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0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56} a wer Se ae version were pra ' ‘lthe Supreme Court Headed?” . Characterizing the tf eral. Thurmap“Arnold, ‘ moderator, Four Major one” ; Highlighted in the discussion ‘lwere the following Cases: : 1. Jencks, am, cee ymust Be opened to his Inspec- tion. _. 2. Yates, in which the court held that the Smith Act does not prohibit advocating or teaching violent overthrow of pine Government as an abstract Drineiple divorced from any ef- * fort to instigate action. 3. Sweezy, in which the court held that a contempt conviction Fore mah who refused ta answer questions of a New Hampshire . legislative committee as to a university lecture he “rights to due process of law, High Coult’s [ Tp pe On Subversion Debated ‘By HOW. L. DUTKIN are ., Recent Bupreme Court} decisions in cases involving ‘ub. i as "a dike against tyranny” and roundty. eriticized aa “giving unWarranted protection to Communists” ‘by ! opposing speakers addressing an overflow meeting of the Dis- trict Bar Association last night. - The session,- held in the Maynower Hotel, revolved around Tene topic “In What Direction is oe court's decisions as ”‘dead Jiright’ was rles Ls, Boston lawyer an uthor Presenting a sharply vivian opinion was Louis Paw oman New_Flampshir yen-f ‘a for- : rer {mae Arool, the. U. 8, Court of Appeals for the’ meses was oe in which ‘the 8u-£ a preme Court ruled that per- ard tinent reports of FBI witnesses ett who testify against « defendant gave - Violated his Constitutionel Decisions: _rT ye: is T "68o em ‘ point as he saw it was the “deep. difference between belief and or Sweezy, the speaker de. clared the New Hampshire au- thorities “neglected one thing. the respect we all owe to the thought we hate.” He told his listenera that he, too, would have declined to answer ques-. tions about university lectures or his friends’ affiliations unless) a a "I too thought they were sub-" versive.” Mr. Wyman hammered : at the point that a wide gulf sepa- rates political belief from mem- bership in or advocacy of “the Communist Party conspiracy to do violence to all things we hold dear.” . Sees Encouragement : He declared “these decisions quite literally offer real encour- agement to increased Commu- nist activity . , The freedom | Speech and ing | ox the Yates case, action.” He sald that, in that case, the court had to decide! whether “wae and Congress are teo scared and too angry to: look at things and think clear- = AS ‘aera, * nothing can be done care He noted that such teaching’ can be especially harmful it the audience is, young ear ressionable, <' . : _ Sees Progress Volaed = j ” The court decisions, he said, sharply limited the investiga: | tive process at & time when Tele. Holloman Gandy K menace. ; . uch of the 5 progress that has previously teen made in checking Communist activity has been wiped out by these decisions, which in turn have assigned a nebulous formula to the Smith Act’s proscriptions and pronounced ephemeral concepts of pertinency which E permit a witness to cite & ATV, (9. Sweeny or Watkins as a reason for refusel to answer with the met result that nobody will really know what he theans, yet he gannot be prosecuted for ree 445 daentetane \ Ao CORLEMIPL DECAKLISE Lit Gtpiniis | are thi vague.” . | f wa Mr. old summed ap the evening's discussion saying the question et issue was: “Is there a type of orthodoxy so danger- ous that it should be outlawed (even though it sannat be shown \to lead to action?” David G. Bress, president of the association, announced that j the tople for next month's meeting 1 would be “The Atomic e and Tis Impact on the titear oe = ow Wash, Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash, Star ~ aor NAL ya belief amendment should be ; grace eld that wen the no defense where the question N. Y. Herald ‘lm Congressionat € subject o of communism is involved, Mr. LY Trib pertinenes ot fame ana, the pweman brted. 0 N Y. Jon \ 7) Pertinancy quest erican citizen,- wae « Y. Joumrnadl- Bie be made iar fo * Alar piri ery the obligation. .. . that on American ‘leton, Mr. Curtis declatee- cout issues of loyalty to State and ~ it dt was to tell the vue} «Nation his life must be an N. Y. Mirror Department to t e faut open book... .” the speaker N. Y. Daily News oe ut UP of shut} declared, adding that the Pifth N. Y. Times E Amendment against seif-in- af. {Clark Remark Ctied 4 crimination and hot the Firat Daily Worker 7 7 The speaker asserted that Amendment is the that could The Work ' [ease would nat heave raised) ‘be invoked. . a he Worker “such « stir if Justice Clark : Attacking the Yates dect- ew Leader ___-___-__- not made what seems to me = ‘ston, Mr. Wyman declared that} t HIST ca : egregiously uncalled-for remark! , ‘as @ consequence, “you can 5 “4 -9 Ih b0- hen he said thet ‘unless Con-| J give lectures jn“school and ota - lem a the rule, intelli- teach that eventusl overthrow “pas SPL LIST — neles might_ss_ well | ft - i OSEP 24 19 \ F- rr“ wy ZA 27 i;