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‘e L_ \ “ + DNAS “re core ae _—, ~am ~awet ° ~“"" * The''New York Times," a NYC daily newspaper, carried an article in its August 8, 1955, edition on page 9, which read in part under the caption, "73 ASK s- NEW VIEW IN TRIALS OF REDS. President Eisenhower was asked to reconsider the prosecution of alleged communists under the Smith Act, particularly prosecution for mere member- ship in the Party. (/) sneccee J , : at ° "73 American intellectuals, consisting mostly Ge, of universal scholars and clergymen, made public an Be 3 open letter to the President and Attorney General HERBERT 4 BROWNELL,JR. citing their ‘increasing concern' at recent % 3 Smith Act prosecutions." & . They said their concern “derived from the fact that the indictments and testimony point to the painful conclusion that the trials are not for ‘conspiracy to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government by force and violence,‘ but for epinions; not _ for overt actions,but for political tnoughts.f' 4) . : wenn ES eee