Show WESTBROOK Judge Can Wield Power THERE THERE is always a delicate question how far a judge should go in I. running a trial If It he thinks the U U. S 5 S. S attorn attorney y is throwing down the case deliberately sticking his chin out or neglecting the governments government's interests he has the power to butt in and ask questions He can call him Into his chambers and warn him He can practically take over and make sure that none of the jurors Is under obligation to anybody But does it ever er happen The U. U S. S attorney In charge may be doing his best but the fumble and fix can take place in the preparation of or the case or orthe orthe the drawing of the jury Or he might be an earnest third-rater third stuck up against the trickiest criminal Vers lawyers in the country The department of ot justice persecuted a whole covey of citizens during the war for thinking disloyal thoughts The case dissolved after months of disgraceful nonsense It will be historic for people were dragged clear across the country and forced to exist in poverty to be present at an outrageous farce poked up by a lot of Roosevelt's merely because some of the defendants said they admired Hitler or hated Roosevelt Yet a hundred thousand Communists have flaunted their attachment to a power which Is held to be a mortal enemy of our government Not one of them ever has been indicted for sedition or treason and hundreds h of o them got jobs in the Roosevelt government J L L J |