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precluded the defendants from having a fatr trial, Myles J. Lane, United States Attorney jer the Southern ‘Dtatrtos of Yew York, stated: re ne a : ce a oy . "Counsel for the Rosenbergs at the trial who, oo, tncidentally, ts the very sawe counsel making the moving a petition on the tnatant appltcatton, stated tn open court after the jury had returned tts verdict of gutlty as te each of the defendants as follows; ‘A lovyer does not always win a casey all that a lawyer expects ts a jury to dectde the case on the evidence with mature deliberation, I feel satisfied by reason of the length of time that you took for your deliberattons, as well as the questions aaked during the course — of your deltberationa that you eramined very carefully the euidence and came to a certatn concluston.* The Fosenbergs counsel on summation stated; ‘Fe feel that the trial has been conducted and we hope we have contributed our share with that , dtgntty ond decorum that befite an Amertcan trial, ?" . (65-58236-1348 ) In hts optnton dated December 10, 1952, Judge Ryan stated as follors: "I ftnd no relevant or matertal tssue of substance ratsed by the petitions, which requires a hearing thereon or which renders the taking of oral teattmony etther necessary or helpful. I have concluded, after affording the attorneys for pettttoners full opportuntty to argue the legal problems presented by the petitton and to make proffers of proof, that the petittonera are entitled to no reltef, that the court which rendered jJudgnent hed jurtedtetton, that the sentences tmposed were authorized by lew and are not otherotas open to collateral attack on any of the grounds urged by the petittoners, and that full and complete ‘enjoyment of the constitutional rights of petittoners have been extended them » 104 @