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- Supreme Court Js fast becoming the. dominant branch of our Government te ig e _ is something that has never happened before. Peculiar circumstances require : Was appointed to study the questions raised by recent decisions of the Supreme eee en 4-572 (3-29-55) 0 “ STANDARD ron NO. 64 { 1 Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To : The Director DATE: | - 4 ISG weom « J.P. Mohr SUBJECT: The Congressional Record 7 Y SF —— Pages A957-A960, Congressman Cramer, ‘(R) Florida, extended , his remarks to include an address by Congressman Willis, (D) Louisiana, before the Associated General Contractors in Memphis, Tennegsee, on January 31, 1958. Mr. Willis commented on recent decisions of th preme Sore ie stated "The trend of the decisions which I will now discuss indicates — Lip special action, And so for the first time in our history, a special subcommittee Court, with authority to make legislative recommendations, and I have the privilege to serve as chairman of that subcommittee. The ‘action taken by the Congress last year, on the recommendation of my subcommittee, in correcting the decision of the Supreme Court in the famous Jencks case, proves that if we have the will to do it something can be done in this broad field of judicial encroachment on the legislative and executive branches of the Government. " References to the FBI in connection with the Jencks case have been noted. %. “ Mr. Willis also commented on the Mallory, Watkins, and Yates decisions. He Original filed in: 2 ———— | ,went on to state "I think I have cited enough cases to show that we are drafting — . |farther and farther away from the moorings of our Constitution. This isa challenge not only to Members of Congress but to all men of goodwill who _'believe in our form of government and democratic institutions, We must not only gtem tke tide of Federal mmremacy, We muat ratirn to fundamental re 2 wis Pe —_yr es wassa 7 . FY Ww SSS 4 Ws AK conatitutional principles. We must repair whatever damage that has been done 4 to the constitutional walls separating the powers of our Government into three 7 dignified branches. And then we must restore to our people the system of Sovermment devised by our foretatherme ew ee et CA ARLES~ | : ee aed a a) vd foe a ee ae ue 6 FER LATOR s In the original of a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional <S Record for - “5 waa reviewed and pertinent itema were marked for the Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that portions of a copy of the otiginal memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and placed in appropriate Bureau case or subject matter files.