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not to believe in God, then a petitioner f , Affirmations, in lieu of’an oath, are expressly allowed by Congress. This should *"" solve this problem easily, However, it is the implications of the decision that, ; frightening. This is not a nation of God-believers alone. It is a nation of pé : who hat freedom of. cons de) wh have the ight deve tt In “Apri. “of 1983, the attorney General's office, in effect, dropped .,, and eventually a new judge gave Plywacki his citizenship without the oatl ; is thought to.be one of the few of its kind ever to come to light, : ” When Joseph Vozar ded, his - brother Stephen thought he was the sole heir and. was made administrator of the estate, In December 1953, Alois Wozar, a resident of: .. Czechoslovakia, claimed to be gsenn ts son and therefore entitled to the inheritanc He filed in an Ocean p Counts M J. court thr: Ameri ttorney: to obtain his in: heritances lid 2 whe Counsel for Stophen Vozar sought to identify Alois further and secured inte rogatories from the court requiring that information be submitted by. Alois Wozar. Czechoslovakia to prove his claim, Among. the questions asked were three pertaining; to his possible membership in the Sonmni.st t Party, of Czechoslovakia or his sympat with Communist organizations theres 7 Acting in the New Jersey court in behalf of ‘Alois Wozar, attorney “Jerome of Newark failed to submit any answers to the questions as to Wozar's possible Commis; nist sympathies and sought to have the case contimed long enough to have testimony:, taken in Czechoslovakia on other matters relating to Wozar's identity. During the; interim, attorneys for Stephen Wozar were successful in having the entire case dis: missed in August 195k on the grounds that enough time had elapsed and the questio had not been answerede The Appellate Division of the Superior Gourt of New Jersey Feversed this ace WE tion, declaring that questions regarding Wozar's possible Communist affiliations wer ae ‘manifestly improper and irrelevant." Since the action deals with the right of a sons: to inherit his father's estate, "his political beliefs as a citizen and resident of- Czechoslovakia in the Present Posture of the case before us. have no pertinency," the court saide With respect to due process, ‘the court noted that trial courts have wide dis=4 cretion in this type of case, including the right to dismiss the. case entirely e. But said the court, "Such drastic action should not be taken except in unusual cire' stances which display gross inattention, carelessness or contumacy os." Noting th difficulty of shuttling information back and forth from Czechoslovakia, the co’ indicated that a reasonable time had to be allowed in order to establish the, n sary proof of Wozar's claim. judicial authority," it said. A sweeping censorship bill “and an nto Arkansas legislature at its current session. The censorship measure would havi _ hibited the publication or dissemination of any obscens material in any medium of: communication whatsoever and would have also informat: . to where such material could be obtaine oe des % The “psa. did not say who would judge the obscenity and any person coul hay filed a protest under it. The present Arkansas laws dealing with this subject’ put’ the authority to ban magazines, movies, and other publications or entertainment, in’ the hands of the Prosecuting attorneys or: censorship boards . The antd-nudisn pila defined nudiém as congregating with the ody expose “a presence of "one or more" of the opposite sex. The proposal would also ha i. ced the publication, sale or possession of Hiterature Ang