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‘2 BoS72 (9-20085) . . o Office ‘Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT _ $0 4 The Director as, . pin, 5/2 f SE . “apt gu * ee The ae qi de Sek Fake _ r rd aay et dy ambi oe Pass ft . aneere ee ae eer ats wet ae ars i pues ve ie wench ete” ; * mom e ap. Woks eth - . wat , cog ty Ls eee Vee age me of #.. ice fh AS: “ eet ¥ om, bayer Pages 6339-8342, Senator Jenner, (a) ees, nd extended his : to include am address by Mr. R. Carte: Pittman of Batten, Geergian” = == | the Demvusthenian Literary Society of the University of Georgia an : May 1958. Mr. Pittmas’s address dealt with a number of recent decisions =. | - @ e Court. Mr. Pittman commented on the Nelevn, Slochower, Cala, | Ben Qld, Yates, John Stewart Service, ete. cnven. Me stated "in the Dervicw ; @ase (decided June 17, 1957) the Court denied to the Secretary of State " gbeolute discretion given to him by lnw to fire say employes in the interest ef ' the United States, © © © In that particular case the FRI had « recording of a ' gecret cobversation between Service and the editor ef a communistic : made in the Intter’s hotel reom. The defendant may yet be heard from that . recording whispering kbout certain military plans of which he knew and which were | = ‘very secret.'" Mr. Pittman went on to state "Eighteen of the cases listed above 4, Were cases la which the Supreme Court reversed the of lewer Federal | {| evarts or the highest courts of sovereign States. ¢ * No fair person can read + those 20 cases without suspecting that there are at least 5 members ef the Court who have a fellow feeling for Communists. What else can explain why they exhibit evidence of personal insult and wounded feelings when a Communist is essailed? Why they should be so solicitous about the welfare andl safety of — Communists is a question for determination by those in the Congress who have the duty and power to investigate. * * © If there is any man living today who should know something about the Communist conspiracy, that man should be John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau ef Investigation. At the national convention ef the American Legion in 1957, he alluded to some of the decisions of the Supreme Court which give aid and comfart te the Communist t emy, saying: ing plans fo explell recent Cowrt decisions and Mghly eptinlsO 2° ean ane w emelt recent ys decisions ena MEN evict : the 'fubare. °" Zf A. 2: a by - Sr Line | } Le. yy i> ee oe ae os \ Original filed int ¢ * a “bg-dosee- NAT VT RECORDED 191 JUN 20 1958 5S 95 1958 7 es ORIGINAL Tn the original o! of a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the CongressfonGl Record for“) -— =» « ~ ‘7 was reviewed and pertinent items were morked for the Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that portions of a copy of the original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and ‘! pleced in appropriate Bureau case or subject matter files.