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0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) ——— . . IT USED TO "tom for the great, the ‘near great and aspirants for great: ness-ta eppear on bunting- | ‘draped plat i: 0°’ - —_— acy forms to de- . liver a Fourth of July ora- - tion... The cus- tom wert out “with the .pop- ‘ ularity of the autom obile and radio; the . former’ pr o- , d uced ih § : ong weekend . vs on the road; - . Sokolsky- * . the latter the commentaries , aud news reports by profes- sionals, many of whom avoid opinions ,because no matter how you put it, An opinion can ‘be controversial. . | ; . The older custom was bet- | ter bewause it brought the : fore stimulated moral approv- ' gl or indignation. Most of the ' occasions resulted in moral in- ’ dignation which is essential in ’ .g free society. To remain free, ’ g people must often be angry “and they must be angry against their own officials. In this United States, such indig- -. mation is usually impersonal because few of us know our politicians and many would hot care to know some. But indignation is good for the soul and the ancient adage, . “throw the scoundrels out!’ “applies to even one's best ’ friends in public office. - \ a 4 age Chee in” a eo 4 - THIS YEAR, the most con- Soversial department of gov- ern t «the Sureme er ¥ BE the cus crvcrosanct, does not apply to dency or to Congress. When " neighbors together and there called himself a Republican Oo Court O re eae rae ese ays 2 @ ee oy e e . By George E. Sokolsky ‘ Nease - ee er “ eta dg: re. ele. Room The Fourth of July os ? Parana OC Gandy — the Republican Party md he got the first opening.on the Supreme Court, bench, which was the Chief Justiceship,: Except ag district attorney. in Alameda County from 1025 to 1939, and State Attomey General, Warren has had. no experience as a lawyer or a judge. His forte is political manipolation and state ad- ministration. a! . . wt an ; BRENNAN has been a judge in New Jersey. He ts a Demo-. crat and a Roman Catholic and was appointed for those rea- sons, it belng regarded as po- | litically fortuitous at the mo- ment to appoint such a one to the Supreme Court bench. No: one, not even Brennan, has! ever been able to explain how ; among the numerotts Roman Catholics and Democrats of. the United States, he happened : to be the one tagged. The last political act of Joe McCarthy | before he died was to oppose} the appointment of this ob cure New Jersey judge to the Supreme Court of the United tates. © . There must be other ap pointments in the near future. Court, a public agency gener- ally regarded as sacrosanct al- though not always so. Some of the Justices have been out- standiiig juristic scholars but there have been several politi- cal scoundrels on the Supreme Court bench so that the word, ire it any more than the Presi- the divislon of powers is clear- eut, the authority and cleanii- ness of the bench are at their best. oe »: President Eisenhower has appointed four Justices to the Supreme Court. Warren, Har- lan, Brennan. and Whittaker. Warren was Governor of Cali- fornia, 4 politician of enor- mous magnitude who man aged to get both Republican and Democratic votes and who really was not dependent upon either party, although he end controlled: the chine in his state. _ Warreh was a candidate for President in 1952 and stood between Eisenhower and Taft. Bota sides courted him. When it was clear that Warren could not be nominated, both, sides party ma- Wash. Post and bid Times Herald ——> NoT RECORDED 44 JUL 1° 1957 offered him a Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, the| Wash. News appointment — the first open-) remaining intellectual of the| Wash. Star ing— if he did not flip the| Holmes-Brandeis magnitude California delegatio# to the|on the bench, is 74 years old.| N- Y. Herald other side. It may be recalled Lie apparently hangs on as an Tribune that California held out to the fet of patriotism to prevent! oy 5 ] bitter egd when Eisenhower's [nother unfortunate appoint. . Y. Journal- nomination was certain. Mean-Ument. Whoever does the st American while, Richard Nixon hadBiecting of such men for Pregl’ yyy. Mirror broken away from the Califldent Eisenhower fe more the| '\" '° fornia reservation and Wasi}oolitician than a& jurist and| N. Y. Daily News —____ made Vice President. Wheniline Senate has apparently N. Y. Times the shooting was over, Warrenifdrapped dead. © 0: - 7, held the respect of the Eisen# Copsnistt. 1987, re Daily Worker hower and Taft elements im | °1??"¥\pynd ue Teh 7 wes The Worker . ' New Leader LA-A75 65-4 Date _JuL_a 1957 » are —— ———— * mere Me ee ee we .o oe