Evening star., 1938-10-27
BY the Associated Press,

NEWARK, N. j.. Oct. 27.-The
c. I. o. and allied organizations won
a Federal Court order today restraining
Mayor Frank Hague and fellow Jersey
officials from "deporting" members or
interfering with their rights to speak
in public parks, distribute leaflets and
carry placards.
The decision was handed down by
Circuit Court Judge William Clark,
who as district judge sat at the trial
last spring of an injunction suit
brought by the Committee for Indus
trial Organization. the American Civil
Liberties Union and several co-plain-
tiffs. They asked that Mayor Hague
and his colleagues on the city admin
istration be enjoined from interfering
With their organizational activities.
Filing of the suit followed inter-
ruption of the c. 1. O's attempt last
November to distribute literature and
organize workers in Jersey City,
move which Hague called an "in-
vasion." Police arrested 13 organizers
and sympathizers and escorted scores
VA osAiSiS avn tAiC Illy.
Modified Censorship" Suggested.
In his opinion today, which Judge
Clark has expressed hope will be ap-
pealed, he recommended "a modified
form Of public censorship"-a require
ment that an advance copy of a speech
must be furnished to authorities in
cases where the particular persons
applying for permits had on previous
occasions addressed similar audiences
with resulting disturbances"
The l5.000-Word decision did not
rule on the plaintiffs complaint that
the Hague administration intimated
owners of private meeting halls into
refusing to rent to them. The Judge
ruled there was no competent evi-
dence to connect city officials with
the inability to obtain indoor meeting
places.
Neither did the decision deal with
the prayer for relief from interference
with plcketing. union organization
and other rights under the National
Labor Relations Act. Judge Clark
said he already had upheld these
rights in an injunction issued in
another case, which Is now up on
appeal.
Communism Unmentioned.
Judge Clark's decision. bringing to
an end the 10-month-old case in which
the American Civil Liberties Union
Joined the c. I. o. and a number of
its leaders and affiliates as co-plaintiff.
did not once mention Communism.
This despite the fact that Mayor
Hague. in his five and half days
on the witness stand. had discoursed
at great length about his war on
Reds and radicals" denounced most
c. l.. o. leaders as Communists. and
declared that many of his tactics
which were under fire were motivated
by his determination to prevent Com
munists from invading" the city he
has governed quarter of a century.
HIS constituents. the tall athletic
Hague said. were militantly opposed
to Communism and solidly behind
him in his fight for Americanism."
Judge Clark said mention of COM
munism was not needed in the de-
cision because it was unnecessary to
speak of the particular allergy with
which the people of Jersey City were
portrayed as affiliated, because the
proof of the idea allegedly giving rise
to that condition rested on double
and triple hearsay."
Martyrs Out Of Clowns"
The judge said his avoidance OF
the word Communist was in pursu-
ance OF his unwillingness to give the
Communists any further advertis-
(See HAGUE, Page A-3D