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jupreme Court, o Decide on Status of Reds Agrees to Review Case of California Party | '; Secretary. WASHINGTON, Oct, 13.—~47P)}— The supreme court today prom-, ised a decision which may clarify ally the status of forelgn-b mmunists in this country. t agreed to review the case iliam Schniederman, California Communist party secretary, who came here from Russia at the age of three, became naturalized in 1927, and had his citizenship can- celled Jast year on the ground that | he could not be loyal to the United States if he believed in! Communism. He wag said to have! concealed his Communist affilia-' tion at the time of naturalization. The question whether the Com- munist party advocates the cver-: throw of the United States S| ernment by force, as foes of Com- munism have long contended, never has been ruled on by the Teme court although lowe rts have held in a number o: migration cases that it. does, Tie-In With Bridges. e@ question was posed promi nentiy in connection with depor-| y/ ( against ges, west coast CIO lead d native of Australia. A spe 1 Justice Department exam , former Judge Charles ars, of Buffalo, recently found that Bridges had been affiliated with the Communist party end ,that it advocated the violent overthrow of this government. | Attorneys for Bridges have served notice that they will ap- to the supreme court if necessary. But if the court decides this question in the Schneiderman case, it probably would refuse to review the Bridges deportation ease unless the attorneys present- /ed a different’ issue, Another case involving Bridges| —a contempt of court conviction ‘for a telegram he sent to Secre- tary of Labor Perkins criticizing afalifornia court’s action in = la- case—was reargued before tlle! reme court today, along wi tempt citation against the eles Times in another | isions may be forthcomifg | | [Bee proceedings Harry | next mouth. 362 Petitions. . | To its first business session of! the new term, the court passed upon 362 petitions for reviews of, cases. Justice Jackson disqualified ' himself from considering many of/ them because of his recent inter-| est in them as attorney general | Justice Murphy, another former; attorney general, also abstained’ trom deliberations on a few cases. ne important question whi court agreed to decide fi -Viives the subpoena powers of fdfieral wage-hour administrato ree federal circuit court at B ‘ton held in the case of the Lowell. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION October 14, 1941 . Toleon....-.....- r. E. A. Tamm i... . Chegz -......---- Mr, Quinn Temem.... Mr. Nease._.“...... Mies Gandy.......... ment a review of a ruling by the federal district court at Jackson- ville, Fla., that the Hatch act reg- ulating political activities does not apply to state primaries. It de- clined to review a lower court de- cision that a state (Tennessee) sould require voters to pay poll 'taxes in order to vote in a can- lgressional election. =: In three outstanding criminal cases, the court turned down ap- als of Richard W. Leche, fo er Governor of Louisiana; Wil . Dudley Pelley, leader of ilver Shirts of America; Thom Pendergast, former K: ity political leader, and Emmett O'Malley, former Mis-' souri superintendent of insurance.. The latter two sought review of their contempt convictions andi two-year prison sentences im con- nection with settlement of a $10,- 200000 tire he upnested ly fone Versy. e ap viction on a charge of m ‘fend in an alleged scheme to defraud |the Louisiana Highway Commis- sion by purchasing trucks at ex- \orbitant prices. Felley sought re-; ersal of an order returning hig: North Carolina from the D&-' ict of Columbia for possi vocation of probation gran a conviction of : ~~ laure, + as cS *