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Show 1. ; A Good Decision The United States Supreme Court has declared constitutional those laws which require the registration registra-tion of Communists. This move should not be surprising ifiio those who have watched the Court's actions in recent "Ws in defending the bill of rights. 1 While the decision will certainly give rise to cries hat the Warren Court has once again proved its Com- nunistic leanings, there can be no argument that the bills "fere not unconstitutional. The most glaring fault of the McCarran Act was hat it asked Communists to testify against themselves, 1 violation against the Fifth Amendment. There was another reason the laws deserved to be truck down. This was shown on this campus last week (('hen Danny Rubin spoke. He said he was a Communist in pokesman. He said he had communistic beliefs. He dem-jnstrated dem-jnstrated a great fondness for Communist precepts. And tJie said that if it were not for the McCarran Act, he would J"f proud to say he was a Communist. It would seem that , ny law that can give rise to this sort of contempt for J law has no place on the books. Communism is a belief, not an act. And beliefs can j; t be proven and should not be prosecuted. If a member I ny party, or a person holding any belief, undertakes ? act of subversion against the United States, then he I uld be prosecuted. But it is dangerous to outlaw i; el'efs. Who knows which belief will be outlawed next? I We firmly believe the United States government has St jen&htt protect itself from subversion, and the Justice ttl epartment has announced that it will continue to jsecute the Communist Party. But we applaud the "ft for placing the Constitution above the Justice :0r: Paftment and upholding the tradition of "freedom for ldea we hate." itAhen communism becomes a subverting act, prose-r prose-r nta t does watch it closely. But don't disregard Institution in any case. |
