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wee ee a eee camer ncmnepemensatee ad This is not to say that the law enforcing agencies *. problems. They have thelr"ttttteuke | ties not to say their frustrations, They are - charged with applying the law, with obtaining the Indictment of violators and with bringing them to trial on the findings of the grand jury. The law agencies represent the people and their work deserves sympathy and understanding. It is wholly reasonable that the Department of Justice, for example, wants to make gure that . dts files are not subjected to fishing expeditions on the part of defense counsel. At the same time there is no reason whatever to believe that Justice Brennan, who read the decision in the Jencks case, and his colleagues have any ‘inten. tion that FBI records be opened up recklessly. | In the final analysis, there is no reason why ; the best interests of the law enforcing agencies ' and the constitutional guarantees of the Bill of Rights cannot be brought together. That which benefits one in the long run benefits the other. If the recent Supreme Court decisions reveal any serious legal loopholes let them be plugged by Congréss in the interests of the necessary work of the Department of Justice and related. agencies, In the same spirit, let the law en‘ forcing authorities ‘study the Supreme Court decisions with the sympathy and understanding | which they ask for themselves. - . Wild charges that the Supreme Court Is wet: ting itself up as a judicial dictator are fantastic on their face, ipG Jugtioe Warren and ictioti cin Facike iB oe than oot $ ir duty as the supreme eppliers of our ‘aw-} ” that makes them guardians of the ifbertl jd freedoms which we all enjoy. .. ee * i w J at Ne na Ae A LE Ao Th ce a a eo