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qi it pe ong the audacious and illegal decisions dered by the United States Supreme at its recent session was one depriv- A the states of the right to prescribe quatif- F ong for persona who seek to engage in seca the practice of law. As well said by Senator “7 Jenner, of Indiana, this ig essentially and yy Particularly a local matter, which each state {must be permitted to decide for itself. Yet Supreme Court of the United States, in recent Schware and Konigsberg - cases, agecting applicants for the bar in New Mex- . and California, respectively, denied the ~.4 Tight of a state to require an applicant for -*"Tadmission fo the bar, in the course of being =; {examined ag to hig character and fitness to @ practice law, to answer questions designed - to elicit information about past connections _ » and associations with Communists and Com- ““munjst organizations, and denied the rig’ :, Of ajState Supreme Court ta find that ™ longtime association of an applicant wi ve. | the unist Party, as a member of su arti 7a FL G Pn pe a ~ 65 SEP 11 1957 » 17 Which such jurisdiction should be withdraw Party, was @ proper “tector” to be considered: ” in determining the character and Fitness “ the applicant. : Oo In the words of the resolution offered by . . Chief Justice Norman F. Arterburn of the’ Supreme Court of Indiana, at the recent’ meeting of the Chief Justices of the, State 4 Supreme Courts: - ; “The United States Supreme Court: “has” transgressed sound legal principles, and inf particular, usurped fact-finding functions. . “Moreover, the United States Court hag encroached upon the Jurisdicti of the state courts. .... “Although the United States Supreme Court has the authority to fix its own stand- ards of character and fitness to practice in the Federal courts, we do not recognize nor concede that it may do so for the courts of the several states of this Union.” Tt may be there are other areas tn whi the appellate jurisdiction of the Supre: Court should be restricted or with respect ] Mr. Tictter Mr. Nease _____ Tde, Room____. Mr. Hojloman_. Misa Gandy___. FREDERICK SULLENS, EDITGR JACKSON DAILY NEWS JACKSON, MISS. 18/24/57. Page 6 Cols. 1 & 2 aperk 7 ven (2 s7z fo" ro NOT OT RECORDED Ml SEP id 1950 DT el —e