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0-19 (Rev. 10-29-57} 419) ’ Dying in Committ ttee b Associated From ~ applied only to ee A bill by Senator Jenner, Re-|° The court aleo found in two ‘publican of na, to curb{cases last year that excluding lthe power of thé-Supreme Court |lawyers from practice on ia reported to bes cicharges of past or presebt sub- the Senate Judiciary Com-|versive activity ¥ violates the 14th: | i mittee. Amendment. In another case.' Sources close to the commit- iit ruled that @ achool teacher, tee say that a majority of the(/cannot be fired eolely because 115 members now opposed the lof invoking his Fifth Amend- controversial measure, although [ment protection against self- the possibility of a compromise Ancrimination. was not ruled out, - Questions Must Be Pertinent F A possible showdown vote In still another controversial von the issue today was washed out when the committee's reg- decision, in the Watkins case, ular weekly meeting was can-|the court said that congres- celed because several members|sional) committees have no will be away. power of “exposure for ex- The bill has been denounced |posure’s sake" and cannot by opponents as the most seri-|compel witnesses to answer ous assault on the independence | without showing their questions of tha iudiciary ceinese the laralara nartinant te on vali tara Cl Oe FUGICIETyY Since We ate ere Peruneny Ww & Vauu icgis- President Roosevelt’s ‘unsuc- lative purpose. cessful effort in 1937 to enlarge; Under Senator Jenner's bil; the membership of the Supremejno appeals could be taken to Court with his so-called “court- fthe Supreme Court on al! future packing pian.” ases in these flelds. Instead, But Senator Jenner, accusing fhe final decisions would rest the court of usurping legislative [With the highest courts {n each ifunctions, contends his bill sim- [Of the 48 States and in the 11 jply makes use of 3 congres- eae Circuit Courts of sional check on judicial power . that is expressly set out in the), This is what has given Constitution as part of the sys-{' the argument of opponer tem of checks and balances. lial Wit Wadd WMI La er “legal chaos." that “we wo Limits Jurisdiction have not one but. 59 so What the bill would do is to) Courts.” - [Hint the Supreme Court’s ap- pellate jurisdiction by with- drawing its authority to review lower court decisions in five categories of cases. These are cases arising from | congressional investigations, se- 5A curity firings of Federal em- é 2 “of TF “a ployes, State anti-subversion ele . laws, regulations of school : boards or similar bodies con-; vw é cerning subversive activitles by . teachers, and the admission of lawyers to practice in State courts. In each of these fields, the Supreme Court recently has, handed down controversial de-| | a —_— cisions. | In the Nelson case, for ex- ample, the court threw out State anti-subversive legislation on the ground that the Federal Government had pre-empted the field. In the Cole case, it held that a statue providing for summary dismissal of Fed-! eral employes as security risks Bi Helloman Gandy Wash. Post and —_.... Times Herald Wash. News —e-F- Wash. Star N. Y. Herald ———.. Tribune N, Y. Journal-____ American N. Y. Mirror N. Y¥. Daily News — N.Y. Times ———_ Daily Worker —_.__ The Worker New Leader ———————$$ Date MAR: 7 4959