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#79 2 - Tecember: 3 WWhan I accaptad eaplyment it nas n " Syrak cenmentd. nditisnod,cn my sjgning'a loyalty. Folitical beliefs and' asscciations.. I beliee tht n extension into other fieids." classiried contracts. He did nct sraculata whether Syrek wouid ever have had to:. obtain official security claarance if he had remained with the firm as a multilith orerator. The Northern California Aclu decided to test tho action by seeking a writ of Froperty without due process of' law.. "The statement required of Mr. Syrek was vague and indefinite and had no reason. director of the AcLu affiliate. "Further, the extracting of loyalty oaths by private. emrloyers not engagad in sensitive work, and not required by law, is an infringement. rf freedom of speech and assembly.. TEST CF NCDL BOOK LIST STARTED IN FEDERAL COURT Publishing and civil liberties circles are following with special interest a book censorship case started in Michigan this fall. Five publishers of paper-bound books have filed suit in Federal District Court. st Detroit seeking an injuncticn against_the_prosecuting-attorney-of-St.-Clair-Coumty Hamm had ordered the two wholesale news distributors as objectionable by the National Crganization for Decont Literature, a Roman Catholic rrganization. Among the titles so banned were "The Search for Bridey Murphy" (on Suit was brought by Bantam, Focket Books, Popular Library, Dell and the New $5o,ooo damages as well as an injunction.. In a separate but related action, Flayboy magazine was granted an injunction. proventing Hamm from banning future issues of that publication. the group would not release its lists of objectionable books to civic or religious agencies. nThe NcDL wishes to emphasize the fact that the prosecutor's action (in publish= prosecutor to adopt ths NcDL list. "There never has been and there never wili be threats of illegal pressure or of.. citizenship to protest until the city is rid of indecent and lascivious publications. missible authority in adopting the HcDi list as an.official guid9 and that his action deprived them of property without due process of law. While commending the NCDl for seeking to improve the standards of books and. normally as a citizens' pressure group. Its members, equipped with a list of offen-.. sive publications, visit merchants and demand the removal from the shelves of pro- JF pemtuy Annnogngo swaas duo ou pue anuggegew pue ghoog anied go hhunnd ane ennn some are banned...." Bocause of protests by the American Civil Liberties Union's G. Branch, State District Attorney Victor H. Blanc has instructed hisi loase_verhatim transcrip of wire tap information.