Aldrich Fixes Oral Hearing For Nov. 18th

Judge Bailey Aldrich '28 yesterday set Nov. 18 as a tentative date for oral arguments on defense motions for the acquittal of Leon J. Kamin '48 and the dismissal of the remaining counts of the indictment against him. Both motions were presented yesterday as the defense closed out its case. The government rested a week ago. No action in the trial before the oral arguments is expected.

Aldrich and the defense and government attorneys agreed that the lawyers would not file briefs on the legal issues of the trial until after the oral arguments. The oral hearing will probably cover only the questions of fact raised by the evidence presented during the trial.

The Judge will probably meet with the lawyers within the next few days to confirm or alter the arrangements made yesterday.

Tapes Heard

Earlier yesterday, he definitely admitted as evidence the tape recording of Kamin's January, 1954 testimony before Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. He listened to the tapes in a private session from which the press was excluded. He reportedly heard some parts of the tape several times.

Supplementary Motion

The motion to dismiss the indictment against Kamin supplements the one Aldrich refused to consider last April, defense counsel Calvin P. Bartlett said last night. The new motion cites last summer's dismissal of the indictment against Corliss Lamont as a precedent.