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Helnl Radio News Service
7/17/46
PETRILLO SHADOW-BOXES FOR DISMISSAL; FALL TRIAL SEEN
James C. Petrlllo, President of the American Federation of Musicians, through his attorney, filed a motion in Federal Court in Chicago Monday to dismiss the charges against him on the ground that the Lea Act violates four amendments to the Constitution.
This was a formal expected move on the part of the music czar in line with the main objective of testing out the constitutionality of the so-called antl-Petrillo law. Based on the fact that Mr. Petrlllo has until August 5th to file briefs in support of their motion and the Government reply briefs to be dated September 9th, it is believed the oral argument will begin soon thereafter and that the Judicial mill will really start to grind in the early Fall,
Mr. Petrlllo made these specific charges against the Lea
Act:
It contravenes the First Amendment to the Constitution in that it abridges freedom of speech.
It is repugnant to the Fifth Amendment and particularly the "due process" clause thereof, in that it defines a crime in terms that are excessively vague, in that it denies equal protection of the law and in that it denies liberty of contract.
It violates the Thirteenth Amendment in that it imposes involuntary servitude.
It is contrary to the Tenth Amendment, in that it is a Congressional exercise of power not delegated to the United States by the Constitution.
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LEW WEISS TO SAIL FOR HONOLULU TO REVISIT OLD ARMY HAUNTS
His first vacation in five years will be spent in the Hawaiian Islands by Lewis Allen Weiss, Vice-President and General Manager of the Mutual Don Lee network, who with Mrs. Weiss and their daughter, Mrs. Patsy Hart, sails with lanai accommodations aboard the SS MAT SONIA August 1st. Mr. Weiss was stationed on the Islands as a U. S. Army officer from 1915 to 1918.
After a twelve day stop at the Moana hotel in Honolulu, Oahu, the party will board the Inter-Island plane for Kona Inn on the south shore of Hawaii, a Pacific Paradise famouse for its cool breezes and deep sea fishing. The party sails for home in lanai suite of the MATSONIA, August 23rd.
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