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a an Sn ~ ‘ gta? fs ‘ ike Joins Court’ $ Critics K Tele. Room._.__ i PARDON THE suppressed cheer, bit isn’t” Mr. Holloman___ it something that the Chief Executive Miss Gandy____ ow among those wha disagree pyith the . ———-- Moca ot the United lates Supreme : } . i} areal President, at his Wednesday press * | f ‘conference, joined a healthy majority opin= ion by pronouncing himself in sharp dis- {agreement with the high court's tenuous decision in the Jencks’ case. . ~ We agree with him entirely that incalcu-" lable damage is going to result from the ~ court's dictum that government attorneys - , must reveal the contents of their confiden- , tial investigative files. '- Tm Atlanta there is the appalling prospect’: ' .. that the parties indicted in the current lot- {) _ tery cleanup are going to go scot-free as a” \-27°> . ty r result of the legal gimmick the Jencks’ case , v / . " gives defense lawyers, - . ‘s - ’ ‘By asking government attorneys | to open : _giheir confidential files—something the gov- ernment attorneys cannot do without break- ing vows of “secrecy-—-they can get cases. ‘Vagainst their clients dismissed, The routine is all too familiar, by now. Certainly there is no intention to pre judge the defendents in the lottery-bribery eases, nor to clamor for their skins. But they sHould be tried. _ We have said. before that Congress ) should unwrite the Jencks’ case de- I 1 ~~ a cision. With the President’s remarks on rec- ord te encourage them, legislators should now act swiftly on this. oO ; i Mee ee F ‘ THE ATLANTA JOURNAL So . 1G - AISLES AR Atlanta, Georgia “July 18, 1957 a ECORDED . Editor: JACK SPALDING ie M41 AUG G 2u1957 SS A ee 6 FAG 9 1957