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i. 0-19 (Rev, 9-90-57} 7 t by 1 é La r fee we oT DAVID LAWRENCE ty eontrols both houses of Congress, the American peo-~ ple will be asked to hold {e responsible in the November ~ elections for acts of omission as well as commission. : It looks now as if the big- gest single challenge flung at Congress will be ignored.~ For the. Democratic Policy Commiitee ef the Senate Has declined thus far to permit” a vote to be taken on a bill that would help the country fight the Communist con- ‘ spiracy. The sameé old charge * made in 1952 that the Demo-~ cratic Party is “soft on com- ' munism” will be heatd again during the coming campaign. the Democratic Party has turned a deaf ear to the \ise"be tt will be said that [mothers and fathers who want to see confessed rapists kept in jail instead of being allowed to roam sround free to repeat their offenses. The New York Daily News, * ‘which has the largest circu- _ latian of any daily newspaper ‘In the United States, has just published a criticism with which many members of Con- . gress in both parties have pri- vately agreed but which they have not ventured to act on by passing remedial legisla- tlon. The News editorial SAYS + dn part: “It begins to took res if Congress—the current 85th . Congress, that is, which ex-. es at the year's end—has’ cided to put up no further ® ht against- the Earl War- Supreme Court's numer- 8 kindnesses to Commu--- nista, attacks on the powers | of congressional investigating committees, and invasions 6f © States’ rights and the srime- . combating powers of | “The. Butler-Jenner - ene Coe ae q 7 dun 50 358 | Co ongress ‘and the the a Uj ° Democrats § Seen Bottling ‘Up Bill Aimed x, At Rulings on Reds, Crime, States’ Rights _ md Bince the Deinocratic Par- Cc a f, aan “ y.. Was approved weeks azo ~ by the Senate Judiclary Committee—meaning it is - ‘eligible for debate ‘and vate in the ‘full Senate at any time. Yet the Senate's Dem-~ ecratic Policy Committee in ‘tts wisdom has kept the bill from being called up for ac- — tion- on the plea that more {mportant legislation is bed - fore Congress and & long Butier-Jenner debate would: oniy- gum things up. Unless the bill is called up by mid- -June, which is right now, ie chance that it will be dis- ’ cussed at this. session of Cons ’ gress ts _ The News charges that the Democratic Policy Committee “Thas been guilty of an un-- patriotic sidestepping of its. duty, because the future of - the Nation is endangered “by the things the Warren court has been doing: to. - United - States rights and . Practices,” . No Among the recent decisions of the Supreme Court that Have come in for severe: candemnation by lawyers throughout the country are: tulings that anti-sedition > laws passed hy 42 States can. not be applied to subversion : Y syle: Tess Congress Says 50, and that persona who are Com-- ' munists are eligibl. to prhe- tice Jaw in any State, despite ‘the laws of the States which . forbid this. — | released dozens of Commu-: nists on technical points and, . as the New York Dally News / 58¥8, the net result’ of the Tong string of court decisiony fa that “Jt js hardér than , ever before for the Gevern- ment to combat the Red con- , splracy .to overthrow that same Government and make’ “ Slayes Of alladmanicans ex- Nor RPC RED TE JUN 20 1958 {/, 7 re The Supreme Court has - eget t Redh," oid. sa agit (Reprodyctinn B ay Ca curt \ “The editorial goes. say that, by releasing « feased raplst. because. polite held him for sewen: ‘hours’ cohversation with, them prior to his formal’ raignment before a. magis- trate, the Supreme Court? has. confused police and prosecutors all over. the. country and has “enabled; gangsteré and other hard-’ ened criminals te thumb: “their noses frequently at the: ‘dewey et : What can be done about it? The Congress has befo A it the bill sponsored by Sen-. ator Butler of Maryland and Senator Jenner df Indiana,. both “Republicans. Provisions: “of this measure, - if “enacted,” would strengthen the Smith, Act 50 as to prevent mem of Communist organiza from preaching treason od taking steps to overthrow Government, The prondked Jaw would keep the Supreme - Court from telling the States whom fhey might admit te the bar and would give legal sanction to the rights of the Btates to dea! with edition’ and subversion. ~ Finally, Congress, a3 a co _ordinate branch of the Gov-: ernment, would, through the’ proposed legislation, exercise its right to decide what is or: is not relevant to its own in- vestigations and inquiries,. . which are designed to get in« formation for guidance ' in. writing future laws. It is not-@ question of ime, pairing the powers of they eourt as an institution, b of asse the rights Congress as granted by Constitution itself. 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