Speech #850075920

Does the board of governors of the bar association seriously contend that this committee. the Congress of the United States or the American people are precluded from attempting to detect and isolate traitors. even though they be possessed of a license to practice law? The bar association statement likewise completely misrepresents the announced purpose of the hearings. The statement contains the following: "The announced purpose of the hearing was to investigate opposition to the McCarranWalter Immigration Act." This is a baldfaced misrepresentation of the facts. which should be apparent to anyone who would take the trouble to read the transcript of the proceedings. The announced purpose of the hearings was to investigate and develop facts respecting the activities of the Communist conspiracy in its program of political subversion. In another place. the board of governors used this language in censuring the subcommittee: "Counsel appearing for the witnesses were not permitted to address the committee or to make objections to the manner in which the proceeding was being conducted. but counsel were repeatedly told that their sole and exclusive right was to advise their clients." We admit that counsel were repeatedly told that their sole and exclusive right was to advise their clients.