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0-19 {Rev, 9-7-56) ~ Stop ‘Berating’ Cour, ' Javits Tells Colleagues | L ~ United Press Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-|committees investigating Com- N, Y.) said yesterday members|munist activities have been of Congress should stop “be-|particularly critical. tating” the Supreme Court and! The Court “has given us the ‘use its recent dAclines * : “ | i guidelines,” he said. “Now idecisions foe: Congress should give fullest ig ‘ble or consideration to whatever leg- Pion & legis: islation needs changing (in the . light of the Court's rulings) to tone \ referred protect our internal security.” aimed at the Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. iCourt after it (D-N. J.) said he considered the lruled against decisions “sound and construc- 1) &e Govern-# tive.” He said “We can rid lm@it on sev- ourselves of Communists in ler Commu: . Government and other places lnish «6Ocases, © 4vits without abusing the civil ‘Members of congressional rights and civil lberties of . |peopie as has been done in a| the past.” ; The Court on Monday held that witnesses before congres- sional committees are within ~ their rights im refusing to answer questions unless the committees establish ‘that the questions are pertinent to a specific purpose. It was this decision, plus an earlier one ~ that the Government must OS provide defendants in criminal - cases with certain materia! from secret FBI files, that brought the st#engest objec: tions. ° . + ‘Rep. Morgan M. Moulder (D- Mo.), 2 member of the Com mittee on Un-American Priel ties, said “congressional action will be necessary to evercame the effect’ of the Court's de- . ; Cision. Rep. Kenneth B. Keating ' (R-N. Y¥.) said the “court-im- ~ . osed shackles” should he re- moved from Congress and that t rs i ‘this surely can be done with- out violating the legitimate rights of witnesseg.” But Rep. Emanuel” Oeller (DN. Y.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said the ourt “did a teal tervice in atriking at thejassumed broad powers: of edhugrensional in, |vestigeting committee” G6sur 7 we vn 4 Boardman caer aie wee VA otter ___ Tale, Roam Holloman} a Gandy eT eit og ‘ —e —— | NOT RECORDED Vl JUN oe 1957 na Wash, Post and mal Vi Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. ¥. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal- American N. Y. Mirror ——__ N. Y. Daily News - WI OV Tien Me de LLIVES Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date ___ TON 20 1957 — Y2 0 1957