Jackson advocate., 1957-03-23

matter and treatment in motion
pictures.
The courts, in the area of fair
procedures, are gradually" elab-
Grating standards to be observed
by the State Department in the
withholding or revocation of pass
ports.
There has been some easing Of
the. pressures on free speech and
association in the relationship be-
tween the draftee and the military
personnel security program.
But balanced against these gains,
the report points out these re-
naming problems:
In the federal employee security
program there is "the vital neces-
sity of guarding against ignorance
and bias in the minds of officials
frequently far from the top-who
make the original determinations
concerning reliability of applicants
for and occupants Of jobs -
This problem assumes special i'm
portance also because of the in
creasing growth of government
contracts to private industry, where
security policies also apply.
''The basic question" of whether
the First Amendment can limit
the scope Of legislative investiga-
tions remains unanswered by the
Supreme Court.
Official concealment of non-se-
curity information from newspap-
ers and other mass media still
exists, although government cen
sorship of the mails and movies
may have lessened. To meet this
problem, the report suggests the
possibility of establishing within
the federal government "an indie
pendent agency to represent the
public interest in the declassifica-
ticn of records hitherto kept Sc
cret."
Danger of censorship also is
seen in the development of the
general and secondary boycott a
gainst book sellers and motion pic
ture theatres, whereby religious
and other groups not only exercise
their right to guard their members
from material believed objection
able, but also may keep other pee
pie from exercising their own judg
ment on that and other material" "
Although improved standards in
the passport field are being de-
veloped, the report says there are
other dangers in the area of due
process. ". there seems to be
a rapid growth of state and local
wiretapping-official and unoffic-
ial, legal and Illegal" it states.
And the ACLU warns that the
pressure to "do something" about
Juvenile delinquency from time to
time causes police in the big cities
to resort to might stick justice"
in dealing with children of low
income, minority group neighbor'-
hoods.
Although the Army has removed
mere kinship to alleged subver-
wives or membership in a "front"
organization as proof of individual
guilt, greater progress can still be
made in the military personnel Sc
curity program. Pre-induction ac-
tivities of the serviceman continue
to affect his military assignment.
The report says: at is improper,
illegal and unconstitutional to give
other than an honorable discharge
to a person who has served honor
ably in the armed forces and
who has fully disclosed all the
information requested of him by
the Army"
In the field of racial equality,
the ACLU hits hardest at the gov
ernment's failures in the public
housing area. The report charges
that the Federal housing authori-
ties have failed to practice what
is preached" Specifically, the re-
port declares:
"The experience Of the Title /
program has shown that most of
the housing constructed will be
segregated. Negro families who
have moved out in the relocation
process are either not provided
with housing - causing crammed
living accommodations and REIN
stitution Of slums-or because Of
excessive rents or outright discrim-
inatory rental policies cannot move