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Communis Meeting Aimed at Knocking Hole
In American Method of Screening Dockmen
Friday, March 9, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
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By LYLE C. WILSO
United Press Correspondent
Washington 'U.Ri The prin
cipal Corrunist publication in
the United States is ballyhooing
meeting de
signed to
kn;k a per
manent hole in
government se-
fJk curity fences.
Worker, pub
lished in New
York, a n-
Lyie , tviison nounces for a
week from tday a rally in that
city sponsored by the Seamen's
Defense Committee and the
Emergency Civil Liberties Com
mittee. The purpose is to press
for a permanent injunction
against U. s9 Coast Guard meth
ods of screening on American
ships and of longshoremen in
American parts.
Process Began in 1950
The screening process began
in 1950. Since then, the Coast
Guard has screened and cleared
43,46i applications by mer
chant seamen for port security
cards. It denied 1,838 applica
tions, and 58 applications are
pending on appeal against de
nial. An even 398,000 longshore
men have been screened, cleared
and have received their security
credentials. The Coast Guard de
nied 1,066 applications and
there are 64 on appeal.
The U. S. Court of Appeals
in the 9th Circuit (San Fran
cisco) held the screening process
to be unconstitutional. The De
partment of Justice has until
March 26 to appeal the decision.
If no appeal is taken, the present
security system for merchant
seamen and longshoremen is fin
ished. Source Not Revealed
The court found against the
security system because individ
uals screened were not informed
of the source of the charges
brought against them. It might
be possible to interpret the opin
ion to mean that an individual
being screened also must be
brought face to face with any
individual challenging his pa
triotism. Vice Adm. Alfred C. Rich
mond, Coast Guard command
ant, explained to a House appro
priations subcommittee last Jan
uary: "The source of the informa
tion is rarely in the hands of the
Coast Guard. We obtain it from
other agencies and the other
agencies will not make that in
formation available for dis
closure." Most of the information
against subversive individuals
comes from the FBI which does
not permit inspection of its files
nor often reveal the identity of
its informants. Every president
and Congress has upheld the
FBI on those two points since
it was organized in 1925 under
the direction of J. Edgar Hoo
ver. There has been adverse
criticism. But no one has come
up with a method by which the
FBI could open its files or iden
tify its informants and stay in
business.
OSC Council Voles
To Eliminate Hazing
Corvallis (U.R) Members
of the interfraternity council
voted 28-2 last night to eliminate
hazing during fraternity initia
tions on the Oregon State Col
lege campus.
Under the new regulations,
hacking, excessive physical
strain and public initiations are
prohibited. Fraternities in viola
tion could be placed on proba
tion, halting pledging and rush
ing activities.
Eddie Thomas, Portland, presi
dent of the council, said the most
difficult problem would be en
forcement as fraternity men
would not be expected to
"squeal" on one another.
The target date for opening
the five-mile bridge being built
across the Straits of Mackinac is
Nov. 1, 1957.
Effects of Controversy
The Communists may make a
lot of hay with their denuncia
tions of the screening process.
They cite a statement attributed
to the 9th Circuit Court that the
Coast Guard's reliance on
"secret informers, whisperers
and talebearers" violated the
constitutional guarante of due
process. The after effects of bit
ter years of controversy over
what came to be called Mc
Carthyism will help the Red
comrades line up non-Communist
opposition to the screening
process and to any effort by the
Justice Department to stave off
a permanent injunction against
it.
There's No Villain
The villain, however, is not
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, nor
any group of Fascist witch burn
ers and Red baiters. In fact,
there isn't any villain.
The Coast Guard began to
screen the ports for traitors
under authority of Executive
Order No. 10173, Oct. 20, 1950,
signed by President Truman.
The order was issued by author
ity of an act of Congress passed
Aug. 9, 1950 with bi-partisan
support. Mr. Truman's order di
rected the Coast Guard to super
vise port security especially
against "sabotage or other sub
versive 'acts."
That is what the Coast Guard
was doing when the 9th Circuit
Court intervened.
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WIFE'S RADIO PLEA ENDS RIDE Joseph Madera b
shackled as he is driven from his home in Philadelphia.
He is charged, with holding two policemen and a priest as
hostages at gunpoint while he contemplated suicide. His
five hour ride of terror ended when his wife pleaded with
him over police radio to come home.
Commanders of the Naval Air
Test Center, Patuxent River,
Md., live in the colonial man
sion "Mattapany." It was built
in 1670 by Gov. Charles Calvert,
Third Lord Baltimore.
A standard bushel in the U. S.
contains 2,150.42 cubic inches:
An imperial bushel used in Eng
land and some other countries
contains exactly 2,218.192 cubic
inches.
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