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ate ane ee ered - ~ cee tee a mae i pee Sees aie a Ce . . 4-872 (3-29-55) 2 ; ; ermesny poses wo 86 G . ”) ; . Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : The Director DATE: b /z s weom : J, P. Mohr ~ — De fer 6) Ce! ee a cI lira lps I le arte a i ne SUBJECT: The Congressional Record ee Pages A5380-A5384, Congressman Multer, (D) New York, extended his remarks to include an article by MaxweliBrandwen, member of a prominent New York firm of attorneys, entitled "TheSupreme Court—Current Criticiam in Perspective’ which appeared in the May 24, 1958, issue of the Nation. Mr. Brandwen commented on the attacks against the Supreme Court. He stated, in connection with the Jencks decision, "From the cascade of press comment, one would have supposed that the Court kad announced a startlingly revolutionary doctrine. Quite the contrary. It is an old, well-established rule of law that a party to any Htigation may discredit the testimony of an opposing witness. * * * In the Jencks cage, the Court permitted such examination and comparison. That is the core of its decision.'' The references to the FBI have been noted. Mr. Brandwen went on to state "The Court, at times, undoubtedly has erred. The Congress, at times, has errec, too. The intelligent judgment of a future day may correct an erroneous decision of today, but political control of judicial decisions might open the floodgates to all manner of evils which could be corrected only by the greater sacrifices of human dignity and even of human life,-History has shown that the Court is concerned with, and is capable of, oprvecting its own errors and that it has served ite historic purpose in protecting individual liberties from overzealous legislators and misguided Executive ten," fr al Original Hed ZL Dp He Nv" re -ORDED ; 19] JUN 26 1958 lat fp te le Ap gg 52 JUL2 18 b-ob-s¥ In the original of o memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional Recordfor {/ . /. -" was teviewed and pertinent items were matked for the Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that portions of a copy of the original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and placed in appropriate Bureau case or subject matter files.