Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-01-27 | Page 3 | Debs Case Now in Supreme Court

EBS OS CA CASE NOW 7 IN SUPREME r M COURT HI Espionage Act Attacked Oral Arguments Are Delivered By Dy Associated Press WASHINGTON Jan 27 Oral Oral ar argument argument ar- ar began in the supreme court today on the constitutionality of or orthe the espionage act In iu the cases of Eugene V V. Debs Socialist leader convicted of or violating the law in a speech at Canton Canton Canton Can Can- ton 0 O. last June and nd Jacob Frohwerk Frohwerk Froh- Froh I werk werle of Kansas City found guilty of or orI I writing alleged seditious articles forthe for tor the Missouri Staats Stoats Counsel for the defendants attacked the act as an attempt to to abridge the constitutional right of free speech and anda a e. free press John Lord special special special cial assistant to the attorney general contended that the law obviously wai wal intended to protect the military program program program pro pro- gram against all aU types of interference and end that since congress had the powei powel to deprive men even of their lives for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of raising an army it surely could require citizens to re refrain refrain refrain re- re frain from fram deliberate obstruction of ot the process process' of obtaining necessary fighting men Unusual importance is attached to the Debs case by lawyers because they expect the court to make male it the teft tet proceedings in which It will pass the general validity of the act