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Supreme Court — Part 24

55 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Aug 1, 1957 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Supreme Court · 55 pages OCR'd
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a oe ; i , | tyer nee mr Tee u 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) ~~ \ f- Cu se r “ CO 2A PC CA) C a) 0 "SEN. HRUSKA,*2. ‘Reds in2Ou “By DR. RUTH ALEXANDER | "ns I was saying last Sunday, our department of defense a : vised our Senate subcommittee on _Milernal Security, May 8 “under. existing Jegisla- ton” it could not meet the complex security problems: aris- Ing In the vital areas of public utilities and communicaticns, of private com the Western Union, and the ;Radio Corporation of America, RCA: ise are manned by employes In case of war or the immi- ‘nence of war, these fields are a ‘natural for espionage and sabo- “tage, and we should tremble in our hoots at what a few per- sons “disposed” to commit these acts could do to us over- night. On June 26, in response to the Information from cur committee, under Sen. Roman -Hruska and counsel judge Rob. 3ert Morris, attempted to tion two employes of "previously { iden - as Communists, and members of the American Communications Associations, ACA, a trade , union bargaining agent, which , was kicked out of ae Cio for alleged Communist ‘leadership, * kee eatT for Senatorial po- ,liteness, the gommittes BOE g0 oa Lee ee ee Mabe ix Eat: CA, Hoe G4AUG 5 1957 es, such as - rete ta tester] Me we tst amendment, terpreted by the Supreme Court. "y Defense . , Department, this ‘Senate sub -. ed under oath. JUDGE MORRIS "operation zero, “te ran ‘straight into. the road blocks set u by the Supreme Court in its 17 rulings. The witnesses droned out the monotonous and im- pertinent reply “I decline to an+— swer” for some 22 pages of testimony at taxpayers expense, And the Senate was powerless to compel them te re reply, mney were pavised by the that they were completely when they Invoked Protection nf tha Since the passage of the | Amendment fn 1791, Joyal Americans have interpret as liberty under law, not anar chy, and rarely has it been abused. But since the successful © revolution in Russia in 1917, we Lag log Hine dl eid Sateen se Oe ‘The Supreme Court. Aids. a ur ‘America © in thelr conStitutlonal rights ° ‘ aS in ‘ ’ have witnessed the slow growth ‘ of a new kind of fitizen ale. - loyal Americans, . wag tat . OUR CONGRESS ‘met ‘this: threat, which has not yet ma” terlalized but remains a ~con- stant potential in the back- | ground of pur lives, by’ Passes ge of the highly ‘pertinent’ Smith" Act, which declared that the, advocacy of such treason twas crime, Now along comes the Mb al’ Supreme Court and | cocked bate Smith Act rite - Wilf Nichols ardman elmont B Ea Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy GP Pe, Pets ow + 1 WoT RECORDED Ml AUG - 1957. Es Ee ee Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal- American a) N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Daily News — N.Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ato ; a Date “Vt « :
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