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YT john LUS., Are Needled By High Court Frankfurter Throws Documents to Floor By FEANE HOLEMAN ; With black-robed justices pep pering questions at both sides, the Supreme Court latened for nearly \four tense hours Fday. while wyers for John La Lewis and e Government arguéd the eon- pt conviction and '$3,510,0) ine growing out of the soft strike. The court adjourned with word as to when te wil mand down tts decision. Attorney Gene: Ge “glad a black cutaway coaf\for the mo mentous trial, whigh may deter- mine the Government's full power over labor unions, charged that Lewis and hia Dnited Mine Work- Ts Union (AFL) “do not yet seem realize” that their recent coal trike “feli ttle short of cauzin ans national disaster" and was ; “ingnit to the United Btates i i Sarena §= self." Moreover, Lewis and United Mine Workers are con- tinuing their “defiance” of the eourta, possibly a side reference to the threat of a crippling new coal strike next March 31. opkins Reversal Welly E.){fopkins, chief couy for Lewia,\retorted with a d “mand that the high tribunal verse the lower court's judgment because ‘Trial Judge T. Alan inal “contempt together, de nied Lewis a jury on the contempt charge and slapped the heaviest. fine In history on the union and ita leader. The dramatic highlight of the hearing in the lofty jam-pack ‘pink-ma’ courtroom came wh weph AAPadway, another Lew wyer, excerpts from clal i and a 1932 ‘tng the , of Injunctions ‘n Frankfurter, sitting behind the high wooden bench with the eight other Justices, flushed, “then loosed a barrage of questions " gesling with the details of laws under which President Truman selsed the 3,300 mines last May 21. Hille at Paychoanalyels ' All the judges, except Justice Murphy, shot questions at the jlawyers. Justice Black dug into ithe exact details of Government | operation of the mines. afxr Hopking claimed U. &: déwnership ‘was a “fiction.” At one point, Justice Jackson demanded that Assistant Attor- pey General John Fj, Bonnett {Turn to Page 2, Coil. 2) {difference in this case?” what function the Government Goldsborough lumped “eivi] ind” yy Secretary of Interior Krug last Mr. Tolson ti ( rt Fi tr. E, A. Tamm . tr. Glavin Quiz Barrage in tena Mr. Nichols 1St ik Mr. Rosen 0a rl e Case Mr. Tracy : . : | Mr, Carson (Continued from Hirst Page) Mr. Egao wit “Dpeychoanalyzing Congreas- men,” after Bonnett had dwelt at ple Mr. Gurnea ‘length on congressional debates Mr. Harbo ‘Preceding passage of the Norris Mr. Hendon LaGuardia and @mith-Connally Mr. Jones ts in response to questions by Mr, Pennington nkfurter. At this point Frankfurter, in wad of annoyance, grabbed a of documents, swiveled jaround on his high back chair ‘and flopped them onte the floor with a thud. A page boy came along scooped ther up. ; Black demanded whether “way, the silver-haired eral course], thought theA§ Norris! Guardia Act, which injune- ions In labor disputes, §pplies to he Government. “To any dispute between any : mployes and employer,” Padway y. bswered. a . “Buppose you're wrong and the m, a . ow act does not apply to Government _ “ employes,” Justice Douglas inter. , ‘rupted. “Would that make any Wouldnt Make Any Difference Padway said it would not be- fause the miners are not strictly Government employes. Chief Justice Vinson saked if Padway challenged the dents right to seize the min under his war powers. “No,” lawyer reptibd. “Does the Omith-Connally A risLaGuardia Act “ “No,” Padway de- lared emphatically. Douglas demanded to know was performing by seizing. “The ‘lenly function of Government by f* taking possession js to prosecute Ik ‘funion officials and workers for De interfering with work,” Padway answered. “JT would like, at the outset 0! Mr. Quins Tamm_ jasue here is not & dispute & “ PET éer Chovernment ‘snd ‘labor, ay WA i. Clark declared. “The Governmen’ N oe * 19 4? does not ask this court to estab lish any principle which would a interfere with recognized wn . A fright of labor." Then he drew a vivid word pic- re of the industrial collaps hich faced the mation dur: e li-day strike by 400,00 M.W. members after Lew “terminated” his contract wil November 21. { Then he related how the Gov- amiment got a temporary restrain- — ine order from Goldaborough. - = ~4 Lewis ignored the order. Insult to U. 8. Charged “In my humble opinion,” Clark sald fervently, “to hold a United States court in contempt is an inguit to the United States itself; it compromises al} law and invites Hopkins, eparking the defense ‘charged that Goldsborough erred when he refused to tell the de hich kind of contempt , they wore nich xin with, until Décember 4—the he slapped the union day @ 63,600,000 fine on and $10,000 on Lewis personally. for pote civil and criminal con- " Lewls, alling since the time of the first trial, waa en route to Miami to bask in the sunshine ‘until the AFL executive council Meeting there January 26.