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...Countryman said yesterday that he is not certain whether the Attorney General will let the SACB die. He must either revive the SACB by June 30, or explain to Congress why he has not done so. Countryman said he expects "severe pressure" on the Attorney General from the supporters of the SACB, but expressed hope that the pressure will fail...
...petition, circulated by Vern Countryman, professor of Law, is part of a campaign by the National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee. The campaign began in January, shortly after Congress passed the "Dirksen Amendments" to the McCarran Act. Countryman, who is vice-chairman of the Committee's New England Region, collected 214 signatures from law professors across the country...
Some penalties remain from the original Act. Members of Communist organizations are barred from federal jobs and from serving as labor union officials. Many of the investigated organizations have not even waited for punishment, Countryman explained. Faced with the legal expenses of defending themselves before the SACB, they have disbanded...
...committee's members are Andrew L. Kaufman '51, professor of Law and chairman; Bruce; Vern Countryman, professor of Law; and James Vorenberg '49, professor of Law. The committee will hold its first meeting on December...
...other developments, Countryman is distributing to law schools a letter by the American Civil Liberties Union on Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey's recent directive...