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Lge a . - 0-19 (Rev. 10-20-57) \ ; Tolson : ed ..@ Boardman —_ athe SP eB faeE ag Belmont je foreign affairs in | immedigte political or. legisls ADD Mohr a mess and 5 to 6 million peo- | tive objective of their own, 7:4 Ne. le out of work, a substantial‘ The battle cry of both campé, of the Seriate seems de- is “reverse the Court” and Jt Pars tmined to escape from these does not seem to make much’ Rose harsh realities by Wefastatin difference what is reversed.: Tam th attacks upon the Supreme » We do not belleve that elther Trotter Co these attaeer are Tot group reflects the will of the=. Clayton result in anti-Supreme Court | American people, and we urge - Tele. Room legislation, some Senators bet-- those Senators who believe | oe. _ ‘ter speak up on behalf of the deeply in the Bill of Rights to - Hoiloman ,Court before it’s too late. -*. turn this attack on the Court Gandy E Not for a long time’ have. there been as many bills to ‘reverse decisions of the Su- preme Court 4s are pending right now—bills to reverse the . Mallory decision (preventing the use in evidence of illegal- ly obtained confessions), the Cole decision (limiting the Federal security program to sensitive jobs), the Kent deci- into @ great debgte on the his-.. torle role of the Supreme A Tr Court in the protection of § American liberties, 9“. be (vy One’ would have thought’? pee that Congress, instead of at- ‘ tacking the Supreme Court, 4 would pin a medal on it. When | Congress was in a strait-.} acket on the segregation ¢ sue because of, the veto: jsion (protecting the right to power of its Southern minor. * fa passport), the Nelson deci. ity, the Court rescued. our. [sion (keeping the states out national integrity with its his- BT AUG 19 1838 Lof the “subversive” field), :, _ ci addition, there are also - bills to prevent Federal courts ‘from reviewing state criminal trials on petition for habeas corpus, to reverse a century or mmore of Supreme Court deci- ‘sions on Federal-state rela- tions, and finally the Butler- Jenner bill to reverse whole- sale the pro-civi! liberties deci- ‘sions of the Supreme Court. . ¢ We in Americans for Demo | cratic Action hold strongly to the view that recent Supreme Court decisions have reaf- firmed the letter and spirit éf the Bill of Rights and have _ Strengthened the processes of - , our democracy in its Hfe-and- | , death struggle against commu- :nism. The Supreme Court is once again playing its historic role as the balance wheel in “our constitutional system; at the very time that the Exec- “utive and Legislative branelres of our Government are put- iting primary emphasis on ge- ‘curity at all costs, the Court * is protecting our great tradi- ~tlons of eivil Liberty which ,will always be the ultimate iguariian of our security, :: ft Much impetus for reversing zthese Supreme Court deci- -slons comes from those who "oppose the Court's action in | would de far better to consider f safeguarding the rights of our Negro citizens. “Impetus, tlso comes from those who are un- filling to accept the great | . brine otis eat Rights | la ak Heli li kc, teenie ie, REC- 97 ‘te di? — 167 toric decisions against segre- | gation, Sate fo When Congress was unable, * because of the seeming polit} ical consequences in “soft-. ness toward communism,” to ~ resist legislation and investi. ¢ gation in derogation of tradi- + tional ' constitutional rights, ” the Court stepped in to safe. | : guard those rights, ft ts ironie * : that a Congress so in debt tot - the Court should repay it by ° attack, TS en? The bills with the greatest. chance of enactment are S. 654. (to reverse the Nelson decks sion » 5. 14t2 (to reverse the Cole decision), H. R. 11477 (to -. reverse the Maliory decision} q and HR 8361 (to 1 reverse the y Al! long standing practice |. . j erat judicial review of atte? Wash. Post and criminal trials by habeas cor-'* Times Herald a a ey Wash, News _—___ There js us; emergency -that warren ‘scttog tn, any of these ! Wash. Star fields in the closing days of N. Y. Herald —__ Congress when ful] debate is: Trib ssible, The Nelson and: ; noune ole decisiona are. over twa N. Y. Journal-______ ears old and Hat over a! American year old. No as * pened inthe interim that de, N. Y. Mirror mands hasty action in any of. these areas. If Congress hag‘ N. Y, Dally News — time for an intrusion into the; N.Y. Times ____._ ending civil rights legislation F The Worker to implement the - Supreme? Se New Leader Court's’. decisions awing segregation. ee. ‘wan CoEPH . . 4 NOT RECORDED AUG. 14 1958 4 —_— ———