Show Communist Query Right Upheld V WASHINGTON ASHIN TON March 18 CD UP- UP AThe The U. U S. S court of ot appeals ruled Thursday the house un-American un activities committee has the right to o ask questions which may show that a witness Is a Communist The 2 to 1 I ruling was given in upholding the conviction of Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Edward Barsky Baraky of New York and 15 other members of the joint Fascist anti-Fascist refugee committee on charges of contempt of congress Associate Justice E. E Barrett Prettyman wrote the majority opinion In which Associate Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice Bennett Champ Clark Clart joined Associate Justice Henry W. W Edgerton Ed- Ed gerton dissented |