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...Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14 and the Boston Herald yesterday united in defense of Federal District Judge Bailey Aldrich '28, who was attacked Thursday by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy for being reluctant to sign a Massachusetts non-Communist affidavit last summer...
Their action followed a special news conference Thursday night in which Massachusetts Governor Christian A. Herter '15 said Judge Aldrich had signed the affidavit willingly after being told it was a routine requirement...
...Aldrich stated in his acquittal decision, however, that the power of Congress to investigate "the general subject of Communism" was not questioned...
...appeared yesterday, however, that Aldrich refused to sign the affidavit because he felt the request a reflection on the Federal Judiciary. Well-informed sources said he had also noted that he had been appointed by the President, investigated by the FBI and cleared, and confirmed by the Senate...
...power of the Senate to investigate subversion was seriously jeopardized by Judge Aldrich's decision," McCarthy said yesterday...