Evening star., 1937-07-22
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate Judiciary Committee
voted almost unanimously today to
ask the Senate for recommittal Of
President Rooseyelt's court bill.
Senator Logan of Kentucky, men,
Der of the committee and one of the
authors of the so-called compromise
substitute, was instructed to move
recommittal at today's session of the
Senate.
The committee also agreed to draft
. new court reform bill to report
to the Senate.
This new measure will leave out
all reference to the Supreme Court.
1t will not provide for a proctor,
nor will it authorize transfer of Fed
eral judges from one district and
one circuit to another, as provided
in the Presidents bill.
The new measure will authorize
appointment Of additional judges in
the lower courts where they are
needed. They will not be appointed
on the basis of age of sitting judges,
as proposed in the original bill.
To Seek Speedy Trials.
The new bill also will contain
provisions seeking to speed the course
of litigation. The Attorney General
will be authorized to intervene in
cases in which the constitutionality
of laws is attacked. There may be
provision compelling three Federal
the constitutionality of d law is ir-
Volved. instead of one as at present
Opponents of the Presidents pro-
gram to enlarge the Supreme Court
were frankly jubilant, They insisted
that their battle had been won COM
pletely.
Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming,
an opponent of the Presidents bill
and also member of the Judiciary
Committee, said after the meeting
that the suggestion for the course now
laid out had come from Vice Presi-
dent Garner, Majority Leader Barkley
and Chairman Ashurst of the Judiciary
SOtlHllllee.
O'Mahoney also said he expected
new bill to be reported out by the
committee promptly, certainly within
10 days and possibly next Monday.
Vice President Garner, Majority
Leader Barkley and Senator Wheeler
OF Montana, leader of the opposition
to the Presidents bill, all met with
the Judiciary Committee in its hour
and-a-half executive session. Vice
President Garner was the first to
leave.
The fact these leaders all partici-
pated in the committee meeting gave
Its decision to ask recommittal of all
the greater important. Apparently
the administration forces are COM
mitted to this procedure.
If the Senate agrees to the program
now approved by the Judiciary Com
mittee, the long fight over the court
bill, extending since late February. will
have ended. Members of the Senate
committee said they did not expect
that any amendment to provide for
additional members of the Supreme
Court could or would be offered in the
Senate itself. If any such amendment
was proposed, they said it would be
defeated.
They added that under their agree
ment with the administration leaders
there would be no effort to insert in
the House provision for additional
EuOrene Court justices
The motion to ask for recomnittal
OF the bill was made by Senator Burke
of Nebraska, an opponent of the orig
inal court bill. 1t was seconded by
OMahoney. No roll call was taken
and when the chairman put the ques-
ton there were only two no" votes.
Quick Report Seen.
Prediction was made by other men,
bers of the committee that it would be
possible to get together quickly on a
new bill of the character described
II the court bill is disposed of
quickly, as now seems probable, the
legislative jam on Capitol Hill will
have been broken. Senators said they
(See COURT. Page A-5.)