On 26 December 1958, at its meeting in the Hotel Statler in New York City, the Executive Council, realizing the need to keep the Constitution in line with the expanding interests of the Association and the changing needs of its membership, appointed a subcommittee (Council members Morris Bishop, Henry C. Hatfield, and Albert H. Marckwardt) to review the present Constitution and to make suggestions for rewording, additions, or deletions. All suggested changes were thoroughly discussed by the Council at its meetings on 11 and 12 April and 26 December 1959; then at its meetings on 1 and 2 April 1960, the Council voted to present the suggested revisions, as detailed below, to the membership for vote.