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Mr. Tels0r Ur.E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegt Mr. Glavin Ur. Ladd Court Discord Bared Again Mr. Nichols Mr. Roson In Split gn Jehovah Case Mr. Traey. Mr. Carson Discord on the Supreme CoyrtfYork city. devotes the Income to Mr. Cotfey. 'bench was again revealed yester-religlous ends. Must it, therefore, Mr. Hoadoa day with a minority of three, head-|be exempt from paying its share ed by Justice Frankfurter,charging|of the cost of government's pro- Mr. Kramer Mr. McGuir. ling implications." leading to the "The decislon now rendered Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Noss. tion." This interpretation was ridiculed|neld as'to teaching or preaching'. G It is un- destroy reltgion. untouchable by taxation .. Divided Sir to Three |sion are startling" S.C. yehovah's witnessfor sell-| It is claimed that the effect of book agent's license. |ligion." he wrote. "But this is for a license. The only difference stance to the constitutiona! right. a resident of the town where the! sale stook place, and the principalsIncome Not Taxed in other cases had been itinerant The majority held the Concerning the references to salesmen. residence of the salesman made no. 'Trinity Church and use of the de- tutional. [speech and press, Murphy de-] Although the question involved clared: I thus was a narrow one, six of the "It is wise to remember that which, in the hands of unscrupu- Constitution, which specifies: used _to suppress freedoms aq "Congress shall make no law . destroy religion unless it is ket !religion): or abridging, the free- dom of speech, or of the press." Wanted Conviction Upheld Justice Frankfurter. with Jus tices Roberts and Jackson concur ring. asserted the conviction of Follett should have been unheld. Here,a citizen of the communl ty. earning his living by a religious activity, claims immunity from contributing to the cost of Govern ment under which he lives," sald free exercist" embodied in the 87 mAR 31 i944 First Amendnent. means that government must render seryice free' to those who earn their living in a religlous calling.no reason is apparent why he should not con. tribute hls share of the communl ty's common burden of expense. "In effect, the declsion...re qulres that the exercise of rellgion he sybsidized... Trinity Church, ~APR 4 1944 WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD MORNING EDITION 3-2-