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'CourtTrend Is Scored,,, Treating the integration issue as oniy incidental to overgdl sub- ect, Circuit Ju arley) ttlow fast night sa ks The Cirentt Judge deplored the! recent co decision ordering the T ta open its files to any person ed under the Smith Act with nspiring to overthrow the gov- é ent of the United States. “Rather than subject ita inform- ants to reprisal and thus jeopardize [7 the FHL position in obtaining in- formation in the future, the Bureau \simply decided to drop charges |; against this group of Cammunists.” | f oem Criminals, too, will have access ¢i course of the U. 8, Supreme Oourt \to FBI files under the decision in | is fraught with danger. ; cer instances, Partlow pointed out, i] Partlow was principal speaker at last night's Dis shed Service Awards banquet Bigtaeville's Junior Chamber of Pormmetr “~Poday, we find #he U. 8. 8u- preme Court legislating, and modf- {ying Bid enlarging the very Con- stitution of the United States,” .; Partlow said. “The original system of checks :}and belances in our government Is i| being upset by the court's decisions over the past four years, espec- 1} telly, >| ‘We now find ourselves in a po- sition where only five men -— @ majority of justices — can aver- ride in practically every instance the Congress and the President of ‘ithe United States. ' “This situation comes dangerous- ly close to being an oligarchy,” Partiow stated. Partlow commented only briefly on the court decision to integrate schools, He hammered away at wow what he termed an usurpation of|, powers by the nation’s highest court, “Th the field of criminal t-h,| me of the court’s decisions el en shocking. “Senator McClellan recently said that a Communist has never lost al. case before the Supreme Court... Well, the criminals who have made it to the highest court have done Dearly as well.” o TGFEBI9 a r- es ad _ “Thomas Jefferson foresaw the dengere @hich might arise from |e Supreme Court and im a series of letters warned that the court is $| ‘irresponsible.’ “T think be meant) that in the rf) sense that the Suprerpe Court, ap- pointed for life, is responsible to ¢| DO person or agency. Y ie I was & young man | See COURT on Page 12 the legal profession, the people , jand lawyers held a tremendous respect for the Supreme Court of the United States, hens to see the day when the a Co will return t¢ ita former po- sitijn in the eyes of the public and of the legal profession.” | * i oo : <M \ ° 1958 r. Mr. Mr, Mr. Mr. Belmont___ Mohr. Neas Parsy Mr. Rose Mr, Tamfar. Mr. Trotter. Mr. Cleyton. Tele. Room___ Mr, Hollo: Miss Gandy