Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-09
Few Recommendations for
Legislation in First Report
of Head Of National Law
Department.
HAS PLAN TO GET RID
OF WORKOUT JUDGES
MoReynolds Also Suggests
Clerk of U. S. Courts Have
Specified Term and Be Sub
iect to Removal.
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Washington. ID. c., Dec. At
torney General MoRoynolds. IN
his first report as the head OF
the law department OF the govern
ment submitted To congress today,
makes few recommendations for Leg
islatl0n. The changes ne urges have
more 10 do with the machinery "
courts than with the fabric Of the
law.
on an antitrust legislative program
the attorney general was silent lie
asked congress for no amendment 60
the sherman act tie rod his depart
ment uses 20 bring trusts to terms.
and he points out no fault IN IFS 0p-
Grafton.
President Wilson. however. intends
Co send q special message on the trust
question 10 congress in the near fu-
ture. and that undoubtedly viii ON
body some Of the attorney generals
Views
Attorney General McRoynolds made
90 clear however. that SO long as he
WINS head 90 the department he would
oppose court DEGREES IN antitrust
suits where the combination was dis
solved into parts under the control
Of tho same stockholders That plan,
adopted lu the standard Ou and To-
hacco cases he calls q fundamental
defect and later adds In the same
connection, my fixed purpose IL to
oppose any plan of dissolution which
would 'oave the separate parts ~ the
unlawful combination under tho con-
troll ~ tho snmc set Of men"
The attorney general offers a novel
solution of the problem OF superan-
uuatod federal Judges such Judges
under the constitution hold office
during good behavior although they
, may retire at the age Of seventy af-
tor ton years service.
90 suggest" says tho attorney gem
| cral. IAN act providing that whoa
/ amy Judge below the supreme court
| fails TO avail himself OF the prvilcg
| OF retiring now granted 10y law that
the president Dee required with tho
advice and consent of tho senate, In
appoint another Judge who shall pre-
| side over the affairs of the court and
! have precedence over the older ono.
This win insure az an times the pres
| cuco Of % judge sufficiently active On
discharge promptly and adequately
! The duties of tho court"
Mr. McRcynolds suggests that
clerks cot United states courts should
Dee appointed TOR specified terms and
lYubjoct Co removal by the president
for cause ANA asks that provision .,
made for review Dog the suprom,
court OF tha now FINAL decisions oi
the court of customs appeal on appli.
lCytion only hN the government. VI,
Improves the bin introduced py Rep.
Preventative Clayton giving the su.
lpr.mc court power 20 promulgat,
rules for trials ON the law side oI
federal courts He reminds congress
,uiso of needs az changes iH his office
land an increase IN the salaries paid
lIc terms tho present salaries "moder
tate for the character and amoun
lot work Co Doe performed"
Coming to "a review OF the events
with which his department has beer
concerned for the fiscal year. the mt
Itornoy general shows that when n,
took office q cases were pending un
der the sherman law, and that sine,
March . eight cases have boon he
gun. investigations of complaint
that the law has been violated poul
into the department by the score oacl
month. ana come from an parts ~
the country
"ln many instances" the rcpor
reads "thc investigation has faile,
to disclose fucts which would iustif,
the institution of formal proccodinr
Bout notice of the activity OF the gov
ornmont has impollcd Officers of iarR
land industrial corporations 90 curtRs
dangerous tendencies The bureau %
Investigation has looked into thous
pnds uf cascs of am kinds. those con
corning violations Of the Sherman
law ana the national banking act av
leraging together more than nifty
month
Through the bureau Of invosiiga
lions and yorpH uf local white slaV
otIicors, the department, the attornc
general says. has vigorously carrie
on the work OF prosecution of often
dors ana has helped suppress IA
traffic. out OF the $4,000 aIloto
Tor the detection ana prosecution a
! crime $4,000 has been SCI aside fo
that work and the attorney genera
concludes. tho department feels tina
very material progress has been mad
particularly during the past year, 3
luppressinE the most vicious foatur,
l0f this traffic"