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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D. C., February 12, 1952.
Hon. JOHN R. MURDOCK,
Chairman, Interior and Insular Affairs Committee,
United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I have the pleasure to transmit herewith
the Constitution of Puerto Rico which was approved by the Constitu-
tional Convention of Puerto Rico on February 6, 1952. It was my
honor to serve as president of that constitutional convention.
The Constitution of Puerto Rico is the result of Public Law 600 of
the Eighty-first Congress, which became law following consideration
by your committee. The delegates to the constitutional convention
approved the Constitution of Puerto Rico by a vote of 88 for and
3
against, out of a total of 92 delegates present and 1 absent. These
delegates were elected to the constitutional convention by the people
of Puerto Rico through the democratic process of the ballot.
On March 3, 1952, the people of Puerto Rico will go to the voting
places throughout the island and indicate whether this constitution is
acceptable to them. The constitution is being published, both in
English and Spanish, in all daily newspapers of the island. Reprints
orig
of the constitution in both its English and Spanish texts will be widely
distributed and displayed throughout the island in order that the
people may be fully informed as to its provisions. When adopted by
the people, the constitution will be submitted to the President and
the Congress of the United States for final approval and, in this
process, it will be considered by your committee.
The copy of the constitution which I am transmitting is the official
English text. This, as well as the Spanish text, was approved by the
constitutional convention.
I hope that when your committee studies the Constitution of Puerto
Rico, and scrutinizes each provision, it will share my humble opinion
that this document, which will become the supreme law of Puerto Rico,
represents the voluntary expression of the unalterable devotion of the
people of Puerto Rico to the democratic principles which are reflected
throughout this constitution. To me it seems magnificent that
Puerto Rico, which only 52 years ago was a part of a monarchy, has,
through the voluntary action of the people, so thoroughly assimilated
the principles of democracy which have always been the foundation of
this Nation and now, at the first opportunity ever afforded them,
organized themselves into a constitutional government representing
their devotion to the highest democratic ideals.
Sincerely,
A. FERNÓS-ISERN,
Resident Commissioner.
III
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