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oT: hee fallor rs a ee oe vhatne oN ie wtcee, ghee my sha | Says Congress. Would Confuse And Not Clarify “y By John J. Lindsay - ros Reporter, ae ‘fen. "Thomas Cc. Hen- nings Jr., (D-Mo.) urged Con- gress yéste not to tam- per with upreme Court Mallory decision. Hennings’ plea aet the stage for the expected showdown fight in the Senate on a ‘bill doassed last week by the House Nto “clarify” the Mallory rule. . Congressional maneuvering over the past two years to “olarify” the Mallory rule, said Hennings, leads to the “ines- capable conclusion that we woyld be better off if we left the matter in the hands of the Congress in its étrorts to “Improve” the rule—on admis- sibility of confessions as évi- dence in court trials—has only increaned confusion, Hennings sai \ The Mallory decision holds criminal confessions inadmis- gible as evidence if obtained lfrom a suspect during an un- ‘necessary delay- between arm \rest and arraignment, ‘Predictions Recalled The decision was handed Kctlory, ‘whose confession te ory, whose confession ta Bhe rape of a District woman wae held inadmissible because %% was obtained during a 7%- our delay in arraignment... . Ho passed by the Mouse last week wilt prp- 2UUUL Ly 359 tr dictions , of “timid souls” that a a I om *3 ge) B a 2 Hennings, sald the dire pre- the Mallory rule would release |" upon the District a “veriteble|4 horde of criminals” and “shat- i ter” effective law enforce-|* ment throughout the country, have not materialized. Keating Pian Criticized Law enforcement officials, said Hennings, have succeeded | in working within the mandate of the Supreme Court, They have been diligent, he said, in|: chserving the constitutional rights of crimital suspeets. “This,” he said, “is exactly what the Supretie Court wanted.” .. Hennings criticizec a pro- posed amendment to the House bill by Sen. Kenneth B.) Keating (R-N. Y.) that would —in effect—leave to criminal | juries discretion to determine |, hether a delay in arraigo| ment is sufficient to invalidate a confession. Hennings said this would miy muddy legal waters un- cocesearily, Practice und the ruling, he said, shows it needs no no “glarification.” —_—iqueie 4 \ {} ‘ Tolson Belmo DeL i McGuire Mohr Porson We Roser Tamm Trotter WC. Sullivan — Tele. Room _ Holloman Gandy wis en in| Gk -JIIIS-/ ro NOT RECORDED — U9 [ul -6 1959 Na a LL A The Washington Post maf) Times Herald The Washington Dally News __ The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American — New York Mirror New York Dally News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Joumal __ Date - 1959