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~ fy ~The Senate Pictire —— In the Senate. the Prospect of ® bitter civil rights battle has|? dimmed the enthusiasm of most Judiciary Committee members for any extensive inquiry at this Session into the court's deci- sions. But the decisions have heightened criticism of the Su- Preme Court by Southern mem- bers who are stil] angry over the court's school-desegregation de- cision. Sen. James 0. Eastland, D., "Miss., chairman of the Senate Judictamy Committee and of its Internal Security subcommit- lee, Joined his colleague, Sen. William FE. Jenner, R., Ind., in i® bitter Statement blasting the leourt for “undermining our ex- isting barriers against Commy-' nist subversion,” They said Con. gress should halt the court's “boundless assumption of Power,” but they offered no Practical ! step. \ One such Proposal has come in general terms from Sen, SamsJ. Ervin jr, D., N. C., former judbe; anc! another Judiciary Comm: teefcritic of the court. He su¢- Coftinued on Page 10. column 6 ' in the Constitution Meanwhile, Sen. Ervin believes the Senate should “refuse to Dotniments” to the Supreme Court bench, He Ramed no Names, however, Of the late Justice Olver Wendell Holmes in its Smith Act finding.‘ He calleq the Watkins decision “an ¢loguent and Monumental} reaffirmation of the Primacy of the Bint of Rights." But ltke Rep. Keating on the Ouse side of the Controversy, Sen, Hennings Agrees that a nate Judiciary Committee Te- ifiew of future Operations, inlthg 4 Bht of the Watkins case, wiluld elp Clarify a confused Picthre. a ~~) ~