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Show WEST BROOK PEGLER Judge Can Wield Power THERE is always a delicate question how far a judge should go in running a trial. If he thinks the U. S. attorney is throwing down the I case, deliberately sticking his chin out or neglecting the government's i 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 i jure that none of the jurors is under obligation to anybody. But does it ever happen? The U. S. attorney in charge may be doing his best, but the fumble and fix can take place in the preparation of the case or ' the drawing of the jury. Or he might be an earnest third-rater ! stuck up against the trickiest criminal lawyers in the country, i . The department of 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 I icross the country and forced to exist in poverty to be present at an 1 outrageous farce poked up by a lot of Roosevelt's idolators merely because f; lome 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 1 cfihem ever has been indicted for sedition or treason and hundreds of them got jobs in the Roosevelt government. 1 1 -i a. |