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Batting Average on Reds Br GENE WORTSMAN Scripps-Howard Staff Wriler WASHINGTON, July 144Jus- itt Hugo Elgck has been ac- cused of favoring the Con- munists in ail 71 cases to come before him on the U. 8. Be neg -» Supreme Court ; oe ' shoce 1943, Sen. James O. Eastland (D., ' Miss.}), chair- , mean of the _ Senate Judici- = ary Committee, "7 expressed alarm over Black's performance as well as that of the court vee COUP Favl Warren became chief ustire in 1954. Eastiand said: *Keveniv-none times (Black) soled to sustain the position dvoraled by the Communists, nd nal one vote or one frase aid ke decide in the con- trart, “Ht is hard for me to be- lieve that the government, ar the states, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the congres- sional committees, the United States district couris, and United States circuit courts of appeal were always wrong when it comes to Com- munists.” & Pe! WOLTEMAN sine éince . * . TAIMEDE. ToL WARDS, San. Wayne Morse 1D, Ore), in a desk-banaing demonstration, denounced Easi- land's 2 o-hour speech as “ore ef the mac serion: attacks on tan judicad yascess under the Cansturtan of the United Slates T have ever heard.” Meuse said if was a travesty wpon the pronciples of logic to intimate that the jurists turned themselves into pro-Com- munist judees simply by their cigict dessions. Morse declared: “Thank God fer a Supreme wrk which has the eourare AFTER- JUSTICE HUGO BLACK freeslom gnaranteed each cili- zen hy the Constilution.” oe JIN HIS SPEECH, Eastland cited ease; since 1943 and Showed how each justice voted. Justice Wiliam ©. Douglas patlicipated in 69 cases and sustained the Communist side on 66 occasions, sald Eastiand. Justice Felix Frankfurter, third member of the court who has served continuously since 1943, participated in 72 cases and ruled with the Reds on §6 of them, against them on 14. Ee-etlond said 17 justices have strye7 oon the court since 1943 and paruc'psted in Communist cases, Only two others-- Fo ank Miur- phy and Wiley B. Rutledge -. as Black did and supported the Communists on é¢ach of the cases in which he took part. But Murphy and Rutlecre @ach sat in on only four de- cisions. Former Justice Stanley F, Reed, who President Bisen- Hower first picked to head the centagewlse In opposing the Reds among the justices who participated in more than 30 cases, Reed ruled against the Com- munists 40 times and for them on 14 occasions. Ex-Justice Sherman Minton opposed the Reds % times, backed them 10 times, And the Iate Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ruled against then 23 times compared to nine decisions in their favor, The present chief justina, Ear! Warren, has sideq with the Comunists 36 times and opposed them only three times. Other members of the pres- ent court show: Harold M. Burton, 32 for and 37 against: Tom ©. Clark, 18 for and 33 against: John M. Harlan, 20 for and 14 against: William J. Brennan, 38 for ard 2 against; Chartes Evans Whi taker, 4 for and 7 against, Said Eastland: “What concerns me, and 1s of vast eoncern to the Ameri- can people ig the pattern that has been developing anid made clear by these facts and figures... Sen. Fastland eited cases to prove that— “When delay in necessary ta help the Communist cause, the ecurt detays...When suppres- sion would help the Com- munist cause, the court has suppressed... When preemp- tion would help the Com- munist exuse, the court has preempted ... When Invention would help the Communist cause, the court has invenied ... When misstatement would help the Communist cause, the court has misstated, “|. . Abways it has been the Communist cause which has hencfiled from the Supreme Court.” Tie other three former en members voted: Robert H, Jackson, 11 for an 20 against; Marian Fiske Stor heurs of heateria te hold Commission on Civil Rights, twire against; and Owe Cue to the basic ricghis of has the third bést record per- Roberts, twiog sgrinst. ° bry THE HOUSTON PRESS moo . \ rat rf 7/ 1b] i [ee Le wis Pee abl ef ; Tex COADE: 1 . Hous.von, Texas NOT RE er 4 WOC) Gh us 2 _ Se oe ~—e . a oe fo = Te wet ea : . - . te . ac ri ~_- cow ™ * oy wet : - wae - . ” basta ae. wr. -