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: perspecttitt
said: “Justice, though
the accused, is due to the
accuser also. The concept of
fairness must not. be strained till
to a filament. We
yjhe ■ balance true."
of our time is
nob kept the bal
ance -true. Unfortunately, the
Supreme Court in recent years
has moved through logic and
shattering sentiment and stifl
ing procedures to favor the in
dividual suspect to such an ex
tent that the administration of
criminal justice is defeated.
In the prosecution of crimes,
police powers to conduct interro
gations were severely limited
in the 1964 Escobedo case. Con
fessions were banned as evi
dence if the suspect was not
warned to be silent if he chose
and had the privilege of seeing a
lawyer.
Now the majority opinion in
the 1966 Miranda case puts affir
mative duties on the police. Be
fore any suspect may be ques
tioned, police must coax him not
to tell them anything. The sus
pect must be warned that he
has a right to remain silent, that
onvfhintr ho savs m»v used
against him, and that he has a
right to the presence of a court
appointed or retained attorney.
The suspect -who submits to
questioning must be warned to
stop the procedure if he wish
es.
What the AGtranda case does
is to virtually'eliminate confes
sions of crime from being used
in court. This further handicaps
police officers already swamped
with a torrent of crime. Mr. Jus
tice Harlan in a dissenting opin
ion in Miranda galled this “a
hazardous experimentation” with
crime.
Accordingly, I have introduced
S. J. Res. 179 as a Constitutional
Amendment to deal with the
Miranda decision. Simply put,
my Amendment would restore
the law to its proper function of
protecting suspects and defend
ants from haying confessions and
admissions coerced -tfrom them
without making it impossible to
solve many crimes.
By providing that any admis
sion or confession shall be ad
missible in evidence if made
voluntarily, my Amendment
would return the rule which the
Supreme Court itself recognized
as valid until recent days. When
all is said, there is no reason
residing in the proposition that
persons charged with crimes
should be protected by law
against their voluntary admis
sions, and confessions that they
have committed a crime.
Police officers have told the
committee that Court decisions
which cpddle suspects and de
fendants shackle efforts to bat
tle crime. Even beyond the par
ticular case, such opinions breed
disrespect for law; The fact is
that in many cases there are
no dues at the scene of the
crime, and there are not witness
who can teifcfy.
If the pblice cannot question
suspects, and that appears to
be the Court’s ultimate goal, law
lessness could break the whole
fabric of governmental author
ity.; ; - '
When one reads the Miranda
decision, and realizes that per
petrators of the foulest crimes
can be turned loose to repeat
their crimes, he is tempted to
exclaim: Enough has been done
for those who murder, and rape,
and rob. It is time to do some
thing for those who do not wish
to be murdered, or raped, or
robbed. It is for this purpose that
I have offered my Amendment.
Government Contracts
Federal employees, Govern
ment advisors and consultants,
and employees in industries per
forming Government contracts
are experiencing more and more
Government surveillance over
their private lives according to
reports coming ill to the Senate
Constitutional Rights Subcom
mittee.
The stated purpose of these
Government questionnaires is
to promote the national inter
est, whatever that may be, at a
given time. Government admin
istrators defend these probes on
the ground that they are “es
sential and proper” for the car
rying out of their responsibili
ties for the good of the country.
Still it is apparent mat iew
are happy about the situation.
Depending upon one’s partic
ular function in the national in
terest, a citizen may be subject
ed to a battery of proced
ures conducted by the
Federal Government to deter
mine his ethics, his race, and
his suitability for employment
or service to his country: In
creasingly, these violate estab
lished concepts of personal lib
erty and privacy.
Psychological testing, psychia
tric interviews, race question
naires, lie detector quizzes, back
ground investigations, anti-com
munication admonitions, buy
savings bonds pressures, quotas
for political contributions, rules
for speaking, writing and even
thinking, and lengthy forms to
ferret out an individual’s finan
cial status are the standard pro
cedurfes governing ‘Federal em
ployer-employee relations.
Most of us agree that the Gov
ernment should employ only
qualified employees, and that it
must have information to carry
out that task. This is not the is
sue which is disturbing the Sub
committee or those who have
voiced concern.
What is disturbing is that at
titudes and procedures affecting
Federal employees have a way
of pervading our whole society,
governing the employer-em
ployee relationship wherever it
is found. This is especially true
in the wake of expanding Fed
eral activities in the realm of
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private industries and firms who
holds contracts with the federal
Government and who must sub
ject their employees to the same
sort of Federal personnel rules.
Reports coining to the Subcom
mittee indicate that there is be
ing created in the Federal ser
vice a climate of fear, apprehen
sion, and coercion which is de
trimental to the health of the
service and is corroding file
rights of Federal employees.
This should disturb all of us.
Resentment is piling up over
new “race questionnaires.” Em
ployees of all races and nation
alities are suspicious about the
usage to which the information
will be put. Racial considerations
that were dormant in the Fed
eral services have assumed new
importance. A more important
question is over file right of the
Government to pry into one’s an
cestry in the first place.
Financial questionnaires pose
other problems. I sanction the
goal of the highest ethical stand
ards for Government service.
Indeed, it is imperative that Fed
eral employees and advisors and
consultants be obedient to the
26 Federal laws dealing with
conflict-of-interest matters.
Yet, I do not believe Con
gress sanctions wholesale invas
ions of privacy which ate pos
sible in the probes undertaken
under this new system of fi
nancial reporting down to the
last unpaid, honorary Govern
ment advisor. Such question
naires on a mass .basic sanction
a Big-Brother approach to the
employer - employee relation
which I fear will seep into every
cranny of our national life.
For this reason, I have asked
the Subcommittee on Constitu
tional Rights, of which I am
Chairman, to survey these in
vasions of privacy of Federal
employees, consultants, and ad
visors to determine what the
rules of fair play ought to be.
At Great Lakes
Seaman Recruit Carson R.
Smith, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carson Smith, 1815 N. Heritage
Street, Kinston, has been grad
uated from seven weeks of Navy
ONE HURT IN 3CAR WRECK
Marion Jones and Janice
Tuesday
were
Robert Earl Swiger’s car hit the
Durner car, knocMngit into the
Jones car. Miss Dumer suffered
painful but not serious injuries
from the impact and Swiger was
charged with failing to reduce
speed to avoid an accident.
HITS POLE, GETS HURT
Susan Catherine Carroll, 16,
missed the drive way and hit a
utility pole at her home on the
corner of Vernon and Green
briar at 3:40 a.m. Sunday. She
was painfully hurt and consid
erable damage was done to her
car and the pole.
baric training at the Naval Train
ing Center here at Great Lakes,
Illinois.
In the first weeks of his naval
service he studied military sub
jects and lived and worked un
der conditions similar to those
he will encounter on his first
ship or at his first shore station.
In making the transition from
civilian life to Naval service, he
received instruction under vet
eran Navy petty officers. He
studied seamanship, as well as
survival techniques, military drill
and other basic subjects. i
Jick W. SMm
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for JSck W. Stokes* 54,
of 807 West Road, who died sud
denly Monday morning.
Mrs. Ola Johnson Stroud
Funeral services were held
Wednesday for Mrs. Oik Johnson
Stroud, 83, widow of Eddie
Stroud of 408 West Lenoir
Avenue who died early Monday.
. Lawson WillMnts
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for Lawson Williams,
64, of Pink Hill route 2, who died
on Sunday.
Charles W. Jackson
Funeral services are to be
held at 3 Thursday from Jar
man Funeral Home for Charles
W. Jackson, 81, well known Kins
ton. barber of 416 Mitchell St.,
who died Tuesday after a linger
ing illness.
Mrs. Novella Casey Sutton
Funeral services will be held
at 2 Thursday from Garner Fun
eral Home for Mrs. Novella Cas
ey Sutton, 73, of Kinston route
6, who died Tuesday afternoon.
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