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0-19 (11-22-55) “OT t ’ -.y CE TPO worl! : eee fel on Cm Los Sears [ Wha. We STL id By WILLIAM %. FOSTER TOR A FULT. eight now the forces of the left wing, epectalh the Conuminist Part, have been conducting a mil tant struggle to defeat the anfansnus Smith Act ino, -. ase ere the courts and ’ . to prevent Ro: from he ing used to jail ie i hocent woine. i and wnen whe i Nave dared te fk think end speak agai wl the waimon jh gers and clher be reactionaries. Where have heen Slagrant cases of injustice in the caints of this ercumbyy, bat for caliuus inditiereuce fo hn man aights and for Cissegard of ementary deinnerativ justice, few of these oulreges Jaiwe sure passed the many hangarvo jail- ings uncer the Smith Act. The verbal pretests wider the Smich Act lor railroading honest people lo prison, namely, thal they covspired to te. ich and advocate the viulent over- throw of the United States Guv- crimont and flat thes ace men bers of the Cosaunait Paity, which is supposcd te he com mitled tu this advocacy. are Iiaeen lies. withoot an atoo of truth ja them. Phe enh wav they can be gosen a spectral semblance of reality is lw the use of the fllbs gang al tiform- ees, aboolpogeons aad perpurers, who have becn losing up Amer team costs during receut Ve irs, Yet the courts, froin top to bat- fom. ating pudicial dignity ta the wink, bese also cvnically sustained this cokl-bloaled fiainesip sistent wall a hit) of Je gad sabe pueda, Sitpreme Ha its teu, the Coot has plecd i peat in voufe ming de gitaniers Bat undies sande ostiablance of rou the Sepyh Act Pa piss Spoe ssttre he Gee LL it has decided to give another hearing on this disreputable pro-faseist Jaw, On Oct. 8, one- month before election day, at- jorveys for tne Pittsburgh Smith Act defendants, the California defendams, aod the Clande Lightfoot and Junius Scales caves, will appear before the Supreme Court and argue their respective appeals. i TINS 18 THE U.S, Supreme Court's second look at the Smith Act. On ils decision rests not only the fate of tore than 100 additional Cumnunist Party leaders whose cases are now ut vavions levels in the Federal ceurts, buat also ile possibility of suiking a decisive blow witalnist the Mccarthy spirit vhich is behind the Smith Act and other such reachonary laws. To wipe out the Smith Act “would constitute oue of the big victories fer civil liberties in the history of Uos country, By the same token, if the dight Court sustains the law, this will be a heavy blow against democratic justice and the Bal of Rights. ‘And it might be a long time be- fore the Court ean be required to review the Smith Act agein, The fight against the Smith Act mustnut be booked ou ii 2 rouhue or pessimistic mainer. While the courts, so far, have sustained this disgraceful iw, it awat not be. tken for granted that things reve go on se in- definite. With the relaxation of the war danger the poisonous MeCartliy pro-fescist hysteria is becoining liquidated. “AIL aver the country, people are begin- ning #0 stand up to be conuted for a real defuse of civil Hher- lies. such as Las not been the ate since the cold war began seveial Nts ipa, Qual recenih, af the Aim cleanated Workers uoaiimously adopled « resohitiem oun aid which included aepeal of the the comention 7° CloRiup | oof - My an iC g Smith, McCarian and Commu - bist Contrel Acts. No doubt, many locals, boards, council avd conventions—in this changing political climale—will be inter ested in adopting ur restating the ClO convention position against the Smith Act. or find some other form of expression against this Jaw, * THE DEMAND for anmesty for the imprisoned Communist leaders and for a moratorium on further Smith Act arrests and rosecutions until the Supreme Poort has concluded its second Jook next gall has risen lo new heights. Sponsored by the Rev. + Mire. “Ele apes, x au La heniis sand others, this cen Toread ean win the active support af bundryeds of non-Commanist anti-Communist notables and of thousands of rank and file work- ers. ; 4 With the present growth of the civil Kberties movement, y A. Jomiaste ancl endorsed! Suan 7 v—. yor RECOM ES many candidules for pubtie A sembd D6 JUL i? i956 fice in this 1956 elections, aay find it to their advantage WSa! publicly express their opinion for repe. aloof the Sinifh Act and suas Be News sh. Star for an end to all repressive leg- islation. The defendants in these cuses, coming before the Suprane Court on Oct, $. unst receive our fuil moral ane! facial sap- port. Nothing must stand in the way of preparing the best pus- sible Jegal fight and of winning much broader mates suppiait against the Se Act. The big o. ive the soocwig sping a tesist- moece i the Sinitly“Act, and if thie ceme the Gebbt against the Se. oy Act ute won, oe / ~ e f Caatribulfoo mas be sent ‘Pittsburgh Smith Act) Self-De- fernse Cominittee, P.O. Box 154, slat. a i A init liberties ~ Madison Square Station. on ee Kew Vork 14, : .,The Worker i h. Post gpd ae imes Herald N. Y. Herald ——___- Tribune N.Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News Daily Worker? New Leader Date JUL 70 1556 . “700 -¥al0SY-A —_ —7