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Refuge. As 1950 drew to a close, much of the U.S. looked and acted-even if it did not feel-surprisingly like a country without a care in the world. A few big official parties, such as the inaugural ball which had been planned in honor of South Carolina'...
Would you in your next issue, retract or correct this mistake, and once and for all clear up this matter in reference to my name. John Byrnes
The fictitious Byrnes, a concert singer, accused Hastings of upsetting him by calling him a communist, thinking he was Joseph Burns, a renowned communist singer. Byrnes also was seeking to recover for economic loss when his emotional distress caused him to leave the stage and forfeit his $1,000 salary...
The jury adjudged Byrnes $1,000 for his economic loss and another $1,000 for the mental anguish suffered. Byrnes' counsel, Arthur E. Sutherland, professor of Law, was denied his plea for battery.
The decision will be appealed on October 30 with Dean Griswold acting as counsel for Hastings, and Archibald Cox, professor of Law, representing Byrnes.