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Melvin Belli — Part 1
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beginning. on Page 7, cont ains - ‘an article by Robert Pires ae
_of ‘the Lawyers Against Test Oaths for the Bar, P.O. Box 2225;
that. “ae test: OF:
- The "Daily Peopic's Yorld'™ newspaper issue of Septenbe xr oy
“Ei fe" magazine (oublisted by Time, Inc., 540 North wi
Avenue, Chicago li, Illinois) in an issve of October 16, }
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-Belli's court room crops and nis pyrotechiient oratory have «
_ reaped: ‘big awards for nis clients ¢ and himself while revclu iti
the practice of. personal. injury Law.’ "
_ captioned “Phe Kins Of Torts." The subheading rea "MGivyin
On Mar ch: 9, 1951, the name of Melvin Belli, San
‘ Francisco, ‘appeared ‘along with other names on the letterhcacd
‘ an, Francisco. 26, amd “1614 4North Argyle, .Lq@sAngeles 28, . whih-
‘appeéa to tiembers of the Bar to oppose California Senate
Bill SB 1666; ~~ whitch would impose upon .every member of the Cal
fornia Bar’ and’ ‘every candidate for admission, the Requirement.
doyalty oath be taken as) a ‘condition to practi
“1949, contains an art icie, "Bay Area Notables Protes at Commur: ig
"for the purpose of protesting the actions of
Uaited States: goverament in prosecuting persons for th
. express ions of opinions
PT as a “San“Francise , Sept. 210° -. ..
() a, ‘group of greminent Ecy Area residents, hendec |
-. by Attorney. VaincenPMiollinan, protested theprosecutvica i
Of the 22 Communist leaders tc Alben Barkiey during
the vice Pre Sident's visit here.......
ova Tt “The group wrote Barkley that they wanted to sce ;
hin the 7
“tye refer perticularly to”’the prosecution of whe
” Communist: leaders. in New York, and- consider the acticu
against them the sad reflection upon * the level tu wich |
our Anericaa concepts of free speech nave declincd. .
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; "'we Gesire to solicit your aid to combe 7 procedures
‘under which .2n existing system can enploy the coercive :
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forces of the goverpment to preserve itself from criticin.
or change.'
"Mombers of the group which ais
worded protest against the trial to ft
Howard HeGrath, included in addition te
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