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Arthur Kinoy's brief against House Un-American Committee

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-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."


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