Inventory of the Milo E. Rowell papers
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Title: Milo E. Rowell papers
Date (bulk): 1945-1946
Collection Number: 75050
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, drafts, and memoranda relating to the writing of the revised Japanese constitution. Digital copies of select records
also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Creator:
Rowell, Milo E.
Creator:
Whitney, Courtney
Creator:
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Government Section
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Milo E. Rowell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternate Forms Available
Biographical Note
Lieutenant colonel, United States Army; military lawyer, Government Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers, 1945-1946.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, drafts, and memoranda relating to the writing of the revised Japanese constitution.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Constitutional history -- Japan
United States. Army
box 1, folder 1
Memo
1975 June 16
Scope and Contents note
Written by Milo E. Rowell as an explanatory introduction to the collection, relaying the context of the documents and their
significance. Individual introductory notes by Rowell also appear within many of the folders.
box 1, folder 2
Draft Japanese constitution proposal submitted by the Constitution Investigating Society
1945 December 27
Language of Material: Japanese.
box 1, folder 3
Documents related to draft Japanese constitution proposal
1945 December 12-31
Scope and Contents note
Includes press translations of the draft Japanese constitution proposal and ensuing discussions, and a rough draft of the
Japanese constitution from December 12, 1945, with annotations.
box 1, folder 4
Original draft of proposed Constitution of Japan, one of five numbered copies
1946
box 1, folder 5
"Report of Government Section to Far Eastern Commission,"
1946 January 17
box 1, folder 6-9
Drafts and memos 1-29
1946
Scope and Contents note
Some of these numbered documents were removed from the collection due to their being classified and can now be found in the
Declassified U.S. government records file (available via
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org or on workstations in the Archives reading room).
box 1, folder 10
"Gist of the Revision of the Constitution,"
undated
box 1, folder 11
Meetings of the Steering Committee
1946 February 6-9
Declassified U.S. government records
1946
Scope and Contents note
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date
of release by Hoover. Available as searchable PDF files.
2017 release of records
1946
Scope and Contents note
Certain documents numbered by Rowell; the remainder can be found in Box 1, Folders 6-9.
online digital
"Comments on the Document 'Gist of the Revision to the Constitution',"
1946 February?
online digital
6. Check sheet, Government Section (General Courtney Whitney) to Commander-in-Chief, "Constitutional Revision,"
1946 February 6
online digital
7. Ellerman report of Government Section meeting
1946 February 4
online digital
8. "Three Basic Points Stated by Supreme Commander to be 'Musts' in Constitutional Revision," Government Section paper
circa 1946 February 4
online digital
10. "Draft of Preamble and Article I," original drafts of committee reports
1946?
online digital
11. Ellerman notes on minutes of Government Section, Public Administration Division meetings
1946 February 5-12
online digital
12. Check sheet, Government Section (General Courtney Whitney) to Commander-in-Chief, "Constitutional Revision,"
1946 February 10
Scope and Contents note
Cover sheet includes the following note (by Rowell?): "This draft was modified by the elimination of a portion of the Civil
Rights Article as suggested by General MacArthur to General Whitney on 11 February 1946."
online digital
14. Check sheet, Government Section (General Courtney Whitney) to Commander-in-Chief, "Constitutional Revision,"
1946 February 10
Scope and Contents note
Cover sheet includes the following note (by Rowell?): "I have no copy of this draft. There was one section in Bill of Rights
that was questioned by General McArthur when he discussed this with General Whitney. When General Whitney in turn discussed
this with me and then the Steering Committee as a whole, we concurred that such section should be eliminated, rewrote that
portion and resubmitted the draft to General MacArthur on 11 February, which he then approved. So far as I know, all copies
of this draft were destroyed."
online digital
16. Memorandum to Chief, Government Section, discussing outline of Matsumoto draft
1946 February 12
online digital
21. Letter from Dr. G. Matsumoto to General Courtney Whitney enclosing "Supplementary Explanation Concerning the Constitutional
Revision,"
1946 February 18
online digital
22. Memorandum from General Courtney Whitney to the Supreme Commander regarding visit from Mr. Jiro Shirasu and the Japanese
Cabinet's request for an extension to accept the principles of the constitutional draft
1946 February 19
Scope and Contents note
Also includes a memorandum dated 18 February 1946 with the subject "'Supplementary Explanation of Proposed Constitution Revision'
Presented by Mr. Shirasu," and referencing the above letter from Dr. Matsumoto.
online digital
26. Memorandum from Charles L. Kades and Alfred R. Hussey to the Chief, Government Section, regarding a picnic at the estate
of Mr. Wataru Narahashi, Chief Secretary of the Cabinet, and discussions there about the constitution
1946 February 25
