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CG) ea, econ only to the on . by the Supreme Court's d rf gation decizions, which are in : criminals, Reds and other anti-social But Iberty ts not selective. It can- not be confined to “model citizens only.” | As someone has remar Uberty is on commodity you cannot get but by giv- a “ing it to others. . woe | The high court's new tack in de fending what. it conceives to be basic Copstitutional ‘gights mgntal powsg ds ah , Is actlhg t5. the delicate [' ance between liberty and suthority,". } ‘That conflict is perhaps “the great- | est continuing news story of history, j One that has had different episodes in many diferent ages and climes. The ; conflic een and aw , is particularly pertinent ren in Ament In times of mighty crisis, of wars and revolutions, individuat rights al-. ways bow to the state because self-pres- ervation. is a strong law of Life. At such : wee suuees occur which are the une avoldable by-product of wartime mass Japanese Americans were treated badly, during World War Tl, for ex- ainple, in a way most people now be lieve was quite Unnecessary but which was In the headiong spirit of the con. ~ In the last decade America has a» fumed a new and frustrating role in a world that Is not at war, yet far from ' peace, This nation must endure, in | .. President Eisenhower's words, “not a ; Moment, but an age of danger.” ¢ _ What of the rights of the individ ‘ itiven in such times? Will lbert ;, pither in an age of perpetual on " fires, an age when individuals are. Z swallowed by institutions at home ty Le Afec ce gk And the court’s decisions have by no means, as yet, crippled the government —tocal, state or federal. . - The delicate pendulum swings again. Litkrties can never be taken for. 1 ted. Not only eternal ; but wise and careful redefinition every age, la the price of basic 1 fone. Tn de Me ye ge RIE ey