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e . ] Le By JAMES 53 peakue ticized” in the present cir. . Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, July &—-Sen- iw Thomas C.@f€nnings Jr. _ Dem), today - that recent decisions by the | critt ticized, Supreme Court have demon- ' strated that the court “Is mere- [ty continuing: in its historic [rte of Aefendin ng individual i freedoms, — a It ig not the court that should be criticized, Hennings said, but rather “the unconstitutional and | unlawful procedures which have been permitted to develop In thie anpintes in ensent eases bike VU A ACL years.” ti He sald the court waa “striking down” some of these’ practices. | Hennings, chairman ef the i Senate Constitutional gta | ensngs wre t Committee, predicted that ; “from the standpoint of civil rights, future historians will : | Tate the past term of the Su- preme Court one of the most jj stgntficant. in the middle of the {| eonticth eehtury.” ’ Court Under Attack. His defense of the court came at a time when it has been under attack for its decisions in ‘the Jencks and Watkins eases , 40d others, | . Hennings, considered one of _ the Senate's leading authorities ,on the Constitution, ‘strongly as- sailed various proposals that liberties and consiitutionzi 5 Ing the court's powers.” Noting that Attorney General ' Werbert Brownell Jr. tag said the decision in the Jencks case | created “a grave emergency in ‘law enforcement,” Hennings . declared: “What seems ‘to be overlooked ] or ignored by most of the court's detractors is that if the prac. tices or procedures of the prac. | eroment, examined by the court in recent cases, had been tail oted in the first place to Ht the requirements of the Con ‘stitution, they. ywogld not have! been igruck downby the court, | and ‘grave: ethergency jn! law oerus would nem face the nation. have been advanced for Imit- |: umstances. It is the unconsti-: utional and unlawful proced- | es which have been permit. ted to develop in this country_ in recent years: that should be" “During . the: “past ” several ‘decades—and particularly with the impetus of the grave threat: of Communism during the past, 10 years—this nation has-adopt- ed 2 nomber of - practices deemed necessary for the na- tional security, but which would have shocked our forefathers, . _ “Many_ of these are | gested now for the first | efore the courts and are be- g found in violation of rig Maranteed by the Consti liens, who who iz recover z | fehm an operation, had planled t tj make his defense of the court the form of a Senate speech today. The text of his remarks was released by his office. iscussing some of the recent Supreme Court rulings, Hen- nings eald: “Without exceptica, he decisions that have aroused Tost outspoken criticism ave been those dealing with ikea rights of the indiy- . The Jencks Case. ot : “The declsion in the Jencks ease, for example, where the urt held that the. defendant as entitled to see any state- ents made ta the FRY by the esses under the, time-hon- red Sixth Amendment right f an accused “‘to be confronted | ith the witnesses against “The ‘Geclsion in the Mallory: ts in which the court threw F: — -the confession obtaine Pn the defendant while h as being detained py the for an unreasonable length | time prior to arraignment, { Title: JENCKS DECISION Character: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPAWH Mr. Holio Mizs Gendy_, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Date: Pek X, 7 ‘ Edition: ae Author: s - |e - 275" oe NOT RECon Mi AUG 19 ——ae Ce ee CORDED 1952