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Mr. Toleon MroFo. 4eocm (C) WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD ; . Clega_. Supreme. Court Decisions Scheduled 7. te Coreen mm cc mes, 8 Me! og Or Vital Vong Preedom of speech, of the press, and of religion may depend in the future on Presigent it's nominees of a Justice to suc- ceed James F. Byrnes, who re- signed Satur- day to becomes I director of eco- nomic stabiliza- tion. ~ . ‘These cher # ished funda- mental liberties, guaranteed by the Firat * oe mite a_.w le, Mal Fomrs °, ee Stone Diseelel 55 the court's approval of the license taxes objected to ‘hy Jehovah's Witnesses opened a Way “for the effective suppression-of speech and press and religion despite constitu. tional guarantees, The very taxes now before ts are better adapted to that end than were the stamp taxes which so successfully cur-Bur . ny tailed the dissemination of ideasBeaboteur case, to overrule the his by Eighteenth Century newspapers?toric decision in thp case of ex ‘and pamphleteers, and which werejparte Milligan, one of the funda- 'm moving cause of the American/mental precedents of American Revolution.”:- —: -- 2 “al jurisprudence. In the Milligant The license taxes were upheld| case, decided in 1866, the Supreme} hy a 4 to 4 decision, with Justice! Court held unanimousty that ner." Byrnes yoting with the majority,|sons other than members of ths! so that ‘his resignation leaves the]land and naval forces are not | greater peril”. court equally divided on this mo-|triable by mili commissicns i a ee than at Bates 7 See |mentous issue. Whether the pe-] under the laws of war in a district / tl in our history, accord-/tition for a rehearing will be| where the cfyil courts are open ing to recent pronouncements by|granted may ‘be announced by the|and functioning. The court also meet Mandae The &mart-lheld that anle Conersse mee orn im ‘Not Absolutes”” a embers of the Supreme Court|court mext Mondey. The Ameri-pheld that only Congress miay sus- elf. ; _ can Newspaper Publishers’ As-jpend the writ of habeas corpus, || The opinion flatly stated ve sociation and the American Civilfand then only in case of invasien rights saf s New Term - Liberties Union have filed intergor insurrection, ~ itution ware riot absolutes The court convened a new term) Vening petitions as frifnds of th yesterday and is expected to hand) fit den Jee moet fae tr rena whi Change Mind * ve down GeclslONs WIL Wit wtAL utr BY Canmss See ; araxag|weeks respecting momentous is Toonceivaniy one of Sustic ay: sues of constitutional government.'who voted with int majorit sident Roose might change and adm The scope of aie emand inithet the case wad wrongly d velt's powers AS CO er ‘Neided. This is precisely ‘wha chief of the armed forces in tlmq yotices Prank Murphy, Hugo | of war will be the subject of Spmieck, and William O, Douglag Jehovah's Witnesses are ‘Hformai opinion in the case of sever qiq in a dissenting opinion whering a rehearing of three Nazi spy-saboteurs, who appealedine case was decided on Junelicon sidered simultaneously, beslaaarnterd we Wee fom “They reversed the position te which the coyrt upheld lice: Oo release L corpus took in a similar case, invo ord ces in Opelika, Ala.; military commission appointed b¥the same religious cult, two year Smith, Ark, and Casa Oran the Predident to trv them. awn hepaeves Af annrahanginns m™i Ar jtpurports to safequard can wie 2 resco’ . ago, petause OF 2PPrenensioms & ore Sim Srna: Because of the Administration')i, current trends respecting thel Ariz. Each ordinance forbids the pletely subjected to uncont ‘leconstantly tightening censorship ©: rights and views of minorities. sellin of books. pamph Administration ection, ..Thy the press and ¢he mounting agit Chiet Justice Stone was the. 4 other articles withoa un eiardin. orecedons ot ances tion against minority groups IM 1016 dissenter two years ago, when ue a Freed < f religion sgains this country there is much greateliye +majority opinion was de-|ct7se, for which taxes. ranging | om of religion nterest in the petition Of TEROVAN )ivered by Justice Feltz Prank-|from $10 a year in Alabama to $25 Sit” 'On the eantracy. the Oo VALLERSTS, B Desapse ee TUrter, 10 WL & WSjOrity OL Wie! sp mon in ATKaNSaS are levied; | eas rehearing of thelr case oa, mnt court, the Chief Justice must con-| ‘rye matority “opinion of the ine preferred Position rhe |the Supreme con ' . eligioug Vert either the new Justice to be court, delivered by Justice Reed, mands are not restricted to . held that tos pamphleta. wp appointed by President Roosevelt) implied tha: there are moral as where the protected privil . sierra q taxed or one of the following: Owen J.) well as military limits to freedom sought out for attack. Th :|be censed an ken. | Roberts, Stanley F. Reed, Robert! of expression, “To proscribe the tend at least to every form {H. Jackson and Frankfurter. dissemination of doctrines or ar- ation which, because it is a \ : guments which do not transgress ition of the exercise of the (LE Jen ent jSaboteur Case Cited military nor moral limits is to lege, is capable of being u Z , /f | Attorney General ts Bid. Lind aon e ts regar ators Lig * 5 Mr. velt's at Itkely destroy the principal bases of de- coméasines suppress tt.” tli 7 - MTagst ff noice, Bidcle professes ia “4 “Ae ad cant i COB Eh Sek Cavan he RR, = i Qially When He Is catled upon we ay oe L a} sazprein fry YeTUsel to take action DieeMGiug: knowledge gnd discum '- .. sion,” the opinion said, “""* Hbertt veTrument afficlala-and ‘@moployea who are members of. or- “The Constitution of the United $xercised inde pendently of States is @ law for rulers and peo-' cherished privileges, protect ple, equally in wai and peace, and|,the same organic instruz covers Win the anlela of its pro-| Freedom of i a tection all classes of men, at all cdded, “may be limited by" times, and under all ciromm-i|of the proper legislative bo stances,” sald the Court in ithe times, places and methods f Milligan case. ; llenlightenment of the comm co “ which, in. view of existing Seek Rebearing _ |) amd economic conditions, -as et odds with the preservati peace and good order.” — . Chief Justice Stone sal cases presented “in ita b form the question whethe freedoms which the Consti ROT RELOPTE- .