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Abraham J. Isserman, one of the defense lawyers in the recent Communist trial in New York, last night characterized the government witnesses in the case as "the most untrustworthy elements of the community." Isserman's speech, delivered to an audience of about 100 in Emerson D, was sponsored by the Harvard chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild...
...declaration protested specifically the recent contempt of court convictions of George W. Crockett, Jr., Richard Gladstein, Abraham J. Isserman, Louis McCabe, and Harry Sacher, all defense lawyers at the recent Communist conspiracy trial...
...hour-during which he was once forced to leave the bench to quiet the uproar-Medina consented to listen to a motion for acquittal based on whether the Justice Holmes doctrine of "clear and present danger" applied to the case (see above). Next day Defense Attorney Abraham J. Isserman argued, in effect, that the defendants were being denied "the right to engage in political activity...
...change the laws so as to bring about a socialistic society I would say, yes, that was something it was clearly their right to do ... You are knocking down a man of straw here . . . It did not seem to me that all these witnesses were talking about peaceful things." Isserman contended that a "clear and present danger" from their activities would have to be shown. Did he mean, asked Judge Medina, that the Government had to prove a clear and present danger of the immediate overthrow of the Government...
...That is correct," said Isserman...