Evening star., 1937-12-05
ROOSEVELT FISCAL
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Senator Byrnes AssaiIs Ac-
tion of Congress at
Bar Dinner.

OeleSdIlOIl ny SOIleTtSS VI llIldIlCldl
control to the President was con-
demned last night by Senator Byrnes,
Democrat, of South Carolina, in an
address before some 300 lawyers at
tending the sixty-sixth annual dinner
Of the District Bar Association.
Il think the time has come for lis
to realize that whatever justification
may exist in time of war, or in a great
national crisis for the transfer by the
Congress to the Executive, of the
power OF the purse, there is no excuse,
in time of peace, for such action" de-
clared the Southerner, who is men,
Der both of the Appropriations and
the Banking and Currency Commit
tees
Il would wage no war upon the
executive branch Of the Government"
he continued. Il fully realize the ne
cessity for cooperation. but I believe
there should be cooperation without
encroachment."
Congress Efficient.
He went on to warn against the
sacrifice of the governmental frame
work for the sake of greater efficiency.
There are few powers within the
jurisdiction of Congress which ex-
perience has proved can be more
efficiently exercised by the executive,
he added
In pointed reference to the appoint
ment Of Justice Black to the Supreme
Court Senator Byrnes said the Judici-
ary Committees inquiry before con-
flrmation of two appointees to the
United States Court of Appeals was
to learn 'for what purpose those
appointed have been using Sheets"
He referred to Justice Blacks one
time membership in the Ku Klux
Klan.
Both the new appointees to the local
appellate court, Prof. Henry White
Edgerton and Representative Fred
M Vinson, were present
A large portion of Senator Byrnes
address was taken up by a defense of
members of Congress against individ-
uals who, he said, consider it smart"
to impugn the intelligence, honesty
and political courage of legislators.
Sir Willmott Speaks.
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington cor
respondent of the London Times, who
was the other speaker of the evening,
said he could not understand why the
practical genius for organization pos
sessed by Americans had not been ap-
piled to public affairs on the side of
governmental change.
The American pattern of govern
ment is the only form still enduring
Of all that existed in 1889, when the
Constitution was born, he declared.
This so-called American pattern has
continued unchanged, he said, because
OF mystic or metaphysical feeling in
opposition to any alteration.
Most of the justices Of the Court of
Appeals and the District Court at
tended the dinner, as we'll as other
notables, including Attorney General
Cummings and Senators Elmer
Thomas of Oklahoma and J. Hamilton
Lewis of Illinois
Henry l. Quinn, president of the
Bar Association, introduced the toast
master, John E. Laskey, to the at
torneys, who had gathered in the
main ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel.
On the entertainment program
were Miss Enid Mitchell, j. Talbert
Haslett, master of ceremonies; Miss
Evelyn Tyner, Miss Corinna Mura,
DR.. William Sims. John Uppman, Miss
Joan Merrill and the Phil Lampkin
orchestra.
Honor guests at the banquet in
cluded:
Acting Chief Justice Groner, JUS
tice Stephens and Justice Miller of
the Court of Appeals; Chief Justice
Wheat, Justice Bailey. Justice Cor
don, Justice Adkins, Justice Luhring
Justice Cox, Justice Proctor, Justice
Let's and Justice O'Donoghue of Dis
trict Court; Presiding Judge Aukam
and Judges Mattingly and Cayton of
Municipal Court; Presiding Judge Nc
Mahon and Judges Casey, Curran and
Newman of Police Court.
Attorney General Cummings, Sen
ator Elmer Thomas, Chief Justice
Garrett, Representative Ross Collins,
Representative Fred Vinson, Repre-
sentative Ambrose Kennedy, Justice
Henry White Edgerton, Joseph B.
Keenan,, James w. Morris, Sam E.
Whitaker, Carl Mcfarland, Brien NC
Mahon, Golden w. Bell, Julius c.
Martin, Frank K. Green, United
States Attorney Leslie c. Garnett,
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal,
Charles Fahy, John B. Colpoys, A.
Leftwich Sinclair, Charles E. Stew
art, Theodore Cogswell, Eugene
Meyer. Frank B. Noyes and Horace
Russell.
Other guests We're: