Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14
BAILEY OPPOSES INVASION
Of SENATORIAL OFFICES
Would Keep Executive Depart
ment Branches Out of New
Marble Building.

What provision can be made for private
ofhces for the individual justices OF tne
United States Supreme Court, either III
the old library space in the Capitol OF
in the Senate Office building, is to receive
attention from the Senate committee on
rules
Several members Of the committee on
rules favor some action by the Senate OF
by Congress which will give offices 70
the men who compose the highest trl-
bunal In the land, and their attitude be-
came publicly known yesterday after
noon during a discussion in the Senate.
The bill to provide for the rental OF
headquarters in Washington for the
postal savoings bank system, at a cost
not to exceed $4,000, was under discus
sion.
Senator Carter Of Montana. referred to
during the discussion as the father OF
the postal savings bank system, sus-
gested that there was some room In the
Senate office building still unoccupied and
that it could temporarily be assigned to
use for such headquarters.
Senator Bailey Opposed.
Senator Bailey jumped onto the sug-
gestion hard.
will ever go into that building with my
consent" Mr.. Bailey declared. That
building was constructed for the Senate.
We have some commissions over there
now. We had to move one OF them out
of its rooms not long ago to make room
for senator 1t is not agreeable to be
moving them around and it Is still less
agreeable for senators to have to be de-
prived of their quarters to oblige the
executive departments or these commits
sions.'
Senator smoot asked IL there was not
room in the Office building for some of
the new courts that have lately been &C
Appeals. he mentioned, is paying $4,000
a year for quarters at 10th street and
New York avenue and the quarters are
anything but comfortable. and he thought
the money might be saved.
II there was any vacant room in the
office building, Senator Bailey replied.
1t ought to be assigned to the Chief JUS
tice and the associate Justices.
Would Provide for Supreme Court.
We have located them in the Capitol.
but We have never made any other pro-
vision for Them" Mr.. Bailey remarked.
Speaking for myself and not in criti-
cism Of my fellow-senators. l think it is
a shame that both houses Of Congress
have built for themselves magnificent
Office buildings in which we find COM
Portable quarters without having pro-
vided for the Supreme Court any suit
able accommodations. II there is any
space there, inasmuch as we have To-
Gated the Supreme Court here in the
Capitol between the two. Houses OF Con-
gress, l would give it to them. I sin
cerely hope q sense Of common decency
will compel these two houses, II they
cannot provide for the members Of the
court in these Office buildings. to pro-
vide for them by vacating the commit
tee rooms established in the old library
part Of the Capitol and assign to the
Chief Justice and to each associate jus
tice comfortable quarters there. Until
they are provided for I shall never agree
to see anybody else provided for over
there
Senator Bacon joined in the sentiments
of Senator Bailey. He added that he
would oppose any move to have the Su-
preme Court meet in any other building
than in the Capitol.
The discussion ended with the passage
of the bill to allow those in charge of
the postal savings bank system to rent
here. Owing to crowded
conditions in the Post ONCE Department
building, letter from the Postmaster
General said no space for the headquar-
tiers could be found in the department
structure.