Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-20
Rauh AssaiIs
Security Units
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who has led legal attacks on
the work Of the security COM
mittees of Congress, urged to-
day the abolition Of the Senate
Internal Security Subcommit-
tee and the House Committee
on Un-American Activities.
Robert Morris, chief coun-
sci Of the Senate subcommittee,
replied to Mr.. Rauh. asserting
his was "a blind position" and
calling his statements ''invec-
tive"
The two men addressed q
program Of the Federal Bar
Association at the Hotel Stat
Ter. Their announced subject
was Should Congressional In
yestigations Be Subject to
Judicial Review" Their dis
cussion developed into a Wig
orous debate In which ocsa-
sionally both were talking at
the same time.
TX Reasons
Mr.. Rauh gave these six rea-
sons to support his contention
the two congressional commit
tees should be abolished:
While they have no power Of
exposure for exposures sake
their activities to this end have
been exercised so long that they
cannot stop.
They have sought to stifie
criticism. the Senate subcom-
mittee attempting to punish
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criticism Of the subcommittee
and its leaders and the House
committee INVESTIGATING the
Fund for the Republic ITO get
even"
In Political Arena
The committees have re-
peatedly meddled in the polit-
ical arena.
The committees set an UNI
happy example for State and
local committees. Mr.. Rauh re-
ferred to yesterdays disgrace
full performance by the Thom-
son racial investigating COM
mittee in nearby Virginia"
The time is long past when
the committees have any useful
service to perform and the mat
ter Of internal subversion can
now properly be left TO law
enforcement agencies.
The abolition Of the two COM
mittees would signal both here
and abroad the real end Of NC
Carthyism."
Mr.. Morris was critical Of the
Court in its decisions
in cases Of alleged subversive
activities. He asserted that In
is decisions involving Commu-
nists, the Supreme Court ma
jority has ruled in such q way
as to knock down most of the
barriers erected against Soviet
infiltration.
Created New Law
In doing so, he said, the Sd
preme Court has by-passed ju-
dicial precedent and created
new law. He was particularly
critical Of the courts decision
In the John T. watkins case in
which the court held that Mr..
Watkins. an organizer for the
United Automobile Workers, did
not have to name old associates.
Mr.. Rauh represented Mr.. Wat
kins before the court. Mr.. Nor
ris charged:
I'm the Watkins case the
majority Of the court has
created . new legal fiction
which appears nowhere in the
Constitution or in judicial
precedent. This is the right to
freedom Of association. 1t is
called by the court q First
Amendment freedom But as
Justice Clark points out in his
dissent there is no basis what
ever for such q concept in the
First Amendment or anywhere
else.
THE Chief Justice declares
that this new freedom must be
safeguarded by the courts. In
other words. unless certain
impossible conditions are met,
Congress cannot require quail
fed witnesses to testify about
the details Of the (Communist)
conspiracy. For the conspiracy
is a whole network of associa-
tons which presumably are now
to be proof against congress
sional scrutiny"