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Of 10 democratic members Of the
House organized to fight that part of
the bill giving the President power to
increase the Supreme Court member
ship. The group appointed Repre-
sentative Cox of Georgia chairman OF
Steering Committee" to conduct
the fight in the House and to invite
other members to join with them.
Others in addition to Cox in the group
are Representatives May Of Kentucky.
Pettengill Of Indiana, Mansfield of
Texas, Robertson, Smith and brewery
of Virginia, Pearson of Tennessee,
Chapman Of Kentucky and Peterson
Of Georgia.
Representative Celler Of New York,
ranking Democratic member of the
House Judiciary Committee, an
nounced his opposition to enlarging
the Supreme Court, as proposed by the
President. and said he would fight it.
He added that he believed the House
committee had gone as far as 1t would
when it reported the bill for voluntary
retirement.
In stating his opposition to the Pres
ident's program. Celler supported the
contention that Mr.. Roosevelt could
have got what he wanted without the
"circuitous" route he proposed if he
had only waited for enactment of a
retirement plan for the justices.
When we were considering our bill
to allow justices to retire on pay after
10 years service and reaching the
age Of 10, we were told by authcri-
tative sources that if it passed, JUS
tices Van Devanter and McReynolds
would retire." said Mr.. Celler.
'The bill almost passed, and would
have. If some fool in the American
Bar Association had not gotten mem
bers to oppose it. Naturally, this mes
sage will prevent any of the justices
from retiring while their feelings are
rufned, but think in six months the
agitation may settle down.
If the President had conferred
with our committee, think he would
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"A JUSTICES RESIGN
IN COURT HISTORY
Average Age 66, Many Quit.
ting Bench to Assume
Other Duties.

Twenty-four Supreme Court justices
have resigned from the high bench
during its history. Their average age
at the time Of resignation was 66 years
and they lived another nine years,
on the average.
Many OF the justices who quit the
bench, did SO not for reasons Of ap-
preaching old age, but to take other
places, either on the bench or In poll
tics. .-..
For instance, John Rutledge, who
never attended meeting of the court,
resigned to become chief justice of
South Carolina. Chief Justice John
Jay quit the bench after his election
as Governor Of New York in 1875.
The then Associate Justice Charles
Evan Hughes resigned to accept the
Republican nomination for President
in 1916, but returned as chief justice
in 1880.
Following are the Justices who re-
signed and the age Of each at retire.
ment:
Chief Justice John Jay, so; John
Rutledge, So; John Blair, "a; Thomas
johnson, 81; Chief Justice Oliver
Ellsworth, 81; Alfred Moore, 49,;
Gabriel Duval, 80; Robert Grier, 76;
Benjamin Curtis, 48; John Campbell,
SO; Noah Swayne. II; David Davis, 62;
Stephen Field, 81; William Strong, 70:
Ward Hunt, 70; Henry z. Brown, 10;
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have gotten Just about what he want
ed without taking this circmtous way
Of arriving at It,"
Protests against the Presidents plan
to deal with the Supreme Court have
begun coming In from State Legisla-
lures. The Texas Senate voiced dras-
tic disapproval.. The Legislature Of
Maine memorialized Congress to "pro-
tect the Supreme Court and the Fed
eral judiciary from executive and
legislative interference and control"
The Connecticut House Of Represent
atives condemned the Supreme Court
proposal. The South Carolina House
Of Representatives sent resolution
favoring the Presidents plan to COM
mittee. In Colorado, however, the
House Of Representative indorsed
the Presidents proposal.
Senator Tom Connally of Texas
issued q statement in which he said
he could not go along with the Presi-
dent in his plans for increasing. the
Supreme Court.
ALI M. Iandon, Roosevelt Repub-
lican opponent in the 1885 election,
announced he would comment on the
proposed and unusual changes" at a
Lincoln day banquet in New York
Friday.
Senate Sentiment Divided.
Senate sentiment on the Presidents
court plan was becoming more closely
divided.
Twenty-seven Senators have voiced
criticism of the proposal for enlarg-
ing the Supreme Court If the older
justices did not retire. Thirty-one
have spoken for it.
That left the balance of power in
the hands of the other SO members.
most Of whom were non-committal.
Some Of this group have spoken "off
the record" in opposition, but have not
offered any criticism publicly.
In the Senate Judiciary Committee.
which will begin a study of the pro-
gram Monday, eight Of the IB men,
bers have criticized the Presidents
plan and five have favored it.
Compromise Basis Seen.
Senator Robinson's proposal to make
the retirement age for justices rs
years instead of 10 was regarded by
some Senators as a basis for COM
promise.
Representative Rayburn of Texas,
the House Democratic leader, said last
night that President Roosevelt's pro-
posal was designed to substitute con-
venience for confusion"
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Older Federal Court Judges
Haze Less Crowded DOckets
Surrey Reveals 73 Per Cent of U. S. Dis
trict Tribunals Are abreast of WOrk.
Some Hopeless Congestion Found.

Approximately 73 per cent of the
Federal District Court are abreast of
their work-and the judges presiding
in these courts are older, on an aver
age, than those in courts that are be-
hind in their dockets.
These and other facts are revealed in
survey prompted by President Roose-
velt's request for younger blood" in
the courts to eliminate congested
dockets.
The study. based on Department Of
Justice records of conditions in the
234 District Courts, showed that all
but 81 of these courts are current in
their work, and that congestion in the
latter group is due to geographical
factors rather than to age of the pre-
siding judges.
In fact, the examination disclosed
that young judges are presiding in
some of the most congested courts
and old judges in many of the courts
whose schedules are clear.
Report of Cummings.
The annual report of Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings, made public last
month, quotes the annual Judicial
Conference, over which Chief Justice
Hughes presided, as stating:
1T is gratifying to note. as the
Attorney General states. that it ap-
pears from this tabulation Showing
time required to reach trial in civil
cases) that in 81 out of a total of IS
judicial districts the business of the
district courts Is current-that is, all
cases ready for trial are disposed of at
the term following joinder of issue.
This means that there are no ar
rears except as to cases continued at
the request of counsel. The improve
ment is shown by the fact that in the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1884, there
were only 81 districts of which that
could be said, and in the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1885, it was true of 46
districts"
The conference report was signed by
the Chief Justice.
Average Age of Judges.
The average age of Federal district
court Judges was found to be 60A
years, as of July last.
The average age Of district judges
presiding in courts having jammed
dockets on that date was 594 years,
while the age of judges in current"
courts average year older.
The ages were computed from
who's Who" as the Justice Depart
ment has no tabulation Of judges
ages. The computation was based
on ages of only $50 Of the 1853 dis
trict judges, as the biographical
sketches failed to give the birth date
of 18 judges.
Bringing the study more up to
date, the average age Of the judges
in damned" courts today Is 60.
while that Of judges in current
courts is 61.4.
As evidence of the geographical
factor in court congestion, it was
found that most of the jammed
dockets were in heavily populated in
dustrial or commercial areas. Ninety
two OF the total 1913 district judges
sat in the 81 courts listed as being in
arrears in their cases, whereas only
76 judges were assigned to the 172
courts with clear dockets.
That there is hopeless" congestion
in some of the courts is beyond ques-
ton.
Until recently the District Court for
the southern district of New York
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Steel production in Belgium is
breaking all records.
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Court

Continued From First Page.)
committee" to conduct a fight against
the Supreme Court proposal, issued
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% INDICTMENTS
RETURNED BY JURY
Ten Charges Of HOUSEKEEPING
Against D. c. Man-Loot
Was Small.

Twenty-three indictments were re-
turned today by the District grand
jury. Among them were 10 charges
Of housebreaking against a colored
man who allegedly broke into nu-
nerous stores and restaurants along
the river front during December and
January.
The alleged burglar, Charles JACK
son, 81, was arrested last month. Six
Of the true bills charged larceny in
addition to housebreaking. The amount
Of loot was said to be relatively small
James Edward Dyson, colored, 80, of
1912 Reeves court, was charged with
second d-degree murder in connection
with the shooting January IL Of Har-
old johnson. also colored, 27, of 1910
Reeves court. The killing occurred at
the f1rst-named address Police say
the dispute concerned girl
Others indicted we're:
Charles H. Jones and Charles H
Harrington, housebreaking and lar
ceny; Lester Lynn, jr., grand larceny;
John Henderson, Harry Jackson, How
ard Butler, Porter Lewis and John
Washington, robbery; Curtis Knight,
assault with intent to commit rob-
berry; Joseph @. Tyler and Eddie
Thompson, assault with dangerous
weapon; Aubrey M. Goode, forgery
and uttering, and Chester Weaver,
rape.
The following cases were ignored:
Eugene Motherhood and Harry Fury,
robbery; Georgia Hammett, assault
with dangerous weapon. and Robert
L. Humphries, housebreaking.
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Churches
Continued From First page.)

tolled as wrathful crowds burst into
the churches late yesterday while
police looked on without interfering,
Catholic sources estimated the crowds
at $4,000.
Throughout the night vigilant
watchers. emulating sit-down strikers,
remained on guard in the shuttered,
musty buildings, watchful lest authori-
ties try to close the doors again.
The situation was so tense that
Orizaba's annual Mardi Gras Carni-
val, on the eve Of Ash Wednesday,
was called of. Throngs of Catholics
usually pour into the city from neigh
boring towns and villages.
State Prosecutor Adolfo Moreno
promised, however, they would have
full religious guarantees and the
state government took under consid-
Grafton their demand for repeal of
the laws.
Tempers 1ared after the fatal
shooting Of 14-year-old Leonor San
chez and the arrest of 73 of 200 wor-
shippers supposedly attending clan
destine services in private home
Sunday.
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declined to set for trial any criminal
Sherman law cases unless extra
judges were provided from outside the
district, in view Of the fact that one
such case ties up the time Of Judge
for weeks and sometimes months.
Some time ago the District Court
for the southern district Of Califor-
mia directed the United States attor-
ney not to institute any mail fraud
prosecutions in any case in which the
facts showed likewise q violation Of
some State statute. but to turn
such cases over to State authorities,
because the court was too heavily bur-
dened with work.
Members of the patent bar COM
planned recently that judges of the
eastern district of Michigan had re-
fused to set any long patent cases
for trial in Detroit and that it was
practically impossible to get such a
case tried in that city.
The following table shows the ex-
tent of minimum" delays in bringing
cases to trial in 10 districts where
the congestion is most serious, with
ages of judges presiding in those dis
tricts.
Michigan. eastern:
Average delay years.
Ages of judges-67. 63. Sc. another
under so.
New York, southern:
Average delay-20 months.
Ages of judges-54%. so. 65, 59la,
67s., Sc, As, four others under so.
Pennsylvania, eastern:
Average delay-l8 months. ..
Ages of iudges-78s4, 5934, one un-
der so, one unknown.
Pennsylvania, middle:
Average delay-l8 months.
Ages of judges-63A and 59h.
Illinois, northern:
Average delay-1s months.
Ages of judges-661a. 591a, IS. 4634,
66%.
Washington, western:
Average delay-l5 months.
Ages of judges-701a, 48, "a.
Mississippi, northern:
Average delay-Several years.
Age of judge-(war risk insurance
cases., 49.
District of Columbia:
Average delay-1 year.
Ages of judges-69, 66, 81, 81, 6o%,
5334, 81, 60, one unknown.
Ohio, southern:
Average delay-1 year.
Ages of judges-6o1a, AN.
Oklahoma, eastern:
Average delay-1 year.
Age of judge-671a.
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statement in which he said Of the
Presidents recommendation:
1T constitutes the most terrible
threat to constitutional government
that has arisen in the entire history
Of the country 1t is nationalism with
a vengeance, and II carried into ef-
feet would mean the end Of the doc
that it makes possible change in the
meaning of the Constitution, by leg
islative and executive power, 1t vio-
lates the principle of the sovereignty
Of the people.
"A political and terrorized court Is
no tribunal of justice, and with the in
dependence Of the Supreme Court de-
stroyed and 1t made a pliable tool in
the hands Of the Executive, ours be-
comes a Government Of men instead Of
Government Of laws. My sense Of
political responsibility and political
morality compels me to resist. I pray
God that no such calamity may ever
befall this country that we all love as
the vesting Of all power Of Government
in the hands of any one man."
Senators to See Roosevelt Today.
A group of Senators will call upon the
President at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
including Nicely Of West Virginia, Nc
Carran of Nevada, McGill of Kansas,
and Hatch Of New Mexico, all Demo-
cratic members of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee, and the new Demo-
cratic Senator from Delaware,
Hughes.
Representative Vinson of Kentucky
is to see the President at $50 pm. to
discuss both the Judiciary bill and
the flood problem. and at 4 pm. Sem
ator Logan of Kentucky, a Demo-
cratic member of the Judiciary Com
mittee, is to confer with the Presi-
dent.
At the Presidents press conference
yesterday afternoon he was asked if
he approved plans on foot in Senate
and House to divide his judiciary bill
into two or more parts. He replied
that his questioners should read his
message to Congress. He had no other
comment.
While President Roosevelt was pro-
ceeding with his plans for favorable
action on the judiciary bill, group
Evening star., 1937-02-10
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 10-Where
do Americas most beautiful girls come
from?
Without hesitation-but not with
out shudder, anticipating storm blasts
of protest from the famed ''sun-kissed"
beauties of Florida and Southern Cali
fornia-Arthur O'Neill, New York
photographer of magazine cover girls,
made this answer today:
"The Middle West!"
He hastened to explain "They may
not look prettier, but, for camera pur-
poses. they've got more natural
beauty"
And he explained: Some of these
gorgeous hot-house beauties are full of
appeal in real life-but total flop in
the cameras eye. They show up stiff.
They just don't radiate that certain
something"
Camera Brings Out Beauty.
And he explained some more:
~There's the other side Of the picture,
too. Some girls wouldn't get third
glance ordinarily, but get them in
front of a camera and they look like
$50, 100000"
With thousands of the Nations love-
lest girls seeking jobs as models at his
studio every year, O'Neill has to know
what he calls camera beauty'-the
type that will register eye-catching
glamor for transmission through the
photographers lens to magazine and
newspaper pages-the girls you see
in advertisements for everything from
tooth paste to diamond tiaras.
And here's his list of the 1887 ALI
America Beauty Model" team-the
highest-paid of their profession:
Mary Oakes, born in Pulaski. Tenn,
q resident of San Antonio, Tex, when
not in New York; widow of United
States Army officer, who was killed
during aerial maneuvers over Hawaii.
katherine Aldridge of Bladensheld,
Va, born on small farm.
Virginia Judd of Indianapolis, a
s'four-star" model-which means she
received $40 an hour.
Dana Jenney of Mansfield, Ohio, re-
Gently signed a Hollywood film con-
tract.
Margaret Tanner of Lynchburg, Va.
June Cox, born in Montreal, now a
~real New Yorker; has appeared in
several stage successes, including
counselor at Law" starring Paul
Mum.
Bernice Green, another indianapolis
girl.
Libby Harbin, New Yorker by way
Of Dalton. Ga, and Kingstree, S. C.
Alice Eyland of Springfield, Mass,
termed by ONeill as ideal" for pho
tographing.
Althea Sheldon, native New Yorker,
specializes In "well-dressed" adver-
tisements.
$50 Models on Rolls
These 10-with Frances Donelon,
Barbara Beckwith, Katherine Nc
Laughlin and Frances Joyce, who have
been on the "all-America" list for two
years-are tops in the field. says
O'Neill, who lists more than $50 models
on hi rolls.
The girls, ranging in age from l6 to
28-and 28, says O'Neill, is limit for
the pretty girl" type-get anywhere
from IS to $25 an hour. Five dollars is
minimum.
Mice work, if you can get it," said
one dark-eyed young model, who said
she looked back with no regrets at
giving up her job as stenog at
$3.50 week to earn $50 weekly just
posing.
Evening star., 1937-02-10

George Shiras, IL Joseph McKenna.
81; Oliver Wendell Holmes, 81; VIII
liam Rufus Day, 73; william Moody.
81; Mahlon Pitney. 81; John Hessin
Clarke, IS; William Howard Taft, 70.
Clarke is the only former justice
still living.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Boy Meets Girl at
23O and $3.50 pm.
Belasco-"His Excellency," at $50
pm.
Palace-"On the Avenue" at 1890,
2:3o, 4:5o ITO and $50 pm.
EarIe-"Women Of Glamour" at
11:2o am, lao, 430, 7:20 and 9:55
pm. Stage shows at 12:45, $40, $50
and pm.
Capitol-"Nancy Steele Is Missing"
at IL am, lao, 4:25, tbs and 10 pm
Stage shows at 1890, 3:15, 6 and 8:45
pm.
Columbia-"Lloyds of London" at
HAS am, 2:1O, 4;3o, 7:o5 and $50
pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Fire Over Eng
land" at l1:4O am, 1:40, $40, $40,
TAO and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Green Light" at
1875 am, 1:35, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and
$40 pm.
Rialto-"King of Kings" at 11:35
am, 2, 4:25, 6:55 and $50 pm.
Little-"Dinner at Eight" at II
am, ITO, $40, Sis, 7:30 and $40
pm.
mbassador-"Three Smart Girls, -
at 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Tivoli-"The Plainsman," at las
$40, 5:35, 7:30 and 9:25 pm.
Uptown-"Stolen Holiday" at q
3:55, $50, 7:45 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

The Ritz brothers refuse to be split
up for movie work. and so Harry and
Al are Joining brother Jimmy in the
Alice Faye flicker, Last Years
Kisses Carole Lombard wants
to play opposite Fred Astaire in Dam
sci in Distress" and Fred likes the
idea nightly. Henry Fonda
makes love to Bette Davis in That
Certain Woman" to be directed by
Edmund Goulding. M-G-M has
the good sense to team again Jean
Harlow, William Powell, Myrna 10y
and Spencer Tracy, bright particular
stars of "Libeled Lady" in Baby
Mine" another comedy of the same
type. Robert Taylor will appear
as the groWn-up Kim in the Kipling
story Of that name Freddie Barthol-
omew plays the intelligence officer
as child. If the character
Cesare, chef, played by Leo Garlic
in History Is Made at Night" finds
favor with the public, Garlic will re-
peat the impersonation in Walter
Wanger's musical, "52nd Street"
tCopyriEht. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IncJ
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Dance" reveals Raft in his favorite
role of ball room dancer. The ex-real-
life hoofer danced. if you remember,
in the two highly successful films, 'Bo-
lero" and "Rhumba" Production on
the new film starts in about two
months. In the interim, George, now
on his way back to Hollywood from
Detroit, puts in another three weeks
work on Souls at Sea- in which he
co-stars with Gary Cooper.
Samuel Goldwyn is 50 pleased with
Miriam Hopkins performance in
Woman Chases Man" formerly
titled The Woman's Touch" he has
decided that in future she must play
comedy roles only. To satisfy this
craving Sam has purchased Honey
moon in Reno" a comedy in the cur
rent crazy manner by Virginia Kel-
logg. formerly secretary to Director
Fred Niblo.
News in brief. Daryl Zanuck
is taking no chances with Sonia
Henies next film. It is going to be
as great success as "One In a Mil
lion," to judge by the care taken over
her next screen vehicle. Hans Brink
er and the Silver Skates" originally
chosen for the Norwegian skaters sec
ond film, was discarded for Thin
1ce.' And now this has been aban-
doned for His Majesty's Car" the
story in which Lillian Harvey appeared
several years ago. With Burgess
Meredith unable to get to Hollywood
IN time for the stellar masculine role
In Stage Door," it looks as though
Jimmy Stewart will get the shot and
the stardom that has been coming to
him ever since his bit part in Rose
Marie Margaret Lindsay and
Ricardo Cortez join Joan Blondell and
Pat O'Brien in The Angle Shooter"
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Selznick Buys Two.

E1LM rights to two new novels, "Of
Great Riches" by Rose Franken,
and The Earl of Chicago" by Brock
Williams. have been purchased by
David o. Selznick before publication
Neither book will be printed for
several weeks, but Selznick, after
reading the galley-proofs, purchased
them on their literary merit. 1t was
in this fashion that Selznick Interna-
tionals president purchased Margaret
Mitchell's Gone With the Wind" TO-
day regarded as the most valuable
book property in Hollywood.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Fun for the Prop Man.

CONTRIVANCES of q quantity mad
inventor, as described in the
script Of Samuel Goldwyn's new film,
The Womans Touch" are giving the
studio property men assigned to con-
struct them plenty of headaches.
Among these weird devices are auto
matically exploding writing paper"
which dlslntegrates when dropped on
the floor; a "check-writing machine"
which will sign checks at distance of
a hundred yards, and a "burglar-proof
desk" which discharges its drawers at
any one who tampers with the locks.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
De Miles Research.

q B. De MILE, now in New Orleans
doing research work for his next
Paramount production, The Buc-
cancer" is going over the New Orleans
battlefield where Jean Lafitte, hero of
his forthcoming drama, joined forces
with Andrew Jackson against the
British. At the time the Federal Gov
eminent had price on Laf1tte's head
because Of his prior activities as a
privateer.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
new LIGHT OPERA GROUP
ASSEMBLIES ITS FORCES
Ethel Manning Takes Charge and
Popular Productions Arc
to Be Offered.

to Be Offered.
\ PRELIMINARY meeting will be
Friday evening at the Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets north
west, for the purpose Of launching
Washington's new light opera group.
The ground work Of the new COM
pany is being laid by a number of well
known local singers, including Chris
tine Irish, Edith Hoffman Jones, J.
Edmund Veitch, Howard Moore and
Howard Severe.
Ethel Manning, who for number
OF years has been successfully produc-
ing light operas in Prince Georges
County, has consented to assume di-
rection of the company.
Present plans call for the production
Of Victor Herbert opera in May, Mrs.
Manning having personally inter-
viewed and arranged with Tams-
Witmark for the use of the score. 1t
is hoped to continue in this field in
the Fall, producing two or three Her.
bert, Romberg or Friml operas each
year
Additions will be held following the
Friday night meeting. Persons in
terested are invited to be present at 8
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Dance Star Signed.

nVER the transatlantic phone
Zorina, dancing star of the Lon
don production Of "On Your Toes" :"
has been signed to play the premiere
ballerina and leading comedy role IN
"Goldwyn Follies."
Zorina, a 19-year-old Norwegian
girl who has taken London by storm,
will work with George Balanchine and
the American Ballet in several num-
bers as well as singing and comedy
part in the musical film.
In "On Your Toes" Zorina plays the
role Tamara Geva had in the New
York production.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Merle Oberon Cut in Crash.

LONDON, March II R.-Merle
Oberon, Hollywood motion picture
actress. received treatment for cuts
on the right side of her face, behind
the ear and on her neck at Middlesex
Hospital yesterday after an automobile
accident.