The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-29
MOVE
To SHACKLE
JUDGES
Craig Case Arouses Forces in
Congress to Demand Re-
vision of Laws.
BY JOHN T. LAMBERT,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

Cosmopolitan News Service.
8 Aroused by the insolent treat
ment Of Comptroller Craig, the
liberal forces in Congress are tok
day demanding wholesale re-
vision Of the judicial laws tn
prevent Federal judges every
where from throwing independent
citizens into Jail without trial by
jury.
LaGuardia Makes Demands.
Demands Of the liberal forces for
sweeping changes to break down the
arbitrary encroaehments OF the
courts are being framed by Con-
gresham LaGuardia Of New York,
one Of the three liberals appointed
to serve their program upon the
Old Guard leaders. LaGuardia,s
program includes:
1. That every person accused OF
contempt, like Craig, shall be tried
by jury, not by any judge or
judges.
2. Investigation Of Mayors gen
SE1t COuQuCt DIS a luQR6s
3. Investigation Of the Judges ac.
tons in the Interborough cases
4. Investigation OF an alleged
Mayors jurisdiction which Isl
suspected OF throwing business
firms into bankruptcy, running them
and of providing fiat Jobs for
favored referees in bankruptcy.
S. Investigation OF referees and
bankruptcy masters appointed by
that court.
9. TO take away power to issue
temporary injunctions, without hear
lngs, which cripple labor unions in
their figths against capital.
Will Back BOrah.
The liberals will CloubtlessIy back
Senator Borah's fight to stop the
% decisions OF the Supreme Court
which have abolished child-labor
laws, permitted tax lodging. ex.
empted stock dividends from taxa.
ton and otherwise operated against
the public interest.
Congressman John M. Nelson Of
Wisconsin, veteran leader OF the
lighting liberals, declared today that
all the abuses, OF Federal Judges,
who have deprived the working PEG
pie of their rights, thrown helpless
liberals into jail and deprived liber-
ais generally of free speech, are
now brought to public notice by the
high-handed course OF Mayer.
lLaGuardia's program will doubt
lessly be accepted in full by the
liberals. LaGuardia said:
No man should be tried by, his
accuser. No judge should be prose
cutor, judge and jury. If this
judge were accused of larceny, he
would not wish to be tried by the
man who made the accusation
against him. District attorneys are
not allowed to pass sentence.
Right Of Trial by Jury.
Every man is entitled to be
tried by a jury Of his peers. His
right is constitutional. If Craig's
sentence was unconstitutional. the
practice of thtse arbitrary iudges
20 pass such sentences should be
stripped from them at once. IL it
was constitutional, Congress should
at once pass law to change it.
The situation is unthinkabIe,
We comment every day upon the
President Of the United States.
governors OF States, the Secretary
OF State but as soon as a man hold
Ing a responsible public position
comments upon some little nincom-
poop judge who runs down to
Washington and begs to be an.
pointed, he is put behind the bars.
In the same way, these judges
grant a temporary injunction, with.
out hearing, to reactionary en-
pIoyers,. thus enthralling their en-
ployes in a labor controversy and
depriving them of their constitu-
tional right to carry on for their
own protection
Senator Borah has compiled a list
of more than forty decisions by
which important laws passed bv
Congress have been voided by 5.to-4
decisions Of the Supreme Court. IF
the Mine Wise Men from the
East" had the unfailing wisdom
which is ascribed to them, thew
probably would not have been SO
hopelessly divided on so many i'm
portant matters.