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\ Tolson \ Mohr Wick Casper J. ° . a Callahan ‘Hearing on Marshall Opens cet Felt : ° ° ° Gale With Quizzing by McClellan fcc Sullivan By DANA BULLEN ee Senators who appeared to line Tevel Star Stafi Writer up in support ot aavarine Trotter : Sen. John L. McClellan, nomination at today’s P Tele. Room ‘preme Court nominee Thurgood Philip A Hart, D-Mich.; Birch Gandy Marshall closely today on iMarshall’s views on criminal law at a Senate Judiciary Com- | mittee hearing—but received little satisfaction. | Marshail, the first Negro ever |nominated for a seat on the thigh court, repeatedly declined ‘to discuss matters that he in- .Sisited would be involved in “hundreds of similar cases ‘headed for the tribunal. “T must say.’ McClellan stated. “it leaves me without 'the necessary information I ;need affirmatively to consent to your appointment. I haven't been able to get an answer that ‘describes to me vour views.” Approval Expected | Despite McClellan’s opposition, Bavh. D-Ind.: Hiram L. Fong, R-Hawaii. and Roman L. Hru- ska, R-Neb, Dirksen Seeks Speedy OK Earlier, Senate Republican Leader Everett McKinley Dirk- sen, of Illinois, another commit- tee member. predicted speedy approval of Marshall's appoint- ment. Dirksen, at the time, said that among other things ‘‘it demonstrates that Negroes can reach the top of the heap.” Marshall, who would succeed Justice Tom C. Clark, father of the new Attorney General Ram- sev Clark. was presented at the hearing by Sens. Jacob K. Javits, R-N.¥., and Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y. Javits called Marshall ‘‘one _ THURGOOD AIABSHALL Kennedy. D-Mass., agreed ‘4: ifurnish briefs, speeches and ar ticles by Marshall to the com- mittee. At one point during McClel- lan’s questioning. Sen. James of the most distinguished law- Hey ) Pa /~ jit appeared that nomination of! ‘the 59-year-old U.S. solicitor igeneral will sail comparatively | smoothly through the Judiciary | Committee and the Senate. 0. Eastland, D-Miss., the Ju-'yers of the land,’ and Kennedy, diciary Committee chairman,|in his statement, called the interrupted to ask about a|solicitor general “immensely speech last March by Marshall: qualified’ to serve on the na- ‘to law students at the Univer-’ The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News | A number of other senators 'hastened to place themselves on sity of Texas in which Fastland| indicated that Marshall said he; tion’s highest court. Marshall was named solicitor general, the government's lop The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) | record in support of the nomina-| sereed with ; . recent Supreme: Daily News (New York) — jtion after McClellan's series of :Court rulings. ‘appellate court advocate, by i questions ‘President Johnson in 1965. Sunday News (New York) ‘The confirmation hearing,| Marshall Draws Laughter ee tts: oleae lone New York Post _ j which opened today, will con-| Coming to Marshall's aid,,NAACP legal defense fund, | The New York Times | tinue tomorrow, when Sen. Kennedy, also a member of the Marshall was a@ judge of the j . . i Wortd Journal Tribune —— Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., is €x-! committee, pointed out that anyignd United States Court of J pected to question Marshall | such statements would have been| Appeals in New York. about civil rights matters. ‘made prior ta Marshall's nomi-: In addition to hearing testi- McClellan's questions soughtination to the Supreme Court: mony on Marshall’s nomination, to bring out two points: whether | and that his position then would senaters were introduced to Marshal] agrees that crime has|have been different. Los Angeles Jawyer Warren M. reached drastic proportions JUS-" Drawing laughter from spec-.Christopher, nominee for the tifying new measures and itators in the crowded hearing ‘post of deputy attorney general, , Whether Marshall agrees with|;oom Marshall himself said. Christopher, 41, has been a | recent 5-4 decisions by the Su‘/that “once the President an- special counsel to former Dem- preme Court that critics claim pounced the nomination, 1 ocratic Gov. Edmund G. Brown (New York) The Sun (Baltimore) The Worker The New L.cader The Wall Street Journal The Nationa! Observer —__...——_ People’s World .————__...... —__ | are hindering law enforcement. haven't made any statements of California and was vice Date . tnali iat to anybody about an¥thing.” chairman of the McCone Com- etermination Voiced McClellan, pursuing his ques-:mission that investigated the . A “[fam as alarmed as you tioning, said he thought recent! Watts riguing in Las Angeles A _ f aref Marshall told McClellan, decisions “have. weakened the in 1965./, ) .. ‘ _ “ “but I am equally determined|arm of law enforcement in this! Few QfieStions were asked __ that whatever is done by gov-'country.’’ He said he wanted Christopher, Wa WE RORPED pol ernment agencies ... be donejto find out from Marshall|to Supreme fr 6) 196 ee within the framework of fthe|whether there might be “any|liam 0. DoQhsJipad2®) ipo/ : “onstitution.”" hope of a change when you|peared that his nomination was | In response to a question as to; become an associate justice.” | considered noncontroversial. lwhether it is not “necessary ge . - =— .S in protecting our na-: iowa hp we Sactitice ee ne “Marshall said: : ; "NOT it it violates the Constitu-: he noninee declined to ou farther than this in response: © more specific questions by McClellan, such as whether hy. subscribed to the “philosophy” j af recent Supreme Court fee: sions limiting the adinissinility of statements given by crime: suspects who have not beer! fully warned of their righis, Marshall referred McClellan, the governments brief filed him in one of the recent es, and Sen. Edward 4M.‘ sor 3