Bill Gets Recommendation

WASHINGTON (.fl The Supreme Court Monday barred draft exemptions lor men who claim conscientious objections to the lndochina war but not to all wars. The 8-1 ruling. based on what Justice Thurgood Marshall called a straightforward reading of Selective Service law, closes the door on Roman Catholics who subscribe to the "just war" doctrine as well as to other selective objectors. Marshall said they are subject to the draft, however sincere or religious they may be. He sa id Congress intended to exempt only persons who oppose participating in all war. Justice William O. Douglal diu.nted. He said the exemption provision Is unconstitutional In that it discriminates In favor of religioul persOnS and against humanists and atheists with similar scruples against war. The decision upheld the conviction of Guy P. Gillette, 26, of Yonkers, N. Y., a self-described humanist who said he would help defend the country or fight in a United Nations peace-keeping effort but not In Vietnam. and that persoDl who object solely to participation in a particular war DOt within the view of the exempting section ... " A Justice Department source said the ruling opens the way for the government to seek indictments against sever· al alIeged draft evaders who bave raised similar arguments. In a second major ruling the court prohibited employers from using job tests that do not really mea 5 u rea man's qualifications but serve to block blacks from promotions. The 8-0 decision, given by Chle( Justice Warren E. Burger, said Title VII of the 1964 federal civil rights law prohibits all employment practices that operate to exclude blacks and cannot be shown to be related to job performance. J.ck Gl'Hllberg of the NAACP Leg.1 Defen.e and Education.1 Fund, an· nounced that civil rights I.wyers will invoke the rull", In beh.1f of thousands of workers who cI.lm to have been den· ltd lobi or promotions bec.use of such tests. have to prove the complIIY WU practicing racial discrimination In order to invalidate the tests and diploma requirements. In • thlnl rullnt the court tied 4 .. 4 • nd ,...,...,y upheld I _ 1ft Maryl.1tCI on public show'", of the movie, "I IItI Curious Yellow." The ludices uld ne· thl", .bout the Is..... Involved. Grove Press, Inc., the Importer and o\Vller of American distribution rights to the Swedish flIm, had challenged Maryland's movie censorship la", and asked the court to rule that ItO movie may be put off·limlts for adults. Francis B. Burch, Maryland attorney general, argued that each state sbould be Cree to decide which filIJIJ Ife to be banned. The tie vote was produced by the selldisqualification of Justice William O. Douglas. The pre Ident of Grove Press, BIl'JIeY Roaaett, publlJhes the Evergetl Review, the magaziJle that printed !I cerpts from Douglas' latest book. The t'vote .nd .bsence of an .cco"" plnyl", Dplnlon left In force the court's current st.ndard on obscenity • In other actions the court: • Agreed to hear an appeal by Francis Haines, a 69-year-old prisoner In rulnois who challenges the authority 01 official to consign prisoners to solitary confinement. • Granted a hearing to Johll Adams, • Chicago man convicted of an unlawful narcoties sale, who Is seeking to expand the right of defcndants to have lawyers at preliminary hearings. • Declined unanimously to hear a ult by Madalyn Murray O'Hair complainIng about prayers and Bible readinll bv a tronauts In space and the plaCing 01 relJgious Items on the mooll.