Though then 88 years old and unable to attend in person, in 1967 Edward Steichen, as a still active member of the copyright committee of ASMP, and David Linton as the committee chairman, wrote submissions to the U.S. Senate hearings to support Copyright law revisions. Steichen requested that "this young giant among the visual arts be given equal rights by having its peculiar problems taken into account." Linton wrote; "We join with other creators of 'Original Works of Authorship' in supporting the proposed copyright term of the creator's life plus fifty years after."