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Weckly Bulletin a nee February 23,19 - ‘Faculties themselves can be counted ‘on to cleanse their ranks. However, membership in the Communist Party or any other organization which gives explicit ~... instructions "to betray their professional trust is prima facie evidence of prof sional unfitness : cone not ne RO ee "Those unthinking individuals who miscall themselves liberals, and who belicve. that ‘anything gocs' in the academic world until the teacher is cought’ in the act of |; indoctrination, and thosc inquisitorial individuels who cannot distinguish between. q education herosyssseeand educational conspiracy, are equally the gravediggers of academic freedom." . a re Vote L: . Oliver Pilat, feature writer, The New York Post: Perhaps 400 to 500 artists” are dircetly affected by radio-IV ‘blacklists. Networks, agencics, and sponsors all ~ use blacklists with varying severity. "Former collaboration with a Communist front; the usual cited reason for ‘blacklisting, may come close to subversion or mean nothing’, eeeeeeThe worst part of the situation now is that a person accuscde,.s.emay not know’" of the accusetion, or if he receives a hint of it, may be unable to face it, or win’ > celezrence on factual grounds." Vineent W. Hartnott, co-author of "Red Channols": There is "blacklisting! the entertainment industry todey——occ: Toned by the very tactics of the Communist ‘ movement. ed : a Anti-Communist sponsors and patrons of the ‘commercial ‘theatre have "under + tactics of exploitation by refusing to’ standably-and_rightly reacted to Communist. tac hire or patronize Communists and those who notably support thomssssssThere—is-no——= violation of civil rightsese.ss.in such refusal to hire or patronizo Communists or 2 their supporters. It is clementary comion sense." . . 73 SEGREGATION IN. WASHINGTON, _D. RESTAURANTS UPHELD IN 5-4 COURT DECISION Scgregation in restaurents in the District of Columbia was upheld in a recent court decision when a U.S, Court of Appeals, dn a five-to-four decision, denicd that’ so-crlled "lost" laws of 1872 and 1873 on which the case was based had any validity. The case grow out of charges that Thompson's Restaurant in Washington refused ,:; “to serve three Negroes in 1950. The case wont through two lower courts and is now fea headed for the Suprome Court, A bricf urging tho courts to uphold the validity of “4 the Equal Service Acts of cighty years ago was filed by Former U.S. Solicitor General’; Philip B, Perlman; similer briefs were filed by ACLU, and the American Veterans. Committec. * The appeals court turned the argument of the plaintiffs down on technical” grounds: . : (1) It is argued that the "lost". laws, which barred discrimination in cat: places because of racc, were tof the character of general legislation" and that 3) therefore the District of Columbia Legislative Assembly of those years had no powers}; to pass thom, . ° Te a : (2) Those lews wore repealed in any case by tho District of Columbia cot of 1901. ey Fan f aon A strong dissent concurred in by four judges asserted that the Yegislation « twas enacted by a legislative body and has always been subject to legislative modif: ention or repeal, No modification or repeal has’ been enacted." oe, NEW YORK ACLU PROTESTS BAN AT JBLKE TRIAL ° The New York Civil Liberties Union hes pro’ against thi - of -4 press at the trial of Minot Jelke on charges of compulsory prostitution. “The grov , stated that Judge Francis L. Valente's ban "involi erious violation of both t! defendant's and the public's civil liborties". So cs cos A group of eight newspapers and press scrviccs, in an effort to upset th carried a legal protest to the State Suprome Court. This weck Justice Benjamin F Schreiber’ upheld Judge Valente on the grounds that the latter’ could invoke his dis= cretion to keep sodomous material away from the press and public. Schreiber also:. stated that his court had no power to upset the ban. The pleintiffs can now appeal. to a higher court. : NYCLU protested on the grounds that freedom of the press hiad been. violst denying to newspaper reporters access to the source of news, and, the, defendant 134 constitutional rights to a fair and public trial have been jeopardizes. by,.£hy ae NYCLU states that itwill endeavor at the proper time on appeal, te as a friend of the court on the issue of a fair and public t) if th not result in an acquittal".