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- 4 > : ' Mr. Tolscka > ~ ef ~ Mr. E. - HERG C a < J Mr. Clees _ Mr, Coffey é = Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols _ Mr. Rosen ——-.- Mr. Tracy Sat — Mr. Carson Homes Not Safe From Search Mr. Egan Mr. Hendon High Court Minority Charges Mr, Pennington — By United Press Mr. Quinn Temm _ Four Supreme Court justices belfeve that the Bill of Rights’ safe- Mr. Nease guard against “unreasonable search” has been seriously jeopar- Miss Gandy dized by the court majority. opinions, ices - F a Frankfurter? Robert asic in Officers went to his. pom ein son and Frank Murphy criticized | ¢raug statute. During a five-hour their five colleagues for a ruling ransacking of his apartment, 11 11- centering about the Fourth Amend- legal draft cards were turned up. ment to the Constitution. Justice Th. ey were the basis of his Wiley B. Rutledge joined Justice tion” No evidence was Moet to Murphy's Gissent. ss decision,” Jus- support the mail fraud charge, and tlee Murphy declared, “The Fourth mat complaint was never prose- Amendment no longer stands as a bar to... tyranny and oppression. Justice Murphy charged that, on ' . direct encouragement is|the authority of the majority | oo give to this abandonment of the ing, aw fo engage in officers a | bd t of privacy, a right won at so in an Tm. great a cost by those who fought | Plunder of the home” with only a for freedom.” “subterfuge” of an arrest warran' The five-man majority, in a de. eision read by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, held that a warrant for arrest authorizes Federal officers to search a man's home and seize evi- dence for prosecution of a totally different crime. The dissenters said the court heretofore has limited lawful evi- Jeezce, to that seized upon the ar. Tested person's body, and then dhiv tet ew ows Hii willis when connected with the cr charged In the arrest warrant. The case was that of Geotge Harris, Oklahoma City, convic of violating the Draft Act. Arrest- 7 MAY 6 1947 WASHINGTON NEWS Page__©