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Nitm1 a F -—7HYF SUPREME COUET. CREATES SOME oe rece In its sudden spate of decisions touching wpon various espects of! personal freedom and the Com-; munist Issue the United States’ Supreme Court has certainly com-! ‘plicated the work of uncovering! and prosecuting Communists or; other organized espionage agents. The issues involved are ienly | legalistic despite the emphasis! upon individual rights and consti- tutional guarantees—and as a re- ‘sult it wil! take careful study and’ analysis before a thorough under- standing of what the court has accomplished will be really possi- ble. @ But !t is already quite apparen at the congressional investiga ve practices and procedure eveloped in the past decade wil be substantially inhibited by the new court attitude. “Inquisition by political author- diy,” in the phrase used by Justice Frankfurter, is pretty strongly ruled out by the new Washington finding. And, of course, there has been bitter criti¢ism of vigorous congressional investigation as pur-| a sued by the late Sen. McCarthy: and other members of both houses. But with witnesses pow ‘given an entire new area of escape from legislative inquiry, it seems doubtful that many of the import- ant accomplishments of recent years could now be repeated— eyen if needed. n the matter of the Smith A ald of Communists or others w sfek to overthrow the U. §. G.#- * New Haven Register, p. N.H. Journal-Courier acaménie by force and =velencie 4he Supreme Court has produced 4 thin-line decision that is almost beyond comprehension. “Preaching abstractly” force of arms is no crime, §3yS the Court. But when does abstrac- tion become tangibie? Only when ‘the proven Communist finally does take % gun, or a bomb, to do damage to official persons? lf in- ¢itement to riot is a criminal act s-yet perceptible only in words, how can we excuse deliberate sup- port of the theory that force, rather than democratic processes, provides the answer to govern: I “pent change in this country? :}The Supreme Court’s concern r the maintenance, and the e rgement, of individual liberti is understandable enough in tim like these. But the whole record of action and revelation arising from con- gressional investigations and from the Smith Act trials of the years since World War II supports the ‘public conclusion that there is a Serious—and perhaps continuing— conspiracy against the national ‘well-being by groups and individ. vals ig the service of the Soviet Union or of international Com- ‘munist ideals. . What conclusion certainly ha ‘ban given no service by th Sypreme Court in the rulings i L hm® handed down this week. — Daily Worker, p. Bate Subn __ Bridgeport Herald, p. eyo/r itted iy $62 Now YWaven Div. the -overthrow of the government by Mr. Toelson. Mr. Belmont Mr. ‘Tatao Atel N ase Tele. Miss Gandy. Ip a 7) at) )? 9 Le (LA 2 he NOT REGORDED 44 JUL 19 1957 a Mr. Boardman Mr. Mohr»... Mr. 7 Mr. Rot Phew bat RD eee Room _.—. Mr, Holloman__— f a . ewes ae eg then -— + ilied