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4 4 ; aes ce amen ee at a tA ge Ae ea te _. a = ah —— oe + Wnnwae sata the ee Pr Aan anton aw 1 he 1 ited me record. Since 1049, he tpld AIGOVET Bal WAS CUR ies Vote ah, _the committee members, federal grand juries have returned guilty verdicts against 108 Com " munist party leaders under the conspiracy and. membership provisions of the Smith act which forbids the teaching and advocacy’ of the over- throw of the govern ment by force and violence. But of these 108, he said, 49 of the Communists: have been set free to continue their efforts tor the party as the result of Supreme Court decis- Le bald the ane. a! os ns. mé tod ine committee: ed States, despite ‘a reduction. party membership, continues at full strength in its *yjelous, behind the scenes operations.” Those who have resigned from the Communists party, he said, remain Marxists who are stil) willing _ ta cooperate when needed. “| The danger of communist fronts, organiza. tions under secret communist leadership which enlist well meaning citizens, is now greater a= than ever hefore he declared. Ga SE NEALE SE See TS ee *‘A top Communist functionary, while ace “We have approximately 150 known er mus- ing the Supreme Court decision of ‘June 17, 1957 which ordered the acquittal of five California! Smith act subjects and the retrial of the remain ing nine, said that ‘this was the greatest victory: the Communist party has ever received in America’, | “This decision will mark a rejuvenation of the! } CP in America,” the top Commie told Hoover. | ‘We've lost, some members in the last few Von but now we're on our way again." Hoover quoted Justice John C. Bell Jr., of ig Pennsylvania Supreme court, in a recent dissenting opinion, as expressing “common sense realism” when he wrote: - —- _ “The brutal crime wave which, is sweeping and appalling our country can be halted only if the courts stop coddling and stop freeing murderers, Communists, and criminal technicalities made of straw." Hoover did not comment directly on legisla- tion reported last week by the Senate judiciary committee which is designed to overcome the effects of Supreme court decisions in anti-com- munist cases. He said the judiciary must re- main independent and never become ‘'a Mere pected communist-front and communist in filtrated organizations under investigation," * he testified. ~ * The influence the communis reaches in to every walk of life. To gage its effect, we need only to note the widespread elamor which is raised whenever our govern- ment attempts to deal firmly in Helf-defense | against the communist threat. i 8 ai 3 “Certain organizations hypocritically bar Communists from their membership, but pari seek to discredit all persons who abhor Com- munists and communism. They claim to be an- tl-communist but they launch attacks against congressional legislation designed te curb com- munism.”* “Sadly, the cult of the pseudo liberal, which is anything but Hberal, continues to float about 1 the pink-tinted atmosphere of patriotic irre- another nation such as Hungary is pillaged, plundered, and reduced to virtual serfdom by barbaric communism, . “Every pseudo liberal in this ecuntry should | look inside his heart and give heed to the destruction he may be bringing upon the very rubber stamp for other branches of the soyerp- “country that permits him to enjoy this very ment.” But he quoted approvingly an opinion by the fate Supreme Court Justice Cardozo that “Justice, though due to the accused, is due to the accuser also, The concept of fairness must not be strained till it is narrowed down toa ‘ Mlamept*__., ‘ sponsibility; and remains strangely silent when ; freedom of thought.’* 7 of “t