Telenews Daily, The - Washington Headlines (Judith Coplin; Housing Bill)

The Telenews Daily - Washington Headlines (Judith Coplin; Housing Bill) 06:39:43 Couple w/ suitcases & umbrellas up walk w/ news photographers, enter. CU Municipal Court Criminal Division sign. 06:39:54 Jurors (?), Blacks & Whites, men & women up sidewalk & enter court building. 06:40:07 SOF CU Judith Coplon speaks: “I want the world to know that I’m a loyal American, that I am innocent of any of the charges that have been brought against me, that I have never committed an offense against the United States Government or anyone else. And I believe in my heart & soul that I am victim of a horrible frame-up.” Swish pan... 06:40:32 Senator, in bow tie, at microphone w/ Capitol behind: “No legislation, ever considered by the Congress, has been given the careful thought that the present housing legislaton has been given. Over a period of months committees of both the House & Senate have considered this very important problem from every angle. I feel that the American people after they undestand the housing bill will approve of the action taken by the Congress, taking into consideration of course the problem of slum clearance as it affects the nation. This is not a purely local problem, as some people would have you believe, but because over ? million family have been affected it has become the kind of national problem that local authorities cannot cope with.” ca June 1949; Spy; Cold War; Anti-Communist; NOTE: Coplon, who worked in Justice Department, went to trial June, 1949 & convicted of espionage was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Case was overturned by Supreme Court based on FBI having no arrest warrant.