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Evening star., 1937-03-26
Indians Civer Collier Version
Of Supreme Court Controversy
Commissioners Story of Disposal of
Cases by Subordinates Clashes
Sharply With Letter of Chief Justice.

for certiorari reach the Supreme Court
each year, the Indian commissioner
tells his wards that almost never is
oral argument permitted on these Pc
titions' and that usually they are
denied-and almost never Is an expla-
nation vouchsafed by the court"
AS an instance of the courts action
on certiorari cases. Collier cites an
Indian land title case five or six years
ago, involving century-old dispute
in the Pueblo country Of New Mexico.
Knowing the policy Of the Supreme
Court toward petitions for certiorari," I"
Collier says, "and knowing that under
conditions as they existed this policy
was in fact necessary one, because
otherwise the court would be swamped
utterly by the cases admitted for re-
view, those who prepared the Pueblos'
petition and those who financed it en-
tertained almost no hope of getting
the case into the Supreme Court at all.
They justifiably believed that If they
did get into the court they would win.
Denial Matter Of Course"
1T was a matter Of course to have
the petition denied, and denied with
out explanation. And out of court,
without hearing, without word as
to the reason why, went this case
along with hundreds of others at the
October term of the court"
This case, he comments, will help
Indians realize that there are "mul-
tiple reasons" for the Presidents pro-
posal that added justices shall be
placed on the Supreme Court to In
crease its power to do business and to
help bear the load of elder justices"
It is impossible for the court "as now
made up" to meet its responsibility"
the Indians are told.
1T was never the intent of the
Constitution or Of the people," he con-
cludes, that the court should delegate
to one Of its members the practical
determination of issues in litigation
under conditions where he, in turn,
would be compelled to delegate to a
secretary much or all Of the research
upon which his decision would be pre-
dicated.
1T Is no friendly act, either to the
Constitution or the present court to de-
mand that such an un-American way
Of handling business shall continue to
be forced upon the Supreme Court" I"
Evening star., 1937-03-26

manent size Of the court, but indicated
those steps would be divided into two
amendments.
The last witness yesterday vas DR..
Gould Wickey Of Washington, general
secretary Of the Council Of Church
Boards Of Education. He declared:
"The Christian educators Of America
believe that democracy rests on free
dom and liberty, not on force. WS
fear the Presidents proposal because,
we see that through 1t an enthroned,
radicalism could enact laws Of educa.'
tional slavery and religious intoler-,
ance"
When the hearings resume after
Easter. the opposition will start its
second week Of testimony, presenting
Erwin N. Griswold, professor OF con-
stitutional law at Harvard; Walter e.
Dodd, Chicago lawyer, and Dorothy
Thompson, newspaper columnist.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Spain
Continued From First Page.)

Posoblanco, intense artillery, rifle and
machine gun fire from both sides
swept nearly all of the no-man's-land
from the northwest around west to
the southeastern edge OF the city.
Both sides, it was reported, con-
tented themselves with long-range
fighting in the first real sunshine
within a fortnight.
The Guadalajara front. about 60
miles northeast of Madrid, was quiet,
but insurgent headquarters announced
Gen. Frances airnen executed sue
cessful bomb attack on government
airdrome at Alcala de Henares, 20
miles east of the city.
Three Planes Fired.
Three planes were fired and several
were damaged by splinters from the
bursting bombs. One was caught as
it tried to take of to battle the at
tacking squadron.
Madrid dispatches mentioned an
attack on Alcala de Henares, but said
the bombers did not inflict important
damage.)
The insursent seneralisstmo. Franco,
Evening star., 1937-03-26

that two such appointments year
be allowed, but Hatch was not pre-
pared to 60 that far.
There were reports yesterday that
20 Democrats and 16 Republicans
had signed statement signifying their
willingness to support two constitu-
tional amendments instead of the
present court bill. It was not clear,
however, whether they had agreed on
the specific wording Of the amend
ments.
Asserting that he had signed the
statement, one opposition Senator
said: II don't see how any one sign
ing this statement could possibly vote
for the Roosevelt bill, although I do
not understand that we are definitely
pledged to vote against IT.
Attorney General Cummings sub
mitted to the Senate yesterday a 183-
page report detailing thousands Of
Evening star., 1937-03-26

returned from visit to his front lines
in Northern Guadalajara Province, re-
ported to have motored within about
SO miles of Madrid, the objective Of
long months Of insurgent siege and
offensive
His trip carried him 10 miles with
in what Madrid's defense command
claims as government territory, ac-
companying aides pointed out. At one
point the general noted q roadside
sign saying 80 kilometers to Torija"
Torija is about 43 miles northeast Of
the capital.
Government Starts Push.
Spasmodic fighting for weeks on
the southern front has been marked
by tit-for-tat bombing forays Of rival
airmen, but the Pozoblanco drive was
the first full-force offensive by the
government since it lost the seaport
Malaga February g.
In the gray dawn of the govern
ments' zero hour" when the for
ward thrust was started, riflemen-
grenadiers clambered out of their
trenches and charged across a no
mans land dotted with bodies Of men
who had fallen days, even weeks,
before,
Shippers on both sides had prevented
recovery of the dead during the long
period of waiting.
Government planes and tanks and
armored cars pointed the offensive,
straf1ng both insurgent front and rear
positions. Both bombs and aerial ma
chine gun fire were reported to have
thrown the insurgent rear guard Into
disorder.
Insurgent Bomber Struck.
Twelve bombers raided enemy posi-
tions at Penarroya, about Is miles
southwest of the front lines near
Acaracejos, and Villaneuva Del Duque,
just west of Alcaracejos, among other
points.
An insurgent Junkers plane was
struck down when it attempted to
drop provisions to 1000 persons be-
sieged in a mountain-top shrine Of
the Virgin De La Cabeza in adjoining
Jaen Province.
On the Guadalaj jara front deserters
coming across the battle lines con-
f1rmed government pilots reports yes
terday that the Italians had been
withdrawn from the front lines in the
sector.
Government sources said an "enor-
nous number" Of corpses had been
found in certain places, indicating
those in the front line had been shot
by others behind them"
Evening star., 1937-03-26

Injunction suits aimed at stopping the
operation Of New Deal laws His re-
port, requested by the Senate, showed
that 1898 suits were filed against the
A. A. A. alone.
Young B. Smith, dean of the Colum-
biA University Law School, testified
yesterday that some recent Supreme
Court decisions had created "a situa-
ton that is manifestly unsatisfactory
and calls for corrective action"
Willing to Supply Draft.
The action should be by constitu-
tional amendment to require retire.
ment Of aged justices, said Smith He
agreed to supply Burke with q draft
Of an amendment embodying his sug-
gestion.
Burke suggested that only one judge
be compelled to retire in any one
term. He was undecided whether to
link the retirements with the per-
Evening star., 1937-03-26

istrator, and other administration ad-
visers, also calls for q broad system Of
voluntary trade agreements under
which business men could ban unfair
and wasteful trade practices
Reserve authorities said they would
insist this provision be so drafted As
not to permit production restriction
Of price fixing.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Judiciary
Continued From First Page.)

the court reached Is, it might stay at
that size for generation.
Under the second Hatch amendment
the President could name only one
additional justice In a year to meet
the failure Of justices over 10 to re-
tire. There were some suggestions
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27


had rented house house
the
which lived the wife of the reservsts
nernt tinker who had just been called to the colors
front window looking garden there early
evening Just after she had tucked her children into bed She was all
Her husband at the barracks and too busy home
had sitting wondering
@ % 1a @ % hUi e gsthring g % in th hr sEx o anu t' 00u ~ W
sight But suddenly the door of the the flew
and clad only in white nighgown running out
as if for life. herlo long hair
and took refuge in her doorway
Husband Wanted to Kill Her and Baby.
Anna knew woman-knew baby
running of house the middle of the
the stairs threw the hall door and the
woman shveng and shaking almost fell into her arms
asked her what the trouble that her husband got leave
drunk he had become abusive and
leaving
he killing the baby"
just about all the
town at the The poor woman was begging Anna DO
neshborhoOd Of hundred pounds she was pretty indignant She told
into going along with her With the terrified woman following she started
for the cottage
She the door and walked in
% oaO,% a d,ant % ne % uu th ,ihtt e "S ti @ Anna x The
baby helped
admire the baby when suddenly heard the bolt shot
knife blades and staring straight at
with the widest eyes want to again!
Army Discipline Saved Them All.
aDaZe
he And right there
wish she hadn't venture into this mad
children street all
aone she Il would be lying said not afraid was
afraid in all life"
afraid of him. With
step Anna
the Aquarus
before
certainly bunch OF it
pulled herself together and took toward the
husband Nolan the warrant officer at the
he
acting like ~ know what they'd do they knew that this
wife?
better barracks don't know what will happen
with
until he outside
the fellow barracks and that's the last
it that he didn't have time
of the soldiers be killed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
UNCOMMON
AMERICANS
e--e--0
By Elmo G Western
~ ivy Newspaper
SCOLL ~ ULSOH Union
Early-Day Dictator

7 ONG before Mussolini or Hitler
~ were born, an American gave
a demonstration of "hoW dictators
get that way" His name was Adol-
phus Frederick Hubbard and he was
ieutenant-governor of the state Of
Illinois at the time.
In 1925 Gov. Edward Coles notified
the lieutenant governor that he
would leave the state the next month
and that Hubbard would be RESPONSE
BILE for the executive duties during
his absence which would not exceed
three months. But Coles came back
sooner than he haG expected.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, however,
was so well pleased with the job that
he decided he would like to go on
governing. So he announced tn t
Coles, by his absence, had "abdi-
Gated" and that as ieutenant-gov-
ernor, the legal successor to the
governor, he, Hubbard, was now
the governor. Coles paid no atten-
tion to this but returned to his duties
and was recognized by all the ex-
ecutive officers as governor.
Undiscouraged by this fact, Hub
bard issued a commission as pay
master general to w. L. D. Ewing
and when the secretary of state
refused to sign it, Ewing, prompted
thereto by Hubbard, appealed to the
Supreme court to issue mandamus
forcing the secretary to sign the
commission. The court refused SO
Hubbard next appealed to the legis-
lature to support him in his claim to
the governorship.
When it came to a vote, only two
legislators came out openly for
the "pretender" and after while
Hubbard decided to abandon his
plan of becoming governor by
usurpation."
Later he decided to win that hon.
or by more legal methods and dur
ing the campaign he made speech
which has become classic in Am
erican political history. He said:
Fellow citizens, offer myself as
candidate before you for the office
of governor. I do not pretend to be
a man of extra ordinary talents; nor
d. I claim to be equal to Julius
Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte, nor
yet to be as great man as my
opponent, Governor Edwards. New
1rtheless l think / can govern you
pretty we'll. l do not think it will
require very extraordinarily smart
man to govern you; for to tell the
truth, fellow citizens, do not think
you will be very hard to govern,
nohow!"
P. S. He wasn't elected.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27

mount long enough to spend a week
with her and was seized with the
inspiration to write a picture set
in the locale of Ensenada. Myrna
hopes that she can stay on there
while it is filmed but M-G-M have
crowded program ahead for her.
ODDS AND ENDS-A little boy
,Uorking on the set of "Varsity Shor0'
at Warner Brothers came do,Cn t0ith
measles, ard the ,ohole troupe headed
by Dick Po,oeH had to knock of
,oork and Uatch for symptoms for too
or three days .. ErroL Flynn brought
tOo lion hounds back to Hofly.oood
,Uith him, the only ones OF their breed
in America, and nop everyone is
wondering tUhat these sporting dogs
uiH do for amusement, hunt at the
Universal zoo? :. Jean arthur just
cannot fix her otUn hair, so Uhen the
studio hairdresserS ,oent out on strike,
her director, Mitchell Leisen, arranged
her locks for her, and very well too
. Clark Gable and CarOle LOn,-
bard ,0ent as cotOboy and co,0girI to
a recent masquerade birthday party
and took the honored guest a Shet.
land pony as gift.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
Pilgrims, Puritans Were
Not Excessive in Dress

For reasons of conscience a n d
economy, the Pilgrims and Puritans
froWned on extravaganza in dress,
according to writer in the Indiana
polls News. Massachusetts records
show that each settler was provided
with four pairs of shoes and stock
lngs, two suits of doublet and hose,
four shirts, one wooden suit Qeather-
lIneO with extra breeches, w o
handkerchiefs, one cotton WaiStcoat,
a cloak and two pairs of gloves.
In 1884, laws passed by the Massa-
chusetts general court forbade the
use Of silver and gold ornaments,
lace, silk and ruffs. Young men
who defied this law by wearing long
hair and> silk were arrested, and
one Hannah Lyman, age sixteen,
was hailed into court for wearing
silk in Haunting manner"
Before the arrival of the cavaliers
in Virginia, the dress of southern
colenists was not unlike that of the
Puritan. AS the colonists acquired
wealth, they began to order ward
robes from London. In 1877 Col.
John Lewis ordered for his ward
"a cap ruff1e and tucker, one pair
white stays, eight pairs white kid
gloves, two pairs colored kid gloves,
two pairs worsted hose. three pairs
thread hose, one pair silk shoes
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
Yankee Saint

.ONE hundred years ago they
~ looked upon John Humphrey
Noyes as a madman, a crank, a
hereto and an immoralist. But to-
day the historians speak of him
as "a Yankee saint" a true
genius and lone of the noblest
pioneers America has ever pro-
duced."
Born in Vermont, Noyes was edu-
Gated at Dartmouth and prepared
himself for career in law. But
the religious fervor which swept the
country in the early 1905 seized
him and he entered Andover theo-
logical seminary to prepare himself
for the ministry. However, after OBJ
tanning his license to preach, Noyes
began to rebel against dogmatic and
professional religion. Becoming
known for his heresies, his license
was taken away from him. Then
he announced he was going to es-
tablish a kingdom of God on earth
and he founded the Putney COM
munity in Vermont.
There he put into practice his phil
osophy of Christian Communism
which included the most intimate
relationships of living. Because of
these daring experiments, Noyes
was repeatedly prosecuted by
groups of reformers and more than
once he narrowly escaped imprison-
ment. Finally, he moved his colony
to Oneida, N. Y, where it became
famous for the successful industries
it started.
In 1869 Noyes inaugurated anoth-
er experiment which brought down
upon him a fresh storm of protest
from the exponents of traditional
morality. He called it "stirpicul-
ture" which was nothing more than
a program of scientific breeding for
the human race long before the
word "eugenics" had been coined.
The results of these experiments
are said by actuarial experts to
be unparalleled in the records of
modern vital statistics.
In 1881 his Oneida community was
changed to a corporation and by
the time of bis death five years
later there was little left of the
original idea of the community but
its name. During the next half cen
tury the name of John Humphrey
Noyes sank into obscurity. Then his
biography was written by a modern
scholar who has declared: How
ever obvious his defects remain.
John Noyes possessed the attributes
of genius Such a life has
seemed far more worthy of COM
memoration than many ofthoSe more
celebrated, more honored by the
nation and the world, yet who never
dared, as NoyeS did, to translate
ideals into the reality Of living"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
Committing Death Sentences

The power of the governor to COM
mute a death sentence to life i'm
prisonment originated in the second
decade of last century after a man
named Jacob Lewis of GAINESVILLE
had been convicted of first-degree
murder and ordered to be hanged,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Up
to this time no person or official
group had even the power Of a re-
prieve. But Lewis had influential
friends who made a plea to the leg
islature for a Communication of his
sentence. After much argument and
discussion, the legislature passed a
law giving the states chief execu-
tive the power to reprieve and COM
mutation of sentence. Lewis SEN
tence was changed to life iraprison-
ment.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
Answers

l. In case of a vacancy in the
Office of Chief Justice or of his
inability to perform the duties and
powers of his Office, they shall de-
volve upon the associate justice,
who is first in precedence, until
such disability is removed or an
other Chief Justice is appointed or
duly qualified.
2. He started in 1919 and it took
him 1908 days.
8. Washington is called our first
President because he was the first
President elected under the Con-
stitution of 1887; the Presidents,
who preceded him were simply
presiding officers over the Con-
tinental congress.
4. About ten miles.
S. Only enough to make solid
cube lis feet square.
6. A tide which runs with the
wind.
Z. Just under fifty years.
8. Half century old.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27


RKO, there are many who think
that by this time next year, Joan
will be we'll in the lead.
X
Mary Livingstone, who has played
such a big part in the success of
the Jack Benny radio programs, is
thinking very seriously of taking
part in Paramount picture starring
Buddy Rogers and Shirley Ross. 1t
is serious decision, because it en-
tails having an operation on her
nose and Mary does not like hos
pitals or ether or knives or inactivi-
ty or even breathing through her
mouth.
Innumerable fans have asked me
if the impressive mansion and estate
which Fredric March presents to
Janet Gaynor in the course of the
plot of "A Star Is Born" was es-
pecially built for the picture. Others
think they recognize it as the house
1
once occupied by Barbara Stanwyck
when she was married to Frank
Fay. Neither theory is correct. The
house belongs to Los Angeles real
estate dealer and was merely rented
by the ick-International COM
pany for two days.
4
The enterprising young Grand Ma
tional company certainly stole a
march on the rest of the studios
when they signed Stu Erwin to a
starring contract. Since that time
dance, Charlie, Dance" which he
made for Warner Brothers has been
previewed and Stu has landed right
up in the thin ranks of top-notch
comedians. He has finished his first
picture for Grand National. It is
called "Small Town Boy" and every
one says it is knockout.
| x
Ever since Myrna 10y finished
"Parnell," she has been enjoying a
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
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By FLOYD GIBBONS

PIRIT the stars That's the way Anna Nolan OF
- Long Island City, N Y, explains it. Anna thinks that
the sign of Aquarius under which she born her
the courage face the terrifying predcament she found
herself n don't know whether she is right about that or
Where courage from question that's little
bit of my ne and I'll leave it to the DOCTORS the
asrologer whoever wants try to answer the question
line and will saying that the
mon, Ireland, s a har-raiser and mistake
that the world will long
for of that mOnh-and
World All England in a turmoil
of calling
weeks training
of these lived in the
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27

ldIlS IldO llle lull VI
watching S i S t e r S
climb to fame a s
screen rivals. Now
everyone is arguing
about the respective
talents of Olivia de
Haviland and Joan
Fontaine. They are
sisters, you know.
And although Olivia
had a big start, ap-
pearing in f our
Warner Brothers
pictures before Joan
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27

lazy vacation at En-
senada, Mexico,
where a cleaning,
luxurious h o t e !
shares scenic honors
w ith the harbor
which is said to be
the most beautiful in
the world - e v e n
more beautiful than
the far-famed Bay of
Naples. Her hus-
band, Arthur Horn
blow, got away from
his duties at Para
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27

HERE'S spring tonic for you,
l. Il Miss America, done up in fine
formula by Sew-Your-Own! The
ingredients are bracing an d
please the taste.
The model at the left is the type
to take right away before spring
advances further. 1t is especially
beneficial to the willowy figure
with its alluring swing and grace,
it's delicate waistline, becoming
collar and stylishly cuffed sleeves.
Any of the lovely sheers will do
we'll here.
Miss Athletic Girl.
The center package is labeled
Miss Athletic Girl. She goes for
it because without fuss and fur
bellows it still is feminine. And,
too, she knows that the smart
lines down the front and back are
not cores but tucks which give
the same stylish effect, and neces-
state half the effort, thanks to the
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27

laced, one pair Morocco shoes, one
hoop coat, one hat, four pairs Span
ish shoes, two pairs calf shoes, one
mask, one fan, one necklace, one
girdle and buckle, one piece fashion
able calico, four yards ribbon for
knots, one and one-half yards cam
brio, one mantua and coat of white
string"
Men among the earlier settlers
wore their own hair, the cavaliers
dressing theirs in elaborate styles,
while the Puritans and Quakers
wore theirs plain and long to the
shoulders.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
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Ask Me Another
Cd Il General Quiz
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES =
@Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.

l. Who would take over the du-
ties of the Chief Justice of the
United States if his office were to
become vacant?
2. When did Magellan circum-
navigate the globe and how long
did it take him?
3. Was Washington our first
President?
4. What is the average visibility
from a ship at sea?
5. How much silver has been
mined in the world since the dis
covery of America?
6. What is lee tide?
7. When the Supreme court was
organized what was the average
age of the justices?
g. How old is the Pasteur treat
ment for rabies?
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-27
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XXX By VIRGINIA VALE**A

WHENEVER a crowd of
w actors, producers, di-
rectors, and writer's get to-
gether in Hollywood, the most
exciting arguments take
place over questions that can
never really be settled. Just
the other night in the Brown
Derby restaurant a group got
to discussing who is the most
talked-of man in pictures just
now and the arguments grew
so vehement, an innocent by
stander might suspect that a
riot was being planned. In
stead, it was just a general
tossing of verbal bouquets.
Several people think Robert Mont
gomery is the man of the hour. He
recently popped up his somewhat
willing career by jumping from
roles of society playboys to that Of
the maniac killer in Might
Must Fall" Other nominations for
the man of the hour were David
Selznick, because he produced "a
Star Is. Born" and Daryl Zannuck
because he has made his pictures
stand for a guarantee of hilarious
entertainment.
Not since the days of the Tai
madge sisters long ago, have film