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1UBL 23+ December 175 1955 ting, a Dr. Jud nt Hlavaty; a nigh jsachor, hed brovght a sap- gy in which h4 jod n2t enly ‘en the du. recess clause, but clainsd elso that dismissal because of tra assertion of hde priviiegs against self~. : Ancrinatien udar tho Unitad States Constitutien constituied s violation of that part rent whish bars a state tre depriving a citizen of Privilogse ad timunitisa giarantead by tha C titution. That case was held undsr advisement fer ‘ower thrae y. Wr ww York Court of Appeals finaliy adoptad ths decisicn of the U. rors Court with regerd to Slochover and ruled thst he was entitled to reinstatenant with back psy, then Hiavaty's case was decided in nis : favor; he has actually been reinstated. BFR? Whila the rain cases were fending, a nuzber of additional parsons who were dis= missed under Sectic: 7.3 entered inte stipulaticns with the eity autherities Bgreeing to cccopt the result cf these o: casas, There are h groups = Ployed by the Board of Educati those erploved by ths Board of Higher Eduostion, “In view of the fact that Slochew: 6 one of tha perties to the original proceedin, ageinst this latier board, tha atirwlants in the second group contend that ther ore entitled to the benefit of his vic Tye % issus will be brovght to court 4f the ‘U. S. Supreme Court acts unfavorably on the pending application of the original parties, . . In sim, therefore, Dr, Hlavaty has been reinstated and Prof, Slochower soon will be, but thers are reports that tho letier may be suspended on naw and different cher Nene of the others who tere parties to the origins] iitigation or the Stipulaticns have been reinstated. Their fate derands on what the U. Se Supreze Court will do uniess the state courts urhola tre contention of the sacond group of stipulenis that they should be - trested like th: successful Slochcwer rater ¢: ike his origingl but msuccessful co-parties. On tha other hand, no new parsons can be dismissed under Seotien 903, bscause of a claim of privilege whan qvestioned fisderal authoritizs not concerned with municipal education, Xone of this litigeiion has eny bearing on the right of the educational authorities to dismiss a teacher or otha> employee under the New York State Feinberg e of present msubership Zn the Cemimnist Party or for refusal to answer qusstions put by these schoc] evthorities about present or pest marbershin, thather such refusal is based cn a claim of privilege or otherwise. Ths ht -of ths 7 so dismiss teachers whe hats testified about their cun past nenbders! d to inf; on others is now in the courte as the result of presoed- York City to review ths decision of Ststs Education doasr Allen last August, to the effect that euch questioning was oe dnprozer, GOVERNIENT. RELAX SS: SECURIT POLICY CN NON-S20RET SCIANTIFIC R2SZARCH Security restricticns finally have been relexed in the case of scientists work- ing’cn Federally-susported Projests of a no ret neture, etcording to en annoumce- rent by Skermen Adans, Assistant to President serhower, Tho Administration's acti Tesulted fron recommendations made to the White House by ac tice of scientists headed by Dr. J, A, Stratton, cf the Kassachusetts Institute o: Technology. Tho new 6 as “most re bees hailed ty the Keticnal Science Foundation t Federal aid shall not be witin: & SCientist aged in non~seciet research, ded on the basis of a scien- ns to the goverrment's policy of extending loyal ty work cn < i because of n ton's = J to eur covorun: 23 siaiad by Mi dbo the benofics: of gov-rnment @rants-in-aid." The corzittes of scion tists, in raking dts.report to tha Whita House, adopted © ~~ the ge. position which had been ureed by Al vy ACLU. CIVEL LIZGATIES BRIEFS -- The Vatican's action in Placing two books by Simone da Beauvoir, tha Frenen ‘Vriter, en its Index of Prohibited Books is viewed as @ condemnation of existentiaiy (sm. The voli ts {roa Catholics ese: : oor 4 css in Kersa and Jape ~~ may te re ase}; Suggests; for the Defenses Dep. g wirex free. aned services - librariss evil post exchanges.