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ac er RT a-19 (Rey. 07-58) O 9 an = o —.-- a _ FBI AntiRed Efforts a ‘ Hit Hard by y Court EPP UOUL —_———— om [wi Hohe —_—— si mil Parso Veer , ( amm ° By Thos STEELE * Bcripps-Howard Staff Writer + * A Trotter Court, in 10 major decisions handéd Nease down in a little more than a year, has yreatly weakened Tele. Room the Government's legal drive against communists and Y Hslloman _} pubversives. Te Gandy validated .a provision of the in Some of the court's rulings|New York City charter which OYA de? ations. Others have/ Amendment. made it much more difficult for the Justice Department ta] » Gotd Case: Ordered a new prosecute alleged violators ofltrial for labor leader Ben; these laws. Gold, who had been convicted) Gw i of lying when he signed a non- | NEW TRIALS communist affidavit. The de- WO fo In stil! other cases, the(cision was based on the tech. ‘court has ordered new triais}ical und that FBI agents, for alleged communists on nvest gating alleged jury tam- d dy 7 technical grounds which dis-lPering in another case, had UL. , a senting justices have called/qQuestioned members of the 1 A A * picayunish and immaterial, [Goid jury. The Government! © Pall - has pped prosecution of : The court has split on most|/Gold as a result. . . of these rulings. But three members have concurred in|] © Kremen Case: Ordered: Le nave guMtea = Gr acuvamy Tae PrUvViveuU LUF GISMMSSal OL CIL¥Y } scope 0 of antisubversive lawslemployes who took the Fifth eo ia Y fi Vy regul all 10 decisions, They are Chief|/new trial for Shirley Kremen' ( 0 fociate Earl Warren and As-jand twa others convicted of, oe) AA fate Justices William O.|sheltering communist leader. WD v - £& al im i was a fugitive fro ustice.| | Justice Felix Frankfurter}court held FBI locked ware! thas concurred in all but twofPant to search the mountain! ‘decisions. Justice William J.fhabin in which Thompson was! ouglas and Hugo L. Black. |Robert Thompson while he! Brennan Jr. has concurred infhidden. all flun ne the daniciane : reached since he joined the] @» Nelson Case: Upset con- a — court. . viction of communist leader SUMMABY Steve Nelson in Pennsylvania State courts on ground Smith (Justices Tom C. Clark and|Act gave Federal Government Harold H. Burton have dissent-|exclusive jurisdiction in sub- ed from most of these deci-[versive cases. This decision sions, Justice John M. Harlanfhas block all prosecutions of has concurred in six and dis-Jbubversives under state laws. Ww ee a! Es Wan | Tin rost Aad |= me JUL 2 1957 (| Times Herald ee OO — — sented in four. Justice Charles Wash. News E. Whittaker has- not partici-] @ Nelson Case: Ordered new Wash. Star pated in any of the cases.) Smith Act trials fpr Steve Nel. __________, {Son and four others on ground N. Y. Herald Here is a brief mammary Of) testi f Go the court's actions in the 10 witnees tight be. “tainted. ent Tribune cases: ——w N. Y. Journal- @ Communist Party Case: eK « Case: Over American i" ruled California courts to force | “Sent back &o the | Subversive applicant to be admitted to bar N. Y. Mirror iSACB) on grounds that testi.|even tho he refused to answer N. Y. Daily News ca questions about past commu- mony of three of the Govern. .Y. ment's, witnesses | malght be|" nist associations. Daly woes. te e boa rew out! » gop the disputed testimony, but eae nrary Canes Upact New The Worker New Leader ——_———— the court will have to pass the bar an applicant who ad.) again on its finding that the 1 party is Soviet-dominated. ree nip eet Party| ® Cole Case: Limited the (| Government’s security riskk @ Sencks Case: Ordered new! Date JUN 1 9 1957 rogram ‘under President Ejs- riai for Clinton E, Jencks, la-: cnhower's executive orderpbor leader convicted of lying, —o 10450) to employes in “ hen he signed non-conimu-! / tive” dobe. ployes In “sensi: st affidavit, on grounds trial’ |