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One verdict says, in plain words, that {t's qu:te all right to preach Communism if only the preacher does not openly preach violence. The unalterable fact remains that the central creed of Communism is destruction of our social order by force. Commenting on the Court's decision free- ing five Communists and ordering new trials for nine others, former U. S. Attorney Walter S. Binns, who conducted their original prosecu- tion in Los Angeles, said: “I do not see how the Government could prosecute a case of this kind under the ruling, and continue to keep agents under cover.” This means that America’s most carefully trected and strongest defense against subve'- tion, Secret FBI investigations, would be razed! By the Supreme Court if retrials are started. Los Angeles Communists were quick to grasp the point. They held a jubilee, celebrating what they unanimously called their “greatest victory.” Dorothy Healey Connelly, former chairman, of the Communist Party in Los Angeles County, rejoiced in what she termed “the greatest vic- tory the Communist Party in America has ever received, “It will mark a rejuvenation of the party in America. We've lost some members in the last few years, but now we're on our way.” That's what the Communist leaders think of. the Supreme Court decisions. —. a