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Wallace refused stating thai his superior, the Attorney General of United States, had directed _ . te do so. The Judge then found Wallace guilty of contempt and fined hin $1,000. The Judge's words in imposing thie fine are significant. He #said, "J frankly hate to hand down such a fine, but I must be guided by the recent Supreme Court decision relating to your Agency.” The Watkins de- cision in effect puts it into the hands of any witness without ever wentioning the 5th amendment to decide what is relevant for hin to answer. The 5th amendment according to the Witkins decision, justi- fies a witness in claiming its immunity if he decides that fe has no confidence in the Committee interrogating hiv. CdD Ste atkins case, suhversives, traitors ,Comunist - Sonspirators are having a field day, jeoring at investigators and Congressional Committees and celebrating their "wictory" in the crisis brought about by the Court's decisions in the civil liberty cases. What consideration did the Court give to the safety and security of the country when deliberating the cases of the 14 Conm- munists, the Watkins and Jencks cases? Did it consider that the .. ¥.B.I, methods are shrouded in the ntmost secrecy, that criminals should sever know how it secures its information and that ita in- vestigations are never revealed to the press which hears only that an errest has been made without disclosing how it was made? ‘Uf the files must be handed over, then subversives, pfiminate, dope pediars, and gangsters can learn from them the wu, hanes of inforners, witnesses and others, who may be used in court in present or future prosecutions. Such persons will then be marked for intimidation, death, bribery and make months and years of work by trained and veteran government investigators, ineffective and -—- useless. ~ oo / Nae, “That there has | _been a Communist revival is eVident on acts “tT gides. “In ‘California, a sub-committee of the House Un-American Activities Committee, was conducting an investigation when the Watki decision was banded down. Congressman Gordon H. Scherer of the Committee states that when the news of the Court's action became known, the chairman of the Communist party of California said that this “will mark a rejuvenation of the Party io America --~- we are on our way." Communists packed the hearing room, “The members of th Comittee were insulted, being subjected to derigive innuendo and open mockery. When the hearings opened, the lawyer for a witness armed with the Watkins decision, and before the witness was permit- ¥