Select Committee on Status and Federal Relations, 319,
326, 327
Establishment, 343, 346
Report, 345-360
Self Determination, 322, 325, 328, 330, 336
Self-Government, 342
Senate see Legislature
Senator see Legislator
Separability of Provisions of Revised Organic Act, 192
Seventh Constitutional Amendment
Balzacv. People of Porto Rico, 433
Sex Discrimination, 156
Shanks v. Dupont
 Downes v. Bidwell, 402
Shiras, George Jr. (Justice of the Supreme Court), 384
 Downes v. Bidwell, 421
Shively v. Bowlby
 Downes v. Bidwell, 403, 404
Signatories to the Fourth Constitutional Convention
 (1980-81), 315
Sixth Constitutional Amendment
 Balzac v. People of Porto Rico, 432,433
Slavery, 7-8, 163, 172, 252
 Downes v. Bidwell, 397,411
 Forms of Protest, 7
 Transfer of Council Functions, 179
 Slavery see also Colonial Laws
Slavery and Involuntary Servitude, 221
Smith, Beverly, x
Smith, Magda, ix
Social Welfare, 87
Sovereignty
 Downes v. Bidwell, 401
 Spain
 Treaty, 396
 Spanish-American War, 388
 Equality, 383
 Special Sessions of Legislature, 280
 Speedy Trial, 162, 251
 Sponneck, W. C. E., 48
 Colonial Council, 48
 Statehood, 327, 328, 329, 343, 348, 384
 Downes v. Bidwell, 406,410,413
 Statehood v. Incorporation, 384
 Status, 177, 213, 323, 345-360, 388
 Appropriations, 338
 Bill 17-0157, No. 5332), 362-364
 Choices, 363, 367,369
 Choices for Referendum, 356
 Civil Rights, 390
 Commission on Status and Federal Relations, 375
 Date of Referendum, 372
 Date of Referendum, 375
 Eligibility Requirements, 376
 Funding, 369
 Incorporation Doctrine, 386
 Mandate of the People, 357
 Newlands Resolution, 385
 Non-Binding Referendum, 373
 Objections to Options on Ballot, 354
 Placement of Symbols, 372
 Public Education, 330
 Public Information and Education, 359, 375
 Public Information Program, 343
 Publishing of Public Information and Education, 360
 Referendum, 329, 338, 344, 351, 356, 365, 367, 375
 Referendum of 1982, 326
 Sample Ballot, 358, 368
 Select Committee Members, 346
 Statehood, 343
 Status Choices, 367
 Vote of Majority of Voters Voting, 372
 Voting Eligibility, 330
 Status and Federal Relations Committee Report (1985),
 345-360
 American Territorial System Conference, 356
 Carter, Jimmy (President of the U.S.), 348
 Committee, 319
 Commonwealth, 356


Compact of Federal Relations, 346
Compacts of Free Association, 355
Definition of Commonwealth, 350
Definition of Compact of Federal Relations, 355
Definition of Incorporated Territory, 349
Definition of Independence, 349
District of Columbia, 349
Entity Nomenclature Designations, 356
Excise Taxes on Petroleum Products, 348
Federal Relations Choices, 358
Guam,353
Internal Revenue Tax, 348
Loesch, Harrison (Asst. U.S. Secretary of
 Interior), 358
 Mandate of the People, 357
 Micronesia Separated, 354
 Northern Marianne, 348
 Northern Marianne Commonwealth, 352
 Phases of Development, 357
 Philippine Islands Commonwealth, 350
 Provisions of Compact of Federal Relations, 346
 Publication of Public Information, 380
 Public Information, 347
 Public Information and Education, 359, 362
 Public Information Program, 346
 Puerto Rico, 358
 Puerto Rico Commonwealth, 350
 Reagan, Ronald (President of the U.S.), 348
 Recommendations, 358
 Referendum, 347, 351, 356, 358
 Revised Organic Act of 1954, 355
 Sample Ballot, 358
 Security Council of the U.N., 355
 Select Committee Members, 346
 Select Committee on Status and Federal Relations
 Establishment, 346
 Self-Government, 347
 Statehood, 348
 Status Choices for Referendum, 356
 Trust Territory, 353
 Unincorporated Territory, 349
 United Nations, 347, 353
 United States House of Representatives, 349
 United States Senate, 349
 Virgin Islands Constitution, 357
 What You Should Know ..., 348
 Williams, F. Haydn (Ambassador), 352
Status Commission, 337
Compensation, 337
Consultants, 338
Establishment, 336
Legislation, 361-364
Quorum, 337
Status Options, 338
Status Quo, 327
Statutory Denial of Right to Trial by Jury
Balzac v. People of Porto Rico, 432
Straderv v. Graham
Downesv. Bidwell, 410
Submission of Repassed or Vetoed Bills, 155
Succession, 294, 315
Order, 282
Suffrage and Elections, 254, 277, 300
Superior Court, 266
Supreme Court Cases
 Boyer, William W., 381-392
 Brown v. Bidwell, 393-428
 Downes v. Bidwell, 383
 President's Committee on Civil Rights, 382
 Willoughby, W. W., 383
Supreme Court of Porto Rico
 Balzac v. People of Porto Rico, 430
Supreme Court of the Philippines
 Balzacv. People of Porto Rico, 436
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, 284
Supreme Court Ruling
 Downes v. Bidwell, 394
Supreme Law of the Land, 387
 Downesv. Bidwell, 425
 Svendsen, Ejnar
 Electric Light Plant, 109
 Swain, Thomas (Signatory), 29