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0-19 fey. 5-27-63} A. Pines ‘of 68. prominent - Americans, including attorneys, clergymen, union officials and persons ‘active on the civil liber- i wigiek called for Ke Smith Act, naretepio- ishes persons for the “mere teaching and advocacy of unpop- ular doctrine.” The McCarran Act, they ‘said, “is similarly directed against the mere expression of ideas.” Under it “ideas and associations” would ‘he the objects ‘of repression and punishment.” GRAVE ISSUES The Communist Control Act of .. 1954, they declared, “has raised the pravest constitutional issues,” Ber jemin.. They said that the “failure to ey lton | abide by our traditions of free expression,” like “our failure to provide equality of opportunity Iv g ‘ ead equal . fustire fer wer Negro “downprades world reputation: and influence.” state Kennedy” to suspend further enforcement of the Internal Security Act “un- til the constitutionality of its several provisions is finally de- termined in the courts under Nti- gation already in progress.” The sign s. of | the. ane ae charged “that “hese ta HOLItar ar ¢ ian” laws would puriish “mere -expression and association.” THE SIGNERS ss vie eee eciea ge se neNinagretis eRe VINES SSP oo 8 amerg erat aw our constitutional tradition. ° outlaw political parties, assoct. tions and ideas, which in a fr 4 society should find their-rejectidn award. _ tin the public mind and not in They ¢ cited, : as one affect ‘of the ““outlaws' in our society.” “It is a baseless insult to the. Tolson Belmont _. sg Mohr oe Casper b Callahan — sw Conrad __ CC; DeLoach —_____ * Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter . Tele Room ___. ! Holmes ____+_ Gandy omy, ™ %, T communist Control Apt, the ban-~ “By #bese means thd most ~sishing from the election ballot of Communist candidates. y | “To the extent that entire or- ganizations and their members are virtually made outlaws in the , community, forbidden evento ad- te their ideas and doctrines, : | weBhave unnecessarily forsaken Z ental principles of lib- ie “erty 3 -apon whieh our free so- | ciety. ‘is based.” Thé prohibitions and penalties of the Internal Security Act, “the validity of which has not yet been itested in the courts, are so dangerous and constitutionally questionable that the Govern- nf should be slow-to- seek: their - iD sition,” The. burdens imposed by this ance of tax deductions, the pub- lic io af pov im anes o the pro- include fantastic penalties for - grievous punishment is inficted on persons who have not been convicted nor even accused of the commsion of any crime.” *s The statement alsa includes doctrines which stem .. diréctly from the McCarthy period. They said, as McCarthy did; “it is doubtless true” that phe Com- munist Party “may be today a source of recruiting for legal action.” They condemn Communists for having “sympathies ... with the Soviet Union.” The statement hints at ¢ & rela- tioh between ‘Communts and” persons “actually engaged in es- pionage or other illegal ‘action. ”. They proclaim themselves. the supporters of “free, instigutions against communist ‘etalifation- ao a [Re York Journal-American bail BAEK. York Mirror —_______, 420: REC ORDEBNew York Daily News ____ 141 NOV i:2 1963 New York Post a een Times|Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star —___ New York Herald Tribune aw The New York Times The Worker _ The New Leader The Wall Streat Journal _. The National Observer ——_-—_—__ People's Worjd, x u Fo- “They: are concerned. that: the i f .. continuation: of ths eee ar