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0-19 (Rev. if-20-57) Oo fa vr reme OF y 7 i -MEMO TO. ‘CONGRESS 4 (—— In the continuing Congressional excitement about-spat- y niks, -missiles, and the like, the Earl Warren Supreme } Court’s pro-Communist and pro-criminal decisions seem to have been pretty largely forgotten. Paul WWVilliams, .§. Attorney for striking speech on this subject a ay days ago, at a gathering of New Jerse prosecuting attorneys. - Mr. Williarns, though wisely voicing no disrespect for the Warren court, re- minded his fellow prosecutors that two . & of the court’s recent decisions have made eee) 9 their joba lot tougher than it ought to be. |Paal W. Williams ~- One of these was the wiretapping ‘decision, barring from federal court trials wiretap evidence obtained by state or city officials. This decision calls for Act of 1934—-unless, as Williams put it, Congress wants police and prosecutors to “act as if the telephone was never invented.” The other decision which hamstrings police and prose- :eutors concerns a conviction for rape in the-District of : Columbia, which the court reversed because it said the ac- | conte had been heid too jong by police before they got a | confession from him. : Maybe this particulat rapist was held too long. But. tha Warren court went on to make some side remarks—-~ called dicta by lawyers. | In these, the court virtually forbade police to hold ‘a suspect for more than a few minutes between arrest and arraignment, and added that “the delay muat not be ‘of a nature to give opportunity for the extraction of & ee hie de This decision i is hanipering police and prosecutors all ;over the country, and seems sure to spring an increasing IF number of plainly guilty crooks and criminals as time ett f is to be hoped that Congress will rementber -pretty that it has a duty to protect Americang fron -erentites wi e country as well as without. nyt ez iq wit Mohr Neas Parson Rajers 7 Veo a! ~~ Congressional amendment of the Federal Communications kr(- ]3 bd- ch — yf Tele. Room . nae Wash > Poet and — Times Herald Wash, News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald —— Tribune N, Y. Journal-_— American N. Y. Mirror N. ¥. Daily News N, Y. Times —— Daily Worker —— The Worker New Leader Date FEB3 ton,