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Supreme Court Drops Cases,
Declines Amendment Ruling
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WASHINGTON <APi The
Supreme Court Monday threw
oiit the contempt of Congress
convictions of two top offirialM
Ol the United Electrical Work
ers Union and of the general
manager of the Communist
newspaper, the Daily Worker.
Hut the high tribunal (Popped
short of ruling on whether the
First, or free speech, Amend
ment to th< Constitution could
be properly Invoked by witnesses
summoned before congressional
committees.
Instead It held that all three
convictions had to fall lieeause
the men had \alidly Invoked
the Constitution's Fifth Am
endment guarantee against
self-Incrimination. Those who
won before the high court:
Julius K m s p a k , secretary
treasurer of the union, by a 6-3
vote. Chief Justice Warren wrote
the majority opinion in behalf of
himself and Justices Black,
Frankfurter, Douglas. Burton
ami Clark. Justices Harlan and
Reed wrote dissenting opinions.
Justice Minton joined in Heed's
dissent.
Thomas Quinn, a field orga
niser for the union, by a 7-2 vote.
Warren wrote the majority
opinion with which Harlan
agreed.
Reed wrote a dissenting opin
ion with Minton joining.
Philip Bart, general manager
Of The Daily Worker, 6-3. The
division was the same as in the
Kmspuk ease.
Tile ease of the union lead
ers had been closely watched
because of the First .Amend
ment angle to the appeal.
Both were adjudged in con
tempt for refusing to answer
questions asked by the House
Un-American Activities Commit
!»••• during a HMD Investigation
if Communist infiltration into
labor unionH.
The UK was expelled from the
CIO on the ground it was Com
munist-dominated.
In Fmspak's ease, the high
court said the House committee
asked 58 questions concerning
the witnesses associations.
Chief Justice Warren said in •
the majority opinion:
"It seems clear that answers
to the questions might be- dan
erous because injurious disclos
ure could result.”
If Kmspak had revealed knowl
edge about certain individuals,
all of whom had previously been
charged with communist affilia
tions. Warren said, he might well
"have furnished a link in the
ehain of evidence” needed to
prosecute Kmspak for a federal
crime.
l/ower court* decided Km*
pak had failed to Imnkr the
Fifth Amendment In hi* ap- j
pea ranee before the eommlt- j
tee. Fnmpak'n appeal in*i*ted
that he had done *o. Both
Quinn and F.mspak al*o claim
ed protection of the ('nn*tltu
tlon'* First Amendment. i
In Quinn's case, the U.S. Court !
of Appeals here had ordered a j
new trial but he appealed to the i
hiph tribunal with the contention
the appeals court should have di- :
rccted his acquittal.
Quinn refused to tell the House
committee whether he ever had
been a member of the Commu
nist Party.
Kmspak was sentenced to six
months in jail and fined SoOO. t
He has been free on bond pend- j
Ing outcome of his Supreme
Court appeal.
Eden Expects Favorable
Answer From Russia
LONDON 1AP1 Prime Minis
ter Anthony Eden said Monday
night h<- has "every reason to
suppose that the Soviet answer
will be favorable" to the Western
invitation for a Big Four meet
ing at the top level.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov said in Vienna May 151
the Western proposal for such
talks corresponds "completely
with the peaceful policy of the
Soviet Union," but the Russians
still have not sent a note formal
ly agreeing to a conference.
Over the weekend the Russian
Communist Party newspaper
Pravda was sharply critical ot
Western motives in planning (he
i conference. Moscow radio asked
Yugoslavia to Maintain
Firm Independence
WASHINGTON (API Yugo
slavia has pledged itself to stick
to its "firm independence'’ de
spite Marshal Tito’s decision to
meet with Russia's top leaders.
The State Department report
ed the pledge only a few minutes
after Secretary Dulles met with
Yugoslavia’s ambassador Mon
day.
Backing up the State Depart
ment's announcement, Yugoslav
Ambassador Leo Mates told re
porters: "There will be no
changes in our foreign policy as
a result Of the visit to Bel
grade.”
At Odds With Moscow
Tito’s Yugoslavia, while a
Communist nation, has been at
odds with Moscow since 1948.
Mates said the Yugoslav gov
ernment has given its assurances
"by diplomatic contact" in Bel
grade with the American ambas
sador. He declined to elaborate
but said it is “very decidedly"
Yugoslavia's policy to "stick to
Its independent policy of recent
years."
Ease Concern
Both the State Department’s
and Mates' comments appeared
to be designed to ease concern
in the West over the scheduled
visit later this month to Belgrade
of Soviet Premier Bulganin and
Communist party chief Nikita
Krushchev.
The State Department, in an
announcement which it acknowl
edged was "unusual,” said Dul
les called in Mates to discuss
"recent developments in Europe,
including the forthcoming visit
of the heads of the Soviet Union
to Belgrade.”
Dulles recalled during this dis
Icussion, it said, "the violent hos
tility which the Soviet Union
had since 1948 manifested
against the Yugoslav govern
ment because of its policy of
firm independence."
It added:
■Successful Policy
"The secretary of state con
gratulated the Yugoslav ambus- ,
aador upon the success which
has now crowned the courage
ous pursuit of that policy, a pol
icy which the government of the
United States has been assured
by the Yugoslav government it
will continue to follow.”
In its announcement the State
Department sought to picture the
; Russian visit as proof Soviet
i satellites can break away front
i Moscow’s dictation and not only !
'prosper but force their former
i masters to come hat in hands
j to talk with the rebel leaders.
Monday if the West would scut
tle the whole idea if Eden's Con
servatives win the British elec
tion Thursday.
Pravda also has accused the {
West of quibbling about the site
and duration of the projected
conference.
Unreasonable Demands
It also has charged the United j
States with making “unreason- i
able” demands to include on the
agenda such questions as re- i
storing Western-style democratic
governments in the Soviet satel
lite states.
"For our part,” Eden said, "we
have no rigid ideas on these j
points, but I want ms to have ;
ample time at the meeting."
Eden tolfT~a political rally in
Birmingham the West seeks the
top level talks for only one pur
pose to try to “open the way
towards better relations between
East and West."
Attend Annixersary
Eden said he was pleased to
learn Molotov had agreed to at- i
tend ceremonies making the 10th
anniversary of the United Na- 1
tions next month in San Fran
cisco. If the Conservatives win
the election Thursday, he said. .
Foreign Secretary Harold Mac
Millan immediately would ac- j
cept the invitation to go to San i
Francisco.
Secretary of State Dulles and ;
French Foreign Minister An- j
toinc Pinay will attend the San
Francisco sessions.
MacMillan told a political meet
ing he was looking forward to
going to San Francisco where he
would have a chance to .sit down
with the other three foreign
ministers.
If the Conservatives win the
election, he said. “I will go there
and we will make final arrange
ments for the meeting" of the
heads of the four governments.
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Performer Dies
MRS. JACKIE L.ITZHAX. 36-ycar-old hlgh-pole performer,
grimare? in pain an she lien on the ground after a ladder, used
in an art, broke and sent the woman plummeting IW» feet to the
ground. She died les« than an hour later. She and her husband,
Brno, were performing at the Lilae Festi\al show in Spokane.
\\ a«h., w here they were billed as the “Satums.” Most of the
I4.A0C speetators first thought the fall was part of the art.
(A1‘ Wirephoto)
Lipsticks That Don't Tell'
Big Item on Market Today
By Anne Hill
Atiitfant News Ed’ltf
Lipstick formulations that do
not "kiss and tell'* are a big
item in today's lip make-up mar
ket, says Chemical Week, a sci
entific publication.
For the estimated 93 percent
of American women who use lip
stick. lipstick makers are com
peting in the race to present
products that stay put.
Principal difference in most
of the new hig-h-stain lipsticks
and the "creamiea'' made before
is the solvent used and the
amount of dye. the magazine
points out. Castor oil is the basic !
solvent in most sticks, the only :
solvent in creamies. In high
stains the mixture is about fivt}
' parts of polyethylene glycol to 60
of castor oil. couplet}* with a mu
tual solvent.
The biggest disadvantage,
which ip so far inseparable from
|high-stains, is their drying ef
fect. The polyethylene glycol
draws moisture from the lips.
This drying effect lessens u’jien
the molecular weight of the gly
col increases—but then the stain
,'ing power of the solution de
creases.
Tricky to make, lipsticks are
subject to breaking, cracking ant)
■ crumbling and are turned out by
(only a few companies. Most of
\ thtm are made by one Milwaukee
laboratory.
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