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. - Cp) __ — a tpt ce ees 'Sypreme Court\Decisions Criticisege It fg email wonder that J. Ed- operations. Then came the prosetu- gar Hoover, FBI chief, has spoken tion, conviction and jailing of the out against the free and easy man- ie@aaers, Alter al) tnése elforts nad r in which the U. & Supreme been expended, the U. S. Supreme ne - © supre Court started its policy of liberat- Court has freed Communists. ing Communists. While testifying before a House The last act of leniency to a ,committee, he delivered the follow- convicted Communist was to order ing broadcast, and we deem it release from jail of Oleta O’Connor worthy of reproduction. He called Yates, Bay Area Communist serv- upon the courts to “come to grips ing a one-year jail sentence for her dn a realistic manner with the yefusal to answer questions, She ae implying there has been. was one of 14 Communists who ° ! mpre respect for the letter of the were tried, convicted, and later than for the security of the leased on order of the Suprerfe - ~ tion. One by one, aftd in grouns, Court. ~t ow Communists have been liberated by With crime and Communist ac- if! the Supreme Court. Men and wom- tivities increasing at an alarming en for whom the FBI waged battle ate, it behooves the government to in order to secure the evidence that renew its activities to curb the led to their conviction. movement. This effort falls under We wonder if Hoover regards , the jurisdiction of the FBI which these court decisions as contribut- | Hoover directs. We can not blame Ing to the security of the nation, | him for protesting when he sees his convictions based on the grounds | work undoné by a court decree. It: . the defendants were plotting and j will cause no surprise if Congress working to overthrow the govern- | takes steps to curb some of the acts‘ ,ment. A few yearg ago Hoover op- ' of the Supreme Court unless there postd the outlawing of Commu- is a change of attitude toward the nis}s on the ground that thev would laws Congress enacts to saferuatd go finderground and make it more the country from ynlawwful acts py eAeult to keen in touch with their Communists. me! Vallejo Times-Herald Vallejo, California Date: 5/9/58 | Managing Editor: Je Wyman Riley City Editors Wilson (Red) Buehrer ) pot Publisher: Luther E. fibgon ) 7 o & So hj uber NOT RECOPDED 4. | Ea 44 JUN 3 (958 3 - .66 JUN4 195 a -