Evening star., 1939-07-12
Bar S Bill Of Rights
Committee AssaiIed
In Hague Case
Jersey City Lawyer
Plans to Seek Curb
Or Abolition
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July lex
pressed opposition to the American
Bar Associations year-old Bill OF
Rights Committee was expected to-
day as Grenville Clark, New York,
chairman of the committee, re-
viewed its accomplishments before
the House of Delegates.
Robert Carey of Jersey City, N. j.,
announced before the opening OF
the convention he would seek a
curb on the committees operation
or its complete abolition on the basis
of It's appearance in the widely
known Hague case in New Jersey.
In letter to fellow-m embers of
the House of Delegates, Mr.. Carey
said the committees action in in
tervening in the United States Su-
preme Court battle in which the
court at behest Of the C. 1. o. in
validated an ordinance allegedly
curbing free speech and assembly
would cause the bar association to
"be sought out as window dress
Ing by radicals"
Mr. Carey explained he had fought
the regime of Mayor Frank Hague
in Jersey City for Is years, but
termed the elements which took the
Hague ordinance to fhe highest
court radical" and said he was in
full accord with most of the pro-
cedure adopted to keep a lot of
radical pink and red agitators" from
disrupting the industrial and social
life of his State.
The essence of his objections. he
declared, were, first, that the A. B. A
intervention program was not neces-
sary, and second, Practically all
of our civil liberties cases involve
consideration of a strong contro-
versial character, and I do not be-
lieve the A. B. A., as such, should
participate in the litigation of any
such problems.
Favorable Comment Cited.
In reviewing the Hague cause,
the committee reported:
The intervention of the COM
fnittee in this case produced con-
siderable comment in the public
press, which, so far as known, was
unanimously favorable. In nu-
merous editorial comments, both
from newspapers usually deemed
conservative and others usually
deemed liberal or radical the as
sociation was commended for being
willing to stand upon constitutional
principles irrespective of probable
disagreement by most members of
the association with the views and
policies of the parties whose posi-
ton was upheld on the constitu-
tional issue
The committee also reported 1t
had filed a memorandum in support
of jurisdiction in the Supreme
Court of case involving the valid
ity of the compulsory flag salute
and pledge under the laws of Massa-
chusetts as applied to children who
had religious scruples against such
practices.
In conclusion, the report said THE
work of this committee, being new
oCPdl IQ1 c, lldo llCCCSSdllly Uccll ch
perimental during the first year. Our
experience has convinced us that If
carefully and wisely conducted, the
work in this field can be of great
benefit to the general public, as well
as to the organized bar. = ="
Alcatraz Warden Speaks.
The Federal prison system is under
the necessity of preventing con-
flrmed criminals from having an
opportunity to prey continually on
society, James A. Johnston, warden
of Alcatraz Prison, told 5000 dele
gates to the convention yesterday.
Crime should not be made attrac-
tive and nothing done to coddle men
who have committed crime" he said
Nevertheless, there should be hu-
name treatment and encouragement
for men who prove that they are
trying to put the past behind them
and 60 forward on the straight road
THE main thing is to get the man
out right, and putting him out right
means getting him out so that he
will stay out. Unfortunately, as
many have learned, it is harder for a
man to live down his prison term
than it is to live down his crime