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Argued February 24, 1949.
Decided June 13, 1949.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Messrs. Charles J. Katz, Robert W. Kenny and Ben Margolis, Los Angeles, Cal., of the Bar of the State of California, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Charles H. Houston and Martin Popper, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.
Mr. William Hitz, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.
Mr. Samuel H. Jaffee, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for National Lawyers Guild, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.
Before CLARK and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE C. SWEENEY, District Judge, sitting by designation.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
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