"Mr. William Randolph Hearst," reported Mr. Hearst's New York American last fortnight, ". . . has committed the unforgivable offense, in the eyes of the 'PoleCat Committee,' of invoking the court's protection against a marauding and lawless group of ignorant Senators."
Translated into the language of factual reporting, this meant that Publisher Hearst was suing in District of Columbia Supreme Court to enjoin the Senate lobby investigating committee from making any use of Hearst telegrams which it had seized (TIME. March 23).
In Washington last week Chief Justice Alfred Adams Wheat, who last month...
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