NOMINATION OF DANIEL J. BOORSTIN

OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TO BE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

THE NOMINATION OF DANIEL J. BOORSTIN OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA TO BE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

JULY 30 AND 31, AND SEPTEMBER 10, 1975

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CONTENTS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1975

Opening statement of-

Hon. Howard W. Cannon, chairman of the Committee on Rules and

Administration

Hon. Mark O. Hatfield, ranking minority member of the Committee

on Rules and Administration__

Statement of—

Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

(introducing Dr. Boorstin)

Hon. Charles H. Percy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois (in-

troducing Dr. Boorstin).

Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin, nominee for Librarian of Congress__

Hon. Carl Albert, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives----

Hon. John J. Rhodes, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Represen-

tatives

Dr. Boorstin—resumed_.

Herman Wouk, on behalf of the Authors League of America_----

Robert Wedgeworth, executive director, American Library Associa-

tion; accompanied by Clara S. Jones, director, Detroit Public Li-

brary; Eileen D. Cooke, director, Washington Office, American

Library Association; and Dr. Edward G. Holley, dean, School of

Library Science, University of North Carolina_-

Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution_

Written statement of-

Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin, nominee for Librarian of Congress.

Herman Wouk, on behalf of the Authors League of America....

Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution_.

Miscellaneous-

Library of Congress-

Annual appropriations and authorized positions-1954 through

1974

Collections increase since 1954_.

Librarians from 1802 through 1974__
Organization chart (as of October 1, 1973).

"The Washington Merry-Go-Round," Jack Anderson column from the

Washington Post, August 19, 1974__

"Review of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program at the

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.," prepared by the Bu-

reau of Personnel Management Evaluation, U.S. Civil Service Com-

mission, September 1973__

Testimony of Dr. Boorstin before the House Committee on Un-Ameri-

can Activities, February 26, 1953.

Letter to Chester H. Smith, chief counsel, Committee on Rules and

Administration, from John J. Kominski, general counsel, Library of

Congress, July 28, 1975___.

"For Congress and the Nation-The Dual Nature of the Library of
Congress," from The Quarterly Journal, April 1975__
"Twenty Years as Librarian of Congress, September 1, 1954-Septem-
ber 1, 1974-Record of Progress," presented to Dr. L. Quincy Mum-
ford by the Librarian's Conference__

108

"LC and ALA-1876-1901," reprinted from Library Journal, October
15, 1973.

132

Resolution on the nomination of Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin to be Librarian
of Congress, adopted by the American Library Association mem-
bership, July 4, 1975.

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