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_ ‘Plug Loopholes | ‘With Legislation’ 4 , CHICAGO — (UPIY — merican Bar Ansocistiony | esday accused the U. &. Su-, eme Court of going easy on mmunists and called on Cons) gress to step in with tough remedial legislation. The accusation and recom. mendation were contained in a controversial resolution approv- ed by overwhelming voice vote at the mid-winter meeting of the ABA's House of Delegates. The vote mads the resoiu- tion the official policy of the powerful organization rep- resenting 200,000 American lawyers. . The nation’s most prominent {hwyer, Supreme Court justice Earl Warren, is not mats ihember. His resignation wal, “cepted | by the ABA bac > Bi. = | Fhe 50-plus page etn epared by the ABA’s speci. Qbmmittee on Communist tac-| tes and strategy, said the Su-: eme Court has weakened the!! ‘nation’ $ security by its rulings ‘on 24 cases involving accused , Communists or anti-subversive legislation. | Fiying directly in the face of the court, the ABA delegates demanded that state statutes against sedition be given con. { anfarr nares mt‘ ‘current enforcement powers as federal laws. The court has f held that anti-sedition laws j the exclusive business of f eral government. 'The ABA also asked ‘WVherever there are reasor! 7 | Jom D. Randall of Cedar | able grounds to believe that 188 a result of court decisions ; internal security is weakened” . Congress should enact legisla. tion to plug the loopholes. “The ABA aiso wants the ; House un-American Activities Committee to take on the job an On meds rc os! i a | ¢ The vast majority of the 244 legates brushed aside scat. red opposition in putti emselves ecord as di proving th i upreme Court'd' ° interpretation of how na- es aL. Pt ee mF, \tion should fight Communist : subversion. el ‘two House Judiciary Con- mittee members congratulated the ABA. Rep. William T. Mo- fulloch (R., Ohio} predicted { [friendly reception” for qi Foposals in Congress. Ke bert T. Ashmore (D., 8.C.} as happy that the ABA dele~ 7 | gates “finally have come te | | feel that the Supreme Court is BOT above criticism.” - | Rapids, Iowa, was nominated ., jto succeed Ross L. Malone of . swell, N. M., ag the n esident. | al at the ABA's August mee g in Miami Beach. f studying the operation =| . tng anti-Communist Ja and the House itself to se ye # standing antt-Communis nvestigative committes. Lf fa a for ' | € a _ v ’ ad ‘ ™ “NOT RECOSNEA His election will become of ee ae "THE MIAMI HERALD" February 25, 1959 /7 Court! as! a pee 1 f