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Hirh Court Decision ' Put a Strong Stress Ke On Academic Liborty Ay By James Reston g Tl: G (1 Tines, June iY IK, we vit ped YQ, a é Washington, June 18----The Supreme Court was more in the mind of th capital today as a result of its recent decisions on individual liberti than at any tine since its great battles with Pres. Roosevelt, Lecsal experts in the Senate are conceding that the court had put fundanental and historic restrictions on a Conpressional investigatory | that in recent years had been asserted as all but limidless, Constitut lawyers were studying the implications of this month's decisions dy tre and they were pointing to the order in the case of fFrof, Yaul l.. Sueezey the State cf UW.F. as an expressicn of the new ccurt's attitude tovard dv vrocess under the llth Amendment, In reversing the state court's conber citation of the Professor for refusing to answer a number of questions ¢ his teachings, his political opinions and associations put to him by the statets Attorney General, Chief Justice Warren said this "is a measure o rovermmental interference in these matters." "We believe,’ he wrote, "th there unquestionably was an invasion of petitioner's liberties in the ar of academic freedom and political expressione-eareas in which Government should be extremely reticement to tread," NOT RECORDED 141 7 195 The Supreme Court now seems tu be saying in a great n ‘| Nes vases: tnat officials in the Executive and members of the LeridTatures have evi. objectives or intent, but that in recent years they seem to nave become infected with a spirit of casualiness or even indifference toward those le procedures of cue process that were established to defend the sactity of reputations and the right of privacy and to place leral limits oh arbitra overnnent, 19 Supreme Court is now proclaiming "lit raroughout ahi, the Land" --and doing an in no anibl puous teat liberty ros be