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ACLU — Part 3

5 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: ACLU · 4 pages OCR'd
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Weekly “ore yoo t , oe re . ‘Faculties themselves can be counted ‘on to cleanse their ranks. . membership in the Communist Party or any other organization which gives explicit ~ instructions "to betray their professional trust is prima facie evidence of profes: gional unfitnesse == > . So 7 wee 07 “ey who miscall themselves liberals, and who volicie "Those unthinking individuals that 'tanything gocs' in the academic world until the teacher is ecught’in the act of |: indoctrination, and thosc inquisitorial individuals who cannot distinguish between . ... education hercosyseeeeand educational conspiracy, are equally the gravediggers of - i... ‘ acedemic freedom." ; . Lo, we! s burs The New York Post: Perhaps 400 to 500 artists ~ are directly affected by radio-TV bincklists. Networks, agencies, and sponsors all >. use blacklists with varying severity. "Former collaboration with a Communist front, ’.- the usual cited reason for blacklisting, may come close to subversion or mean nothing’, eesveseThe worst part of the situation now is that a person accuscdesss may not know’" of the accusation, or if he receives a hint of it, may be unable to face it, or win’ > clesraence on factual grounds." Oliver Pilat feature writer Vincent W. Hartnett co-author of "Red Channols": There is "blacklisting" in’ the entertainment industry today——occasioned by the very tactics of the Communist <" " movement. Cleon BC res sey sors and patrons of the ‘commercial theatre have "unde ted to Communist tactics of exploitation by refusing to hire or patronize Communists and those who notably support thomssesesThere—is—no— violation of civil rightse....in such refusal to hire or patronize Commnists or their supporters. It is clcmentary common sense." ; ce ae SEGREGATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. REGTAURANTS UPHELD IN 5-4, COURT DECISION ~ Segregation in restaurants in the District of Columbia was upheld in @ recon . . court decision when a U.S. Court of Appeals, in a five-to-four decision, denicd that... =~ sonenlicd "Lost" laws of 1872 and 1873 on which the case was based had any validity. ‘Anti-Communist spon: standably..and_rightly_reac pera The case grew out of charges that Thompson's Restaurant in Washington refus “to serve three Negroes in 1950. The case wont through two lower courts and is now headed for the Supreme Court. A bricf urging the courts to uphold the validity of, the Equal Service Acts of cighty years ago was filed by Former U.S. Solicitor Gene: Philip B. Perlman; similar briefs were filed by ACLU, and the American Veterans Committec. ; The appeals court turned the argument of the plaintiffs down on technical. - grounds: . . : ree (1) It is argued that the "lost". laws, which barred discrimination in cating'y places because of racc, were Nof the character of general legislation" and that? therefore the District of Columbia Legislative Assembly of those years had no powc to pass them, of. von. ~ an (2) These lews were repealed in any case by the District of Columbia code» A strong dissent concurred in by four judges asserted that the Legislation: "was enacted by a legislative body and has always been subject to legislative modifi cntion or repeal. No modification or repeal has been enacted," 2 see wo NEW YORK ACLU PROTESTS BAN AT JBLKE TRIAL “~*~ The New York Civil Liberties Union hes protested against’ tho. banning. of thé : press at the trial of Minot Jelke on charges of compulsory prostitution. "The group®% statcd that Judge Francis L. Valentc's ban "involves a serious violation of both thes) OU pt oer ee a defendant's and the public's civil Liberties". ©. 88 let we A group of eight newspapers and press services, in an effort to upsct the. ban, carried a legal protest to the State Supreme Court. This week Justice Benjamin ’F oy Schreiber upheld Judge Valente on the grounds that the latter could invoke his dis=. Schreiber alsozs. - eretion to keep sodomous material away from the press and public. stated that his céurt had no power to upset the ban. The plaintiffs can now appeal to a higher courte —..... ae wots * Leges ces epee Liles wore : ; NYCLU protested on the grounds that freedom of the press had been, viola denying to newspaper reporters access to the source of news, and the, defendant constitutional rights to a fair and public trial have been jeopardized, th pute ye NYCLU states that it™will endeavor at the proper timé on appeal to. FA18.Ne plic trial, if the, tr . . as a friend of the court on the issue of a fair and pu not result in an acquittal"... = 4 Laptecn «
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