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po nn o-1 (Rev. 0-7-56) $ re — Wo “0 . : i i , omeqt THESE DAYS: ¢ Court Decisions ‘Outlaw Security | By GEORGE E, SOKOLSKY HAVE before me a fat volume of 340 pages, entitled “Commission on Government Security.” The ques- tion is: to read or not to read it. It is a hot Sum- mer and {t does not seem the time for futile reading. There may be something useful In this report, The Commission contains very distinguished names and I see on it my old friend, James P. MecGranery who used to be Attorney General of the United States and who knows very much about security. There is also Representative Francis E. Walter who heads the House Committee on Un-Amerjean Activities, | _ But what Js the use? The Supreme Court has already settled most of the questions that this report deals with. The Supreme Court nas really outlawed security. It has taken the position that when there is a conflict between the freedom of the individ{jat id the security of the natton, the conflict shall-be yesolved in favor of freedom of the Individual e en If that Individual belleves that the major problems ipf this nation are to be solved by the conspiratorial Communist Party. In the Jencks decision the Supreme Court lessened the. usefulness of the FB1 which re- mains the only effective governmental agency to fight this type of conspiracy: in the Watkins decision it made it practically impossible to establish the con- splracy by evidence. . Wants a Big Job _ “Bo, I look at the Summary of Recommendations in this massive volume and I find that someone wants a big and expensive jab because what is recommended ig a Central Security Office. But what good is a Central Security Office if it is impossible, because of Supreme Court decisions, to prove the main conspir- acy? Look at this sentence: “A man who talks too freely when in his cups, or a pervert who is vulnerable to blackmail, may both be security risks although both may be loyal Americans.” Is a man loyal to his country who permits himself to become a prey af spies? Here again the resolve is to safeguard the individual “from an unjust stigma of disloyalty,” but nothing 1s said of the very great peril to the natton. At any rate, it would seem as though this expen sive joo need not be made just to sve perverts from the unjust charge of disloyalty and under the Supreme Court decisions, there is little else that the Centra Beeurtty Office can do. Ee SP RE me a ee ie . Wash. Star Tol : N we {pWeaanan : : Belmont Wash, Post and Times Herald Wash. News N.Y, Herald Tribune N.Y. Journal-./& American N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Marae