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‘BYSUPREME COURT - tt -_ 8 Review Granted on Induction by Reading of Oath Refused by a Texas Objector WORK CAMP PLEA DENIED Decision on Schneiderman’s Citizenship Stands—Action Deferred on Threat to Kilt Special to THE New Torr onal? WASHINGTON, Oct. 11-—The SHe wnettera draft registrant clde draft registrant was legally enlisted in the Army when he had read to him the in- duction oath which he had refeused to take. 1 . The case on which a review was afited today was that of fillings, & former teacher at the 1ve of Texas. He contended that he had wished to present him- self ag a conscientious objector facing prosecution for failure to obey the Selective Service Act. At the same time the court re- jected the plea of Walter F. Gormly_ of Milwaukee,” se “Weir term for refusal to report for ~werk at & conscientious objec- tor’s camp on grounds that it would make him “a participant in a war machine and an accessory to murder on efield” and would violate the constitutional : guarantee of religious freedom. Action was deferr na peti-|i tion by William eid of New Orleans, eighteen montha for threatening to Kill) President Roosevelt. ; In setting its docket for the term, the court pased on about 800 petitions for review. Among them it rejected the Gov- ernment’s reqeust for a rehearing on the 5-to-3 decision in June that Mere membership in the Commu- nist party was not sufficient rea- son to oke the citizenship of Willi chneiderman, State Sec-|' pale 2c Cornmtinist party of California. A review was granted on ‘a deci- sion of the Third Circuit Court that the Federal law against “kick- backs” did not apply to construc- tion foremen, the case being that] ef Frank Laudani, convicted of forcing workers on the Weehaw-/' ken, N. J. plaza connection with , y) the Lincoln Tunnel to “kick-back’ +S part of their pay in 1937-38. The court consented also to ex- of OCT 1 G 194 | amine a decision of the Virginia < ’ |State Court of Appeals holding constitutional a Sta tion cOMTonINe liquor trensportation, a | bb, BI fy . U6 \G2- 2 ISTSH A NOT RECORDED 41 0CT 181943 This is a clipping from page ef the New Yerk Tines for Goverament,