Evening star., 1936-10-18
ILLINOIS BALLOT
CASE APPEALED
Supreme Court Asked to d.
rect Communists Names
Be Included.
2y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court was asked yes
terday to direct Illinois officials 10
place the names of the Communist
nominees for President and Vice Presl-
dent on the ballot for the November
5 election.
An appeal filed in the name OF
Elmer johnson, an Illinois citizen,
asked the tribunal to review a ruling
of the Southern Illinois Federal Dis
trict Court dismiSsing such request.
Unless extraordinary speed is shown,
It will be long after election day be-
fore a final ruling can be obtained.
State and county officials, against
whom the case was filed, have 20
days in which to present reply. II
the court agreed to pass on the dis
pute, several weeks in addition nor
mally would be required to hear argu-
ments and prepare an opinion.
The Communist ticket OF Earl
Browder for President and James w.
Ford, colored. for Vice President, will
be on the ballots in at least 81 States.
New Labor Act Challenge.
Another case filed in the Supreme
Court yesterday was new challenge
to constitutionalty of the Wagner
labor relations act It was brought by
the Washington, Virginia and Mary
land Coach Co., which appealed from
a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals upholding the law and
directing the company to reinstate
18 employees and reimburse them for
back pay.
A complaint filed by the National
Labor Relations Board said the COM
pany had interfered with the organiza-
ton of its employees for collective
bargaining.
Six other cases challenging this law
are on the Supreme Court docket, but
no action is expected before October
rs.
Government attorneys predicted an
announcement would be Forthcoming
from the Court tomorrow on cases at
tacking the 1888 securities law, which
requires registration of securities be-
fore sale to the public; and on pro-
visions of the national industrial re-
covery act and the 1885 emergency
relief measure authorizing government
loans and grants for municipality
owned electric plants.
Assailed by Broker.
The securities law has been as
sailed by j. Edward Jones, New York
securities dealer, in attempting to set
aside an injunction restraining him
from violating the legislation.
Last term, in another case, the Court
held that the Securities Commission
could not compel him to testify con-
= cerning a proposed issue Of securities
which had been Withdrawn before the
registration became effective.
A joint attack on government loans
and grants for electric plants has been
filed by the Texas Utilities Co. and
the Alabama Power Co. in an effort
to stop construction of plants at Plain
view, Tex, and Florence, Sheffield,
Tuscumbia, Decatur, Hartselle, Gun
tersville and Russellville, Ala.
They lost in the Federal District
SOulI 1UI lilC DlSII AIG Va SOAuiilDid
asked for the Supreme Court to re-
view the controversy. without wait
ing for a ruling by the Court of Ap-
peals, in order that the case might be
argued during the week of November
along with another filed by the Duke
Power Co.
The Court agreed last Spring to re-
view the Duke case, in which the COM
pany is challenging S2,852,000
p. w. A. loan and grant to Greenwood
County, S. c., for power plant at
Buzzard Roost. The Government won
in the Circuit Court of Appeals at
Charlotte, N. c.