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GC e United States, I concluded that the only way to check this trend was to utilize the provision of the Constitution which I believe was placed there for the purpose of permitting the Congress to act in just such a situation as we now find ourselves in. It is perfectly clear to me as it must have been perfectly clear to everyone who has examined this question in any Substantial degree that enactment of the bill S, 2646 will not repeal or reverse any of the decisions of the Supheme Court about which I--among many others~-have complained, This kind of an act cannot reach and affect a decision of the Supreme Court. It may be that by a different kind of an act or acts, the Congress could for the future effect a change in the principles declared by the Supreme Court in some of these recent decisions; and so far as this can be done, I want to see it done, and I will help to do it, where the change will restore the Constitution to its real meaning, where the Supreme Court has warped and twisted and misconstrued it. But I have never thought that my bill would chanze any of these decisions or any of the Gourt's interpretations. 4 14 @—, were hk IVpC, 425 LU Mot & os a : te ~ ; ¢ g E et a £ ct a La] et a a hy ill will do, I of legislation, and back into the area where it was constitutionally ine tended to operate, hy bill is not punitive; it is wholly remedial in purpose. It has been said in opposition to this bill that, if enacted, zt would result in the possibility of diversity of decisions, In order to consider this point intelligently, we must take note of the fact that several different Situations are covered in my bill,