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Se _ i eee lee Le - ~ U.S. News & World Report . re “poT we WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR. Democrat, 52. Lawyer, then a fudge in New Jersey courts. Moved up to State Supreme Court in 1952. Ap- pointed to U. 5. Supreme Court in 1956. to excite controversy. The questions deal with integration, the powers of Congress, and business regulation. On the race question there are cases involving restrictions by State law on the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Pecple, and the validity of a pupil-assignment law in Alabama. Louisiana is appealing a lower-court decision that held uncon- stitutional a law said to discriminate against Negroes by requiring applicants for State colleges to get certificates from their high schools. A federal-court in- CHARLES E. WHITTAKER Republican, 57. Trial lawyer until 1954. Entered the federal judiciary as ai district ‘judge in Missouri. Named to Supreme Court in 1957. junction against Governor Orval E. Fau- bus, of Arkansas, also is on appeal, The power of congressional committees to compel testimony from witnesses comes up again in a number of cases. The Court has agreed to review a case questioning the power of the House Committee on Un-American Activities to require witnesses to testify about Com- munist affiliations. Another case questions the power of the Senate Internal Security Committee to subpoena records of a union said to be Communist-dominated. Other cases pending involve questioning APPOINTED THESE FOUR JUSTICES WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS Democrat, 60, appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt in 1939 from State of Washington. Was professor of law, later an official under New Deal. Texas Democrat, 59. Only Truman appointee left on Court. Served as General for four FIVE JUSTIGES 1 TO SUPREME COURT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS BSS Photes: USNEWR, Vide Workd POTTER STEWART Age 43. Appointed Oct. 7, 1958. Law- yer, was Republican member Cincin- nati city council. Became federal judge in 1954. Court's youngest member. of witnesses by committecs of State Jegis- latures. The Court has been sharply criticized for past decisions limiting the power of congressional commitices and weakeuitg federal and State action against Comimu- nists. issue of criminal laws. Decisinis athse are sought ob whether persous can be tried in both federal and State courts for the same crime, and whether a wife can testify against her husband if she is willing to do so. The resolution of the State chief jus- tices particularly deplored the recent trend of Supreme Court decisions that interfered with State administration of criminal laws. The Court is being asked te review, for the first time, the use of confidential information in security cases covering privately operated defense plants. The case involves an erccutive of a business firm who lost his job when his security clearance was canceled. Past) decisions on the security program have Jed to pro- tests in Congress that the Supreme Court is weakening the laws. Another case challenges the constitu- tionality of a Penasylvania how tht permits local option in banning Sun day motion pictures. The challenge ix that this hav violates freedom of speech and press. The docket appears certain te keep alive the controversy over the Supreme Court that dias been growing ever sinee Earl Warren became Chicl Justice pean 37