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TOTO Ry AER gs eee fi Medical Society Monopoly Case Today Opinion Also Expected \ On Military Commission That Tried Saboteurs d ; ; “ The Supreme Court today was i expected 7 announce whether a _ Tevlew would be granted to the {* American Medical Association |: and the District Medical Asso- elation which are appealing from "a District Court conviction on + charges of violating the Sher- . mar Anti-trust Act. ‘) The case grew out of the reputed a, efforts of the organizations to ,| thwart the aims of Group Health Association, Inc. a medical oo-op- | erative of Federal Government em- ployes, oe ‘The AMA was fined $2,500 and the District society $1,500 by Justice James M. Proctor after a jury had found them guilty, The Court of \ Appeals upheld the conviction in ‘June. Refusal of the Supreme Court +40 grant the review would leave the ’ findings of the lower court in effect. !. The petition from the medical or- ganizations was among more than 200 accumulating over the summer ‘on which the Supreme Court was ex- 24 6 Tigh Court May Rule~] mer am sai Mr. Rosen La al a 4 Mr. Facy ' Mr. Carson. 4 Mr. Coffey Mr. Hendon Mr. Eramer Mr. McGuire____ Mr. Quinn Tamm. might hand down a decision clarify- ing the extent of the President's wartime powers... . This tigation was instituted by counsel to & of Nazi saboteurs who slipped Into this country from U-boats on a mission of destruction: They challenged the constitution- ality of = military commission ap- pointed by the President to try them. . After an extraordinary three-day session in July, the. Supreme Court upheld the President’s action, but postponed the delivery. of its formal opinion. Six of the eight Nass were executed and the others were im- prisoned. - Some of the other petitions await- ing action involved: . | "1, Constituttonality of . California Negislation fixthg minimum prices for milk sold to the Federal Government for use at Moffett Meld. Pederal officials contended a State lacked this power, Another case involving a similar Pennsylvania law is pend- ing before the Supreme Court. _ . Pendergast Case Included, _2. Valldity ‘of the conviction of Thomas J. Pendergast, former Demo- cratic poltical leader in Kansas City, on s charge of crimina! contempt of court in ‘connection with Missouri's $10,000,000 fire insurance settlement litigation. 7 a ; - 9. An appeal by Enoch L. (Nucky} | Johnson, former Atlantic City Re- publican leader, from his conviction i on Federal income tax evasion . charges. Chief Justice Stone reached hie 70th birthday anniversary yesterday and became eligible to retire, but inue to serve indefinitely as head of the court. His health was described as ex- cellent and he was said to be in- v tensely interested in the work of the a bunal. Friends predicted that the | _ 4 retirement was quite a dis- tance away. cal , HOT RECORDEF 4942 WASHINGTON STAR Paget