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0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) J 0 , WARE “COURT “KICKED ICKED/JN TEETH "At the American Bar Assoctation’é big London gets? together yesterday, an important ABA committee got up. in pubttc end Kicked the Earl Warre: preme Court right. _in the teeth. =". mittee on Communist Tactics, : Strategy and Objectives: chair. man, former Maryland Sen. Her- O'Conor and his ‘colleagues - turned in a detailed report keyed _ court is imperiling the nation-by ; being too concérned about Com- moniste’ theoretical rights. The tion which would simply w . Earl Warten court’s decision : This legislation would: © «| ,° + vs Keep FBI files confidential: Le ae gr hae gubversives as freely as they investigate businessmen and | labor leaders;. - Allow the Government to fire security risks even out, of non-sensitive public jebs; - ’ Permit: the Justice Department to query ahout-to-be- deported aliens on their connections with Communism; Knock out the Warren court’s ruling that the Smith- } Act of 1940 allows people to urge the Government’s violent overthrow g0 long as they don't spell out how it is to. be overthrown; -- a Empower schools, colleges, bar associations, ‘ete., to deny employment or membership to persons who refuse to answer questions shout past Comraunist activities, . - The O’Conor ‘committee 2 ‘accuses . the Warten court—in ceremonious legal Janguage, but its meaning can't be mis- . understood—of setting up different standards in its treat- rier ment of Communists from the standards it applies to other persons and groyps. + | The report notes the great giee in the U.S. Communist _ Party over these decisions, and the speed with which the ° Warr is rebuilding, now that it has been saved by the | rren court from the knockout punch the Justice Depart- ment had hoped to deal it, _ Ce ourageous * ‘th pet Justice Warren himself is at | e London meeting. : te Committee - That fact points up the courage these lawyers show in turning in this report. Many of . them will be handling cases in the Supreme Court in future.. All of them must know that judges can be and sometimes ~ ormed this public service regardless of the harm it . may do to them personally. . ~ . ’ Now that this committee of the powerful and ‘influen-" lawyers) will show similar courage at this session. ° y. There is a “clear and present datiger,” az lawyers put "t, that the Warren court will strike down all of our legal ‘defenses agairist the cri Communist conspiracy. ~*~ 4 F 77 a ae court alrea dy has gone meh cla r along inet . can reverse per 4 G4JUL 23 1957 at $Tor Congress to get ca, “2 eZ Saheb i The group was the ABA’s Com. ~ R. O’Conor, -_.. Bat to the proposition that the Warren © "are as humanly vindictive as anybody elee. Yet they have | tial American Bar Association has uttered, it is much to be hoped that Congreas (many if not most of whose members 3 4 report calla on Congress for legisla... - “a whole long string of the iW < Let Congressional committees ‘investigate cuspected 4 “4 1 Telagn —e— Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy | NOT Z @A jul 26 1957 ee oe Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Journal- American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —})__ N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader DateVUL EG yoy dem