PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTY, PLEA TO ATTORNEYS

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...In times of fear or hysterai, political, racial or religious, social and economic groups, often from the best of motives, cry for the scapls of individuals or groups because they do not like their views," Mr...

...The same variation of attitudes toward other law-enforcement problems exists...

...When the boss throws a party for his employes, he is still responsible for what happens lo any one sent on an errand, such as rounding up glasses...

...he said, "that we are concerned only with the prosecution of acts which the congress has made federal offenses...

...Federal Offenses Are Discussed "We must bear in mind...

...Particularly do we need to be dispassionate and courageous in those cases which deal with so-called 'subversive activities.' Lack of Standards Stressed "They are dangerous to civil liberty because the prosecutor has no definite standards to determine what constitutes a 'subversive activity,' such as we have for murder or larcency...

...D. C. — Extreme care must be exercised by government prosecutors in protecting the spirit as well as the letter of American civil liberties, and especially in cases dealing with so-called "subversive activities," Attorney General Jackson told the Annual Conference of United States Attorneys here...

...Jackson stated...

...But outside of federal law each locality has the right under our system of government to fix its own standards of law enforcement and of morals...

...Company Parties Held Responsible HARTFORD, Conn...

...Jackson said that the attorneys had "a delicate task" in distinguishing between federal and local law enforcement...

...We should prosecute any and every act of violation, but only overt acts, not the expression of opinion or activities such as the holdings of meetings, petitioning of congress, or dissemination of news or opinions," he said...

...to reimburse Carmelino Mecca for an automobile crash last Dec...

...Federal attorneys, he said1, have more control over life, liberty and reputation than any other persons in the nation...

...Activities which seem benevolent and helpful to wage earners, persons on relief, or those who are disadvantaged in the struggle for existence may be regarded as 'subversive' by those whose property interests might be burdened or affected thereby...

...In spite of the temptation to divert our power to local conditions where they have become offensive to our sense of decency, the only long-term policy that will save federal justice from being discredited by entanglements with local politics is that it confine Itself to strict and impartial enforcement of federal laws, letting the chips fall in the community where they may...

...So reasoned Disability Compensation Commissioner Leo J. Noonan in ordering the Hartford Builders Finish Co...

...There can also be no doubt," he went on, "that to be closely identified with the intrigue, the money-raising and the machinery of a particular party or faction may present a prosecuting officer with embarrassing alignments and associations...

...I think the Hatch act "should be utilized by federal prosecutors as a protection against demands on their time and their prestige to participate in the operation of the machinery of practical politics...

...Those acts we should prosecute regardless of local sentiment, regardless of whether it makes or breaks local politicians...

...And the moral climate of the United States is varied as its physical climate...

...For example, some states legalize and permit gambling, some states prohibit it legislatively and protect it administratively and some try to prohibit it entirely...

...Acceptance of the Hatch act in good faith, said the attorney general, will relieve many district attorneys from the embarrassment of what have previously been regarded as "legitimate expectations" of political service...

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