-Excerpt from The New Republic, Aug•st 27, 1966, "T. R. B. from Washington":
'We sat about 15 feet from where lawyer Arthur Kincy was maKing a point of order for one of the subpoenaed witnesses . Chairman Pool, like a frog on a lily pad.
On the raised dais above him sat
Mr. Kincy is a respectable attorney, '
member of the bar of the US Supreme Court and professor of law at Rutgers .
He is
a counsel for that subversive organia.a tion, the American Civil Libert ies Union. He was making a persistent point fol.' his client , but in a quiet voice. in front of us all Pool lost control. voice be bellowed, "Now sit down.!"
He seamed to ewell.
Suddenly:;
At the top of his
He gave a tremendous wback vitb his gavel.
'Without any chance to sit, let alone turn, little Riney was instantly pinioned by three big plainclothesmen, his wrists tvisted, an arm choked nbout his t hroat, and he was dragged out,
Seven ether defendants' lawyers looked aghast and
learned incredulously that their eminent colleague bad been taken off to jail. Pool, looking a little scared, calmed down a bit.
We felt a bit frightened, too,
We had never aeen a client's lawyer taken off to jail before."