Monday, March 4, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Communist Registration Rule Nears Resolution
Legal action to enforce registration of the Communist Party in the United States is nearing resolution, according to the KU Government Research Center.
By Terry Ostmeyer
The court action is under the 1950 Subversive Activities Control Act which authorizes a control board to hold hearings to determine which organizations shall be classified as Communist-action, Communist-front, or Communist-infiltrated.
Compulsory self-incrimination and the First Amendment rights of freedom of expression and association are the main issues that will be resolved during the appeals.
On June 5, 1961, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, decided that the Party must register according to this requirement. But top national Party leaders said Party officers would go to jail instead of complying with the order.
THE BOARD HAS classified the Communist Party in the United States as a Communist-action organization in 1953 and 1956. The Subversive Activities Control Act states that any organization thus designated must register with the U.S. Attorney General.
THE PARTY ARGUES on the second issue that a member's freedom to express his opinion and to associate with other members are being "substantially inhibited by the registration order."
Party members had rejected the court order by the deadline on Nov. 19, 1961, and the Department of Justice invoked the criminal penalties found in the Act which led to the conviction of the Communist Party in 1962 and a move to try Party leaders.
On the first issue, the attorneys for the Communist Party says that compliance with the registration order would tend to incriminate Party members under the Smith Act, which makes it unlawful to teach or advise the overthrow of the government by force or violence.
"CONVICTION OF THE Party and individual members will provide the federal courts with concrete instances to consider the constitutional issues involved in these proceedings," the Government Research Center said.
The Subversive Activities Control Act requires names, addresses, duties, and functions of present Party officers, along with names of current and former members and detailed accounts of all money received and spent in order for registration to be complete.
Three New Members Named to Disciplinary Committee
Three new student members were appointed to the Disciplinary Committee Friday. They are Trudy Meserve, Abilene junior; Carl M. Logan, Holliday junior, and Thomas G. Turner, Seattle, Wash., junior. The other student members are Susan Cole, St. John sophomore; Mike Harris, Kansas City senior, and Charles Patterson, Rockford, Ill., senior.
The permanent faculty members on the committee are Ray P. Cuzort, associate professor of sociology; Edward F. Grier, professor of English; Emily Taylor, dean of women, and Donald K. Alderson, dean of men.
Child Shifts Car Into Drive
LONDON — (UPI)— Mrs. Hazel Hilmo gave a divorce on grounds of cruelty yesterday after she testified her husband was so cheap he expected her to wear his former girlfriend's old clothes.
Grounds of Cruelty?
LUBBOCK, Tex. — (UPI) — Kirtz Malone left Kirtz Jr., 16 months, alone yesterday in his parked car with the motor running.
Young Kirtz accidentally yanked the automatic shift into drive and the car ran two blocks, veered off the street and across a driveway where it crashed into a hedge. Young Kirtz wasn't even scratched.
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