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been transmitted te Busatee (a) Lack of tntelligence and educatton of David Greenglase te pass the tnformation con= —— cerning the processes involved in constructing the A-bomd. us - AaTS STA: (65-58236-1745, mse) 2 On June 16, 1953, Juatice Douglas of the Suprene Court requested the Rosenberg defense attorneys to subatt thetr petittone for a stay of execution tn writings On thte date, Dantel G. Marshall, attorney, Los Angeles, and Fykxe Farner, attorney, appeared at the Suprene Court and ~ attempted to file petitions for a writ of habeas corpua on behalf of the Rosenbergs. Their actton in attenpting to Stle these ortte waa opposed by Fuanuel H. Bloch and John Fy Ftnerty, attorneys for the Rosenbergae These petitions for @ urtt of habeas corpus were heard by Mr. Justice Douglas tn his chambers. The natn petat made by Farner and Marehal2 tn thetr petition wae that under the 1946 Atonte Energy Act the death sentence ntght be tmposed only upon the recomnenda- tion of the jury and then only when the defendants were charged wtth tntent to injure the Untted States. Faruer argued that, tnaamuch os the conaptracy for which the Rosenbergs were convicted commenced in 1944 and ertated until 1950, the pro oo vietona of the Atonto Snergy Act applied te the sentencing: _. a rather than the provtstons of the Eaptonage Act of 1917. On June 17, 1958, Mr. Juatice Douglas granted @ stay of execution tn order that the question ratsed by Yaruer could be argued tn the Diatrict Court and more evidence recetved in order te ‘ gece, ~~ a C i" es , seam mops os ot ao . foo on [yo