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O e quick-reaction to the recent decision ofthe U.S=Supreme Court on the “Red” cases has been that of widespiead indig-. nation. oo, _. When suspected Reds were arrested, in- dicted, tried and convicted in the tower - ‘courts, the genera! expectation has been that ultimately they'd serve time in jail. Appeals were ‘expected, delays anticipated, as part of the long, cumbersome processes of the courts. But not complete freedom for men who skulked behind the Fifth ‘Amendment to hide their pasts. a” * *. e - the ent . ‘The Supreme Court decisions, sweeping in one sense and narrowly technical in another, have been a shock to many millions ‘of Americans. . _ These do not view the decisions as up- holding freedom and democracy so much ‘as endangering it. | oo , ._ Lawyers and judges can—probably most do—agree with the court decisions. They a that congressional committee investi- gafjons, in their insistence on direct, un- eqffivocal answers; in their threats of co¥tempt of Congress; in their exercise of - | men whose actions certainly have been sus- ween we this power to hold a balky Indignation witness yon : i Vir. Nease _tempt, have gone too far. . Tele. Room. But this is not the reaction of millions Mr. Hotleman_— of Americans, as expressed in many com- Miss Gandy ments, editorials, letters to newspapers. ,;._ They are both bewildered and angered y the Supreme Court decisions. President Eisenhower himself has recog- © ‘nized and commented on this widespread criticism. — ; ‘ * o * The result is likely to be—certainiy should be—amendment of the Federal laws. Several’ Congressmen have mentioned this. Fisenhower’s comment early this week indicates that he expects it. _ The Ball moves in Congress should be made ‘soon, and pushed hard. . The court decisions have freed accused Picious; and have encouraged all the “cells” and rings and cliques and groups of sly and subversive characters in our co try to continue and intensify their conspifacies aimed at the very democracy the jtourt decisions are supposed to uphold. nares ; gi f a HONCLULU STAR-BULLETIN epiiohy tng oe. JUN 2 8 195% _ |PAGE~.2:=.. COLUMN... SEARCHED. INDEXED. _ SERIALIZED... FILED. ph O907e 8 IN 28 1957 _ {- ad "ti Met oe i > Fol - Ra. SLELU NOT RECORDED eee eee