Evening star., 1937-07-04
COURT BILL FOES
SEEK COMPROMISE
Some Opponents Will Yield
II Logan Measure Is
Modified.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
President Roose,elts original ST.
pren1e Court bill, which mould
haze permitted immediate appoint
r.ent OF additional justices tor all
present members ouer 20, Dds
rtrer adverse report bp Senate Ju-
dietary Committee, 10 to 8. The
substitute proposal limits appoint
nsents to one year and raises the
1ae limit to IS.
Some leading opponents of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's court reorganization
plan suggested last-minute COM
promise yesterday, in hopes Of avoid
ing prolonged and bitter struggle
which they feared might split the
party.
Debate opens in the Senate Tuesday.
Some of the opponents indicated that
when it does they will accept the
Logan bill with one important mod
ification.'
The Logan measure was introduced
Friday with the approval of Majority
Leader Robinson and the White House.
1t permits appointment of one ad-
dltional justice each year to supple
ment members who remain on the
bench after reaching IS.
Want Present Court Exempted.
Some foes Of court reorganization
said privately they would agree to
such legislation-if it were not ap-
piled to the present members of the
court.
There was no immediate indication
that either administration leaders or
even all Of the opponents would agree
to this
New Deal chieftains insisted they
could push the Logan bill through
the Senate by q comfortable majority
If it were permitted to come to q
vote.
36 Senator's for Measure.
Thirty-six Senators already are
committed to the measure. One
hitherto uncommitted-Senat Muir
ray. Democrat, Of Montana-said he
believed the Logan measure was
pioodply tllt SVlIiEl OII1lSC Gllht
can be worked out" Senator Logan,
Democrat. of Kentucky argued that
in showdown the administration
could muster 81 votes.
Nevertheless, the threat of some
enemies of the court plan to filibuster
Indefinitely to prevent a vote on any
legislation which would pack the
court" still stood.
In the face of this, the more con-
ciliatory opposition leaders appeared
confident that both sides eventually
could be persuaded to accept their
modification of the Logan bill.
Advocates Of such a compromise
felt that a filibuster might engender
bitterness which would disrupt the
Democratic party for years to come,
but said they would reluctantly aid
one as last resort
Logan Outlines Plans.
Explaining that he had been asked
to manage the new court compro-
mise bill on the Senate floor, Sena-
tor Logan continued:
~ "oulo NC lily guess lI1dv IlG
original bill will be called up next
Tuesday by unanimous consent, and
then We will offer our amendment (the
new bilD as substitute, and as /
see it, it makes little difference
whether that is adopted at once or
continued as matter of debate. The
Issue would be the same in the end.
The discussion could be legitimate
for about two weeks and after that
I would call it filibuster. If I man
age the bill, would then insist upon
continuous sessions, day and night,
until we come to vote on the bill
We are prepared to sit right through
until January,
Il think that behind all of this is
, desire of the conservative Demo-
Gratis to break the influence of the
President so he will be unable to
name his successor They think they
can do 1t by defeating the court plan.
There is no question about 1t in my
mind"