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y °C). al ———- , . hs : yy Bcc: me é ib? Belnes — lt Parsons >> oat grees u reme Court CritaRDY Mary ’§ former Governor’ and Benator, Herbert ©’Conor, is chadrman | of an American Bar Association Com-" mittee with a mouth- -filling- name—the | Committee on.' Communist. Tactics, Strategy and Objectives,” This commit. ; j tee with the approval of the ABA mem-— t hers, if their applause fs a trustworthy guide, now has joined the Chief Justices of the States in criticism of the Mne that ! the Supreme Court has taken im some j such emotion-charged rulings as court's school desegregation decision, Nor does it fall into the category of I intemperate name-calling. It ts, instead, an eXpression ef concern by competent ¥ and responsible‘: meh who think thaté the court, in its zeal to safeguard “theo-. retical individual rights,” may have § made it impossible for our Government to carry out “the first law of a a wet | ofiits recent decistons, | “3 "This erittclsm has nothing to do | the right of self-preservation.” ' What this comes down to, as we understand it, is a clash of opinion ‘with 'rebpect to the gravity of the threat. of Communist subversion. Tn its original! Smith Act decision'the court held that: the Communist consplracy was a “clear! and present danger” to our’ national security. But with changing times and: H a thange in Judges, this position an-' ! patently has been abandoned. As of to- | | day, the court does not appear to think’ that communism poses much of a threat. D Roser Wash, Post and WH Times Herald , Wash. KN News Wash, Star Fo N. ¥. Herald ito this country, and its recent decisjsng Tribune Ihave’ made it difficult if-not impodible. N, Y. Journal- for the Department of Justice anf cons! American Sessional committees to pur their! N. Y. Mirror ork of prosecution and e . : N. Y. Daily News Communist activitles: nw. i” ish N. Y. Times ° ny i Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Ae ap et —_hH 7p --__—_—_ —— Date UY 195?