Testimony presented by:

John T. Blanchard, associate, Keatinge, Libott, Bates, and Loo-‒‒‒‒‒
Professor Edward W. Cleary, reporter, Advisory Committee on
Rules of Evidence, Judicial Conference of the United States---.
Hon. David W. Dennis, Representative in Congress from Indiana__‒‒
G. James Frick, director, Center for Law and Social Policy, Wash-
ington, D.C__

Dr. Maurice Grossman, M.D., chairman, Task Force on Confidential-
ity, American Psychiatric Association---

Hon. Lawrence J. Hogan, Representative in Congress from Mary-
land

Hon. William L. Hungate, Representative in Congress from Missouri_
Albert E. Jenner, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Rules of
Evidence, Judicial Conference of the United States___
Judge Charles W. Joiner, member of the Standing Committee on
Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the
United States____

Richard H. Keatinge, chairman, California Evidence Law Revision
Commission, Los Angeles, Calif__

Judge Albert B. Maris, member of the Standing Committee on Rules
of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United
States

Professor James William Moore, member of the Standing Committee
on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the
United States-

Professor J. Francis Paschal, Duke University School of Law.
Roger M. Pauley, Deputy Chief, Legislation and Special Projects
Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice--.

Dr. Stanley L. Portnow, M.D., American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law-

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W. Vincent Rakestraw, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legis-
lative Affairs, Department of Justice__.

H. M. Ray, U.SE. Attorney, Northern District of Mississippi_.
Professor Paul F. Rothstein, Georgetown University School of Law_-
Herbert Semmel, Washington Council of Lawyers, Washington, D.C.__
George A. Spiegelberg, American College of Trial Lawyers and the
Ad Hoc New York Trial Lawyers Committee____

Judge Roszel C. Thomsen, Chairman, Standing Committee on Rules
of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United
States

Statements presented by:

American College of Trial Lawyers and a Committee of New York
Trial Lawyers.

John Blanchard, associate, Keatinge, Libott, Bates, and Loo--
Hon. David W. Dennis, Representative in Congress from the State
of Indiana_

Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Senator from North Carolina___.

Dr. Maurice Grossman, M.D., chairman, Task Force on Confidentiality, American Psychiatric Association_

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Hon. Lawrence J. Hogan, Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland---.

Hon. Roman L. Hruska, Senator from Nebraska__.

Frank F. Jestrab of the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws__

Hon. William L. Hungate, Representative in Congress from the
State of Missouri__

Judge Charles W. Joiner, member of the Standing Committee on
Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the
United States----

Richard H. Keatinge, chairman, California Evidence Law Revision
Commission, Los Angeles, Calif.

Professor James William Moore, member of the Standing Committee
on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the
Unietd States---

Professor J. Francis Paschal, Duke University School of Law--.
Dr. Stanley L. Portnow, M.D., American Academy of Psychiatry
and the Law__

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W. Vincent Rakestraw, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice-

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H. M. Ray, US Attorney, Northern District of Mississippi_
Professor Paul F. Rothestein, Georgetown University Law Cente..--
James F. Schaeffer, Association of Trial Lawyers of America____
Herbert Semmuel, Washington Council on Lawyers_-
Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and the
Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence, Judicial Conference
of the United States_.

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EXHIBITS

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Letter dated May 9, 1973, from Senator Stevens to Chairman Eastland, enclosing letter from Dr. Rodman Wilson, chairman, Legis- Page lative Committee of the Alaska State Medical Association___ Letter dated March 11, 1974, from Eugene A. Burdick, past president, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, to Senator Burdick.

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Letter and accompanying statement of Judge Thomas J. Clary to
Senator Hruska, dated March 28, 1974____.

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Letter dated April 3, 1974, from Judge W. C. Stuart (Iowa) to
Senator Burdick__

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Letter dated April 4, 1974, from Judge William K. Thomas (Ohio) to Senator Burdick__

371

Letter dated April 4, 1974, from Judge C. G. Neese (Tennessee) to
Senator Burdick__.

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Letter dated April 5, 1974, from Judge Charles R. Weiner (Pennsylvania) to Senator Burdick_.

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Letter dated April 8, 1974, from Judge John V. Singleton, Jr. (Texas) to Chairman Eastland____.

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Letter dated April 10, 1974, from Judge A. Andrew Hauk (California) to Chairman Eastland__.

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Letter dated April 10, 1974, from Judge Nicholas J. Walinski (Ohio) to Chairman Eastland___

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Letter dated April 10, 1974, from Judge James B. McMillan (North
Carolina) to Chairman Eastland__

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Letter dated May 30, 1974, from Senator Tower to Chairman Eastland enclosing letter from Leroy Jeffers, president, State Bar of Texas

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Letter dated June 3, 1974, from Stuart H. Johnson, Jr. submitting the statement of the Committee on Model Rules of Evidence of the Federal Bar Association___

377

Letter dated June 3, 1974, from Judge Irving R. Kaufman (New
York) to Chairman Eastland__.

378

Letter dated June 11, 1974, from Justice Tom C. Clark to Senator
Hruska

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Letter dated June 12, 1974, from Frederick H. Block, chairman of
the Committee on the Federal Courts of the New York County
Lawyer's Association, to the Judiciary Committee___
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Rakestraw to Chairman
Eastland, dated June 14, 1974----

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Letter and accompanying correspondence from Alan Y. Cole, chair-
man, Committee on Federal Rules of Procedure and Evidence,
Section of Criminal Justice, American Bar Association, dated
June 17, 1974_.

Letter from Richard H. Keatinge, chairman, California Evidence
Law Revision Commission, Los Angeles, Calif., to the Judiciary
Committee, dated June 18, 1974___.

Letter from Jack Donahue, executive director, to Chairman East-
land, submitting the statement of the Council for the Advance-
ment of the Psychological Professions and Sciences, dated June
18, 1974___.

Letter and accompanying statement of Myzell Sowell, chairman,
Special Committee on Federal Practice and Procedure, American
Bar Association, dated June 19, 1974____

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Rules of evidence for U.S. courts and magistrates, as promulgated by the Supreme Court, November 20, 1972___.

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"Some Themes In The Proposed Federal Rules of Evidence" by Paul F. Rothstein, 33 Fed. B. J. 21 (1974).

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Staff memorandum, Senate Judiciary Committee, Re H.R. 5463, an
Act to Establish the Federal Rules of Evidence, May 22, 1974---.
Text of H.R. 5463, as passed by the House of Representatives,
February 6, 1974.

"The Federal Rules of Evidence: An Overview and Critique," sub-
mitted by Richard H. Keatings and John T. Blanchard__
"The Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence" by
Paul F. Rothstein, 62 Georgetown L. J. 125 (1973) –

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