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t' V4 if ed ~ , v eAtaam A” be ‘Da ater oo. , Nea - po . ; . Tele. Reon vr. ° . . id ‘ In other words, it is afl right to teach, Mr. Holloman... -Without Common Sen a principle, that the. White Houge Miss Gandy ...—- “What the United Sthtes -needs ‘Ss sf be blown up, but don’t do anq- ost,” said Senator McCidlan of ng “concrete”! ith a _ Teasonable amount of common failed to find.the distinction had much ense.’ . . meaning, and many ordinary Americans | - The need grows more apparent with | Will agree. : decisions. While the Mr. Clark also pointed out that his| =< American people colleagues for the first time in the his- ‘tory of the court had ordered an acqu@@t- litical Bo ee eet | tal on the facts rather than an inter- | preme Court ap- pretation of the iaw. | pointments, while ; ee LF ! they no longer ex- | Thus the high court, in its long series pect the court to be [pf decisions favorable to Communists, | Apeopled by legal tands accused not only of writing siants; nevertheless M4WS, which is the proper function of OMAHA WORLD=SERALD hey might reason- |Ehe Congress, but of determining the GMAHA, NEBRASKA Fably expect that the facts of a law suit, which is the prov- 6-19257 B justices would be ince of the jury. _ SUNRISE EDITION men of common| The high-handedness of the court, its . sense. casual assumption of powers never . Another Senator, North Carolina’s ‘granted to it, its whimsical findings, its . | Erwin, noted another disturbing trend |48¢k of common sense, are deeply dis- [* the justices—-‘a willingness. to sub- iressing to millions 0 ericans. ope sas, “is a Supreme Court.of lawyers ae sls wy issenting Justice Clark said he 5 McClellan ‘These people are asking what can be titute their personal notions for the one and very shortly they may be de- aw of the land.” amanding someé answers. For if the court will not curb its own esses i. shguld be curbed. If t rt acts in what the people regard irresponsible manner, and does er a long period, then steps should taken to make it responsible. . + As if to illustrate Senator Erwin’s : “point, the justices drew a remarkable ! distinction in freeing five Communist leaders charged with plotting to teach violent overthrow of the Government, “and in ordering the retrial of nine oufiers. : The majority decided that the Smith Act, under which the Communists were r@nvicted, “was aimed at the advocacy | \ add teaching of concrete action for the — { x cible overthrow of government, ang ~ . . f 4 ‘not of “principles, divorced from, NOT RECORDED ~~ “action.” | 44 sul & 1957 5'7JUL8 1957 at