At a time when we are considering broadening the franchise by lowering the voting age, and strengthening it by instituting the direct popular election of the President, it is right that we should insure that those ideals to which we have paid lipservice are guaranteed in fact.