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waa! HINGTON, June 14 (UP). —' “Th upreme carl ruled on flag day no VU. 8. citiren be compelled to salute the American , flag. . . * “ ral This sweeping judgment came when the tribunals, by a 6-to-2 vote, overturned its previous stand ou; the subject and specifically arpheld ! Wthe right of children of fe Hhovah’s Witnesses sect to : trom salutlng the. fing ot Ling the on religious © grougds, — j 3 But the ruling went far beyond the Jehovah's Witness case wherein the court declared that to compel ; ) @ members of the sect or their chil- adren to salute the flag would be to— e ‘say that a Bill of Rights which jgumrds the individual's right to 7 speak his own mind left it open mm to public authorities to compel him ~ to utter what is not in his mind." a In its broader interpretation, the court held that the issue does mat | fjturn on “one’s possession of par-‘” M@ ticular religicus views or the sin-~ ’ cerity with which they are held.” “While religion supplies respond- %- an ents’ motive for enduring the dis- © . whats -. ) % comforts of making the Issue in thin $f 7 & 7 case, mtany citizens who do not Iereypp share religious views hold such 4 < ZS - lcompulsory rite te infringe constl- 4 (a Z7EX |tutional liberty of the individual,” been ne ae the court sald. . NOT RE 3 “It is not necessary to inquire OQ JU: 16 94 whether non-conformist beliefs will exempt from the duty of salute un- x less we first find power to make the : salute a lege! duty. ee “We think the action of the local authorities in compelling the flag This is a clipping from salute and pledge transcends consti- , tutional Umitations on their power PAGE e_OOF the and invaties the sphere of intellect which it is the purpose of the first amendment of our constitution to Date reserve from all official control.” The verdict reversed the court's Clipped famed Gobitis decision of three Government yeats ago when it held &-to-1 that ehildren of the sect could be com-, pelled to salute the flag in public: pa exercises /on penalty of ex- 1 | me ce