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ae a ee west ne sree O——_————— f 0-19 (Rev. 5-27-63} & NEw YORK — Sixty-eight prominent American attorneys, clergymen, union officials and persons active on the civil lib- the repeal of the Smi Security Act of 1950, an e Communmsr Control Att of 1954. - They urged President Ken- nedy during the last week in October to suspend further en- urity Act “until the constitu- tionality of its several provis- jons is finally determined in the courts under litigation al- ready in progress.” The signers of the statement charged that these “authoritar- jan" laws would: punish “mere expression and association.” punishes persons for the ‘mere teaching and advecacy of un- Romalar docknis Pad REPUTATS NS HURT .The McCarran Act, they said, ‘Gs similarf' directed against the mere evaression of ideas.” Under it “ideas and associa- tions’ would “be the objects of repression. and punishment.” The Communist Control Act i of 1954, they declared, “has raised the gravest constitutional # jssues.” i They said that the “failure to j abide by our traditions of free expresson,” like “our failure to provide equality of opportunity and equal justice for our Negro population,” “downgrades our ‘| world reputation and = influ- ip enee.” : . | “It is a baseless Insult to ‘s* Qe patriotism of our people : i | | 1940, the MceCarran™ginternal forcement of the Internal Sec-- shut cCarran-type laws. hurt U.S”. say notables-in plea. igftepe: and to our constitutional tredi- tion to outlaw political parties, associations and ideas, whicr in a free society should find their erties front recently called for’ | rejection in the public mind and Act of not in the public jail.” ELECTORAL EFFECT = They cited, as one effect of the Commumist Control Act, the hanishing from the eleclion ballot of Communist candidates. The prohibitions and penal- ties of the Internal Security Act, “the validity of which has not yet been tested in the that the be slow to seck their imposi- tion.” “The burdens imposed by this The Smith Act, they said, act include fantastic penalties for non-registration, the disal~ lowance of tax deductions, the stanly ef sonal Spee, the prohibition of government employment and of private em- ployment on government work, denial of passports, idertifica- tion of printing presses and similar drastic provisions. Mem- bers of listed organizat.ons are thus made ‘outlaws’ in our society.” ’ McCARTHY VIEWS At the same time, however, the statement includes doctrine: -” which stem directly from the Sf , McCarthy period. The signers said, as McCarthy did, “it is doubtless true” that the Com- munist party “may be today a source of recruiting for flegal action.” P They condemn Co urists ‘or having “sy¥mp2 ith the Soviet Wnion : ‘The statement hints at a re- one a Tolson Belmont - Mohr 2 Casper Caliahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale pat Rosen — Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy Ags “ * GV 4, Batsety OR aS ry 2 Sas, J. Wetiegs leside, Earion"s) Wr é The Washington Post and apo times Herald yt - “* The Washington Daily News NOT ae OES The Evening Star . $l DEC New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror lation beween Communists and | - persons “actually engaged in ef, espionage or other illegal ac- os tion.” : : a 4 ‘ & a They proclaim —themseiveg . Ny. the supporters of “free institgi- \ Y tions against communist tayali~ They are concerned that the” ; continuation of the anti-com-, s ‘yaunist laws will hamper the’ effort to “enlist the allegiance _of emerging peoples” in the un" | derdeveloped ents. ops New York Dally News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People's World Date