European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Raj a i 15 Sim Lac ii Lar and controversial years Warren court has altered National. Rom a and up dispatches Washington the supreme court under chief Justice Earl wan in in 15 spectacular and controversial years has had a profound effect on american so Cial and political children now attend once All White Public schools in the South. City voters have Amore equitable share in state and National departments through out the land have had to Chang their ways to protect the rights of crime suspects. And As of june 17, negroes have the right to buy or rent Homes where they please. These massive alterations on the National scene have evoked probably As much criticism As admiration. And the critics by and Large have let Fly at the Bulky californian who steered the court s course As the14th chief Justice. If the impeach Earl War Ren billboards or the picket who showed up when he spoke in Public or the legislation de signed to trim the court s sails affected the 77-year-old forme California governor he did not show just Don t discuss it War Ren often said when invited to fire Back. Silver haired and Bear like he kept a tight hold on the court. His geniality dropped quickly when lawyers failed to respond directly to insulated himself from the news Media. Even at an occasional birthday interview All but the most commonplace questions were turned aside. Still the first inkling tha Warren was thinking of quitting came in March 1966 during a75th birthday interview. He said he was not at All averse to compulsory retirement Date for All Public believe the chief Justice said that the strength of our system in this country depend son the infusion of new blood into All our fact that this is an old court averaging 65 years Inage and that the new president who takes office in january May not be in tune with War Ren s views is believed to have led him to step Down of the court under Warren have subjected it to accusations of being soft on communists and criminals eroding the rights of the states and try ing to remove god from Public court has seemed to move in cycles starting with around of communist issues during the Early court virtually demolished the most used Section of the Smith anti communist act by ruling that it does not bar teaching of forcible overthrow of the government As an abstract principle and that conviction must hinge on action. As a result the court ordered acquittal of a number of second string communists in another Case it was held that the right to travel is Parton a citizen s Liberty and that Congress did not give the Secretary of state Power to refuse passports because of the applicant s beliefs and the court ruled out use of confessions by persons held unduly Long before allowed the defense in criminal trials to Check government witness testimony against reports he made to the Fri. It found the government Security program did not apply to persons in no sensitive held that in the Field of sedition state Laws must yield to Federal. In an opinion written by Warren the court set up rules to protect a witness right to silence before a congressional committee. With gradual changes in the court s membership the tide turned against what is generally called the shift was emphasized in a 1959 decision upholding the Contemp of Congress conviction of a former Vassar College instructor named Lloyd Barenblatt. In an opinion from which Warren dissented the court said the right of Congress to investigate communist matter outweighs the right of the individual to remain silent on the subject. It said courts cannot examine the motives of Congress when it is acting in pursuance of its constitutional risk cases were decided against particular trend for some time seemed to be away from interference with other branches of government. With Warren dissenting i whole or in part the court up held the 1950 internal Security act requiring the communist party to Register and a hitherto untested Section of the Smith act. Then came the retirement of justices Charles e. Whittaker and Felix Frankfurter and their replacement by justices Byron r. White and Arthur j. Goldberg respectively. Immediately the pendulum chief Justice Earl Warren. Kept tight hold on court which Side Are Yon on peace Progress it All depends by John m. a the dispute Between the United states an North Vietnam Over whether they Are making any Progress inthe Vietnam peace talks Springs from their Basic conflict of Pur poses at this stage of the negotiations. North Vietnam is still trying to Man Euver president Johnson into granting a new Concession in the War itself by putting an end to All attacks on n o r t i vietnamese United states is trying to Man Euver the Hanoi leadership into making a Concession of its own by curtailing the infiltration of troops into South Vietnam. Public opinion All Over thew o r 1 a but especially in the United states is regarded breach Side As a weapon to be used against the either. Hanoi. Speak inc through ambassador Xuan Thuy and Theresa t i s negotiating team in i Aris Kiln Mosuly regards Misin As is most t l lecliu1 pub Lic opinion lever. The theme which Thuy and his spokesmen have been sound ing for weeks is that the talks Are in Ikin no Progress because the United states re uses to Stop attacking North Vietnam. There fore the Way to move toward peace they argue is to get the attacks ended. Since the Early Days of the conference by contrast . Officials have emphasized Ever indication of movement in the discussions. Their message tothe world has been that in spite of the deadlock some slight Progress has been made. Both assessments Are base Don what has actually been Hap pening in Paris since the meet Ings started May 13. There Lias been much talk but no progression the Central question of How to de escalate the War there has been some Progress in . Ambassador by. Averell s efforts to develop a Cor dial informal relationship with Thuy. Lie believes this will enable thu in in the timing months to explore secretly the sues of a Compromise peace. Ilii l 11 1t.rence m Intel pret Aliou of these two hues of development erupted into open disagreement Friday. Secretary of defense Clark m. Clifford had said thursday there were bits and straws which indicated some movement a Paris. Secretary of state Dean Rusk meeting newsmen Friday in Washington said he agree with Clifford. Harriman Leav ing Paris for Washington Fri Day said some Progress i being made by bits and North vietnamese spokesman Nguyen Thanh be told a Friday news conference in Paris How Ever that the talks Are Mark ing and he said the absence of Progress was due tothe refusal of the United states to end All attacks on North Vietnam so that other subjects could be discussed. Behind this propaganda Battle lies the hard fact thai what is ultimately at Issue is a question of military advantage. President Johnson has said that the bombing of the North vietnamese Panhandle destroy about 20 per cent of the communist Imil Travion of troops and supplies into the South. To end the bombing would by . Late give North Vietnam an important military the other hand the United states from the North Viet namese Point of View would gain an advantage of great importance if the Hanoi Leader ship substantially curtailed its infiltration into the South. . Officials say that North Iet namese troops now provide the main body of replacements for the heavy casualties suffered b Viet Cong As Well As North Viet namese forces fighting m the South. Parted to most tune toward the court in l in the single a court established for state la officials set of sit in de Southern lunch ded the states desegregation relay prove born american abroad in wartime to the term Cit court declaring 8 to i lord s prayer ail h from the Bible Mayn is devotions in tit no schools. A among the crises of Tawarren had to Copell course of his service court was the . He caled a sped term in 1953 to Dis appeals after colleagues had vacation. Julius rothis wife later were Warren had not Fin first term before Hei opinion for which he ill be remembered. On 1954, speaking for a i court he held thai discrimination in Tion is unconstitutional two of the most consequences were Eisenhower s sending army troops to Little fark., in 1957, to enforce ordered integration of f High school and the Hail in Oxford miss when us negro was admitted Tobej University. Since 1954thejfhas ruled in a number Ria involving the rights of including the decision that there must be notation by reason of cacti Sale or rental of housing the court in Reee Ilju has gotten into the is Wrights of the accuser right of citizens to Taf representation in theirs local governments. It handed Down Sial one Man one we requiring that the Staw apportion representation Legislatures on an in the last Terra i expanded to Coj Man at the lower Rax ruling up i St juju and eyewitness 1 in criminal cases s Naie. 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