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Supreme Court — Part 22
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By WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST JR.
‘Editor-in-Chief Hearst Newspapers \-b
COUPLE OF WEEKS -ago when I under-
took in this space to comment on what I
thought to be a majority decision by the,
Supreme Court Jeaning dangerously to the left
(see Burris Jenkins’ cartoon on Editorial Page)
I thought, perhaps I was
dealing with a subject
that might be too heavy
Summer reading, and
unfamiliar.
Needless to say, I did
not Know that the now
famous {or notorious)
Jencks decision ordering
the files of the FBI to be
opened to defense lawyers
on demand would be fol-
jowed within a few days
by several more rulings
just as harmfu® to the
forces of law and order
entrusted with our na-
tional] security, and giving
aid and comfort to Com-
munists,
“Ts my surprise,-though, I got more favorable mail
W. R. HEARST JR,
on this column, particularly after the subsequent—deet -
7-12-97
Holloman
Gandy
sions, than I had gotten on any Editor's Report In many
a day. The majority of the letters Indicated not only
disagreement with the decisions and dissatisfaction
with the reasoning of the majority of the court, bu
in most every instance expressed a desire to know whf
could be done about closing the loopholes the cou!
had opened.
Wash, Post and
Times Herald
ZY wash. News
. ash. Star
N. Y. Herald
Tribune
N.Y. Journal-_1 ~ be
American
N. Y. Mizror
N. Y. Daily News
N. Y. Times
Daily Worker
The Worker
New Leader
Date JUN on?
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