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Weekly Bulletin © Je [ ] . @:. ACLU. recognizes that the Communis’ plays a dual role, . spoResman added, "in that it carries on some Work that is political agitation pro= tected by the First Amendment, but that it is also part of an intermtional conspir=.. acye But we do not believe that a lawyer can be properly disbarred for membership in. the Communist Party alone. It may be that in some cases membership in the Party may. go beyond mere association into external obedience which actually results in the dis. tortion of a lawyer's duty, But when~a lawyer has been practicing for a long period of time, as Sheiner has, distortion ~ if there has been distortion = would be visibli In the absence of adverse evidence relating overwhelmingly to actual distortion, believe that Sheiner could not properly have been disbarrede”. jas) - ACIN AIDS IN HUIE DUFENSE : The ACLU has noted the appeal of author Willan Bradford Huie's contempt of conviction in the Florida Supreme Court with a public statement upholding Huie's pos: Hudie had been preparing a book on the case of Ruby HeCollum, who had been accused: of murdering her lover in Floridae: His research led him to believe that Judge Hal Adams, who tried the case was actually involved himself in a net of intrigue that a emerged as background to the murder. Ilule was cited for contempt by Judge-Adams when he tried to publicize this and other facts about the case uncovered while he tried to: obtain an interview with Mrs. HcCollums . a _ The ACLs statement declared that cue process vas denied Huie when ‘Judge ‘Adams. we permitted to try a contempt citation based on a charge Huie had made against the > Using-the~language-of—the United-S tates-Supreme-Court~in-a-similar-case;~the: +: ACLU pointed out that "when a judge might have to blacken his own reputation by. 2 finding in favor of the defendant, 'the temptation of the average man as a judge to forget the burden of proof required to convict the defendant, or which might lead not to hold the balance nice, clear and true between the state and the accused, ! . renders a trial by the judge unconstitutional," ae Pan . CATHOLIC OBJECTORS APPEAL DROPPED Efforts of the Northern California ACIU to appeal the case of two Catholic conscientious objectors, George Lillis and Albert Duffy, have apparently come to an’ ende . - The ACLU had moved in Federal court for leave to prosecute the appeal at govern: ment expense, but was turned down by Federal Judge 0.D. Hamlin who was, “satisfied : that the proposed appeal is without merit and not taken in good faith.! The ACUU decided to drop the appeal because of the expense, of continuing and. because of the slim chances for success in view of previous refusals of the Court Appeal and Chief Justice Earl Warren to grant bail on the ground that there was no substantial question involved in the cases . . he TBENESSEE GOVERNOR VETOES SEGREGATION BILLS Governor Frank G, Clement of Tennessee has vetoed two bills passed ty the State, |e for the purpose of maintaining segregated schools in Fayette and Haywood counties. Similar bills. for other counties have been introduced and, if passed, presumably will be turnéd down by the governor, ‘lhe Legislature failed to ove: e vetoes. Bt Te Lol et a gt ; : eas In his veto message, the governor pointed out that the measure was merely attempt to circumvent the segregation decision of the United States Supreme Cor " He ‘noted ‘that the "only possible effect (of the bills) can be to foment racial hatred and disorder where -none exists, and to precipitate issues to the detriment. all concerned," wey Te ame gs eee me, ee The bills, invoking the "police power," would give school boards in certain‘? counties the authority to assign pupils to any school the board might designate a "CIVIL LIBERTIES BRIEFS The St» Paul, Minnesota, City Council unanimously adopted an FEFC ordinance; making it the 35th city in the nation to bar discrimination in hiringeesdlew Jersey: has had a law prohibiting discrimination in public housing since 1950, but court’ tion in each case was required to enforce ite ‘he State Legislature has now given the Division /gainst Discrimination, an administrative body, power to enforce the. law on its omy Pahl.