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Evening star., 1937-02-07
Court Building
Lacks Space for
SixMore Judges
Bench in Ne,U $lO,-
100000 Structure
Viii Seat Only 9.

II President Roosevelt realizes his
desire to appoint six new justices to
the Supreme Court, somebody Is going
to have to perform a major operation
on the $4,000, 900 structure completed
last year as a permanent home for
the high tribunal.
The problem Of Office space probably
won't be important since only three
Of the justices-Chief Justice Hughes
and Associates Roberts and 'lther-
land-use the sumptuous private Of
fees provided for them. The others
cling to the old offices they useI when
the Supreme Court was housed in the
Capitol Building.
In the court room itself, however,
an increase in the number OF JUS
tices would create a serious problem,
since the spacious chamber was de-
signed to accommodate bench seat
ing nine and only nine jurists. From
an architectural standpoint, it would
be impossible to enlarge the bench to
seat six more judges.
1t has been suggested that semi
circular bench might be installed to
provide sufficient seating space. but
there is douti whether this would har-
monize with the design OF the room.
One wag proposed a V-shaped bench,
one side for the left wing and the
other for the right.
Although it looks like an exceedingly
difficult problem, nobody seems to be
worrying much about it. The official
attitude is that it is a bridge which
need not be crossed until it is reached.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

chancellor of the German Empire.
Holmes. at "a. published his med
ical essays and Pages From an Old
Volume of Life; at IS. wrote his essay
on Emerson; at rs, published A Nor
tai Antipathy' and The New Port
folio; at 7S, wrote Our Hundred Days
in Europe and. at 10. published Over
the TeacupS,' dying at the ripe old
age of 85.
"Longfellow. at Is, wrote his i'm
posing meditation. 'Hermes Iris
megistus' and the beautiful Bells Of
San Bias At the same age Isaac
d'Israeli published his Amenities OF
Literature a three volume work, and
that Notwithstanding total blindness
for three years preceding.
"At rs Henry Clay vase still lead
er in the land, Hallam published his
Literary Essays and Characters Met
ternich was driven from his power,
Bismarck was forced from the cham
cellorship by the German Emperor.
Crispi assumed the premiership OF
Italy and Allen G. Thurman was
nominated for the vice presidency OF
the United States.
Hugo, at IS, wrote History OF a
Crime; at II, published LIE Pape': at
rs, Lane: at 70, Les Quatre Vents
de l'Esprit,' and. at 30, 'Torquemada.
Irving was Writing at IS.
"Lamartine. at 76, wrote novel,
Flor dAliza' Washington Irving
lived to be 76 and wrote his Life Of
Washington in his last years. Peru
gino, at rs, painted the walls of the
Church of CASTILLO di Fontignano,
and Humboldt postponed until his
18th year the beginning of the crown
ing task of his life. the preparation
of the 'Kosmos,' which he success
fully completed in his Goth year.
Blot, at II. prepared an enlarged edi-
ton of his Physical Astronomy which
he completed at SO, living five years
longer.
Jacob Grimm died at 78, working to
his last; and Laplace, dying at the
same age, said with his last breath:
What we know i. nothing; what We
do not know is immense Lamarck
at 78 completed his greatest zoologi-
cal work, THE Natural History Of
Evening star., 1937-02-07
new JERSEY BAR
HITS COURT PLAN
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK. N. j.. February 6.-The
New Jersey State Bar Association to-
day adopted resolution opposing en-
actment of the Presidents court reor-
ganization plan and set up a special
committee to combat it. officers said
450 lawyers attended and only a small
minority opposed the action.
Merritt Lane of Newark said that
if the program was enacted what we
understand to be constitutional gov
ernment will no longer endure in this
country"
IF this effort succeeds" declared
Josiah Stryker, also of Newark, I'VE
will not talk on the question of wheth-
er We will have a dictatorship; We will
have one"
Robert w Meyner of Phillipsburg
and Simon L. Fisch of Newark spoke
against the resolution. Meyner called
the Roosevelt proposal constitutional
and said historically the Supreme
Court was not intended to pass on the
constitutionality of measures approved
by Congress. Fisch warned against
hasty action, pleaded today's session
be confined to discussion only.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
GANNETT ASSAILS
HIGH COURT PLAN
Accuses Roosevelt Of Having
"Camouflaged Proposal to
Pack" Bench.
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tre Associated PreSS.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, February g.
Frank E. Gannett, publisher of the
Gannett group of 16 newspapers. today
accused President Roosevelt of having
"cleverly camouflaged most amazing
and startling proposal for packing the
Supreme Court"
A statement issued at his Winter
home here said:
1T is true that the lower courts are
slow and overburdened. We probably
do need more judges to expedite liti-
cation, but this condition should not
be used as a subtle excuse for chang
ing the complexion of our highest
court. Increasing the number Of
judges from to IS would not make
this high tribunal act any more
promptly than it does now, but It
would give the President control of
the judiciary department.
"A year ago I predicted that this
is exactly what would happen If
Roosevelt were reelected. The Su-
preme Court having declared invalid
many of the administrations meas
ures, the President now resorts to a
plan of creating a Supreme Court
that will be entirely sympathetic with
his ideas 80"
THE Supreme Court has been the
anchor that has held America safe
through many storms. Its absolute
independence and integrity must never
be in doubt. ***
do we want to give this man, or
any one man, complete control of these
three departments of our government,
which have from the beginning of the
republic been kept entirely separate
and independent? This proposal
should give every American grave con-
Germ, for it Is a step toward absolutism
and complete dictatorial power.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
DOCKET REFUTES
NEED FOR CHANGE
Present State Fails to Show
Need for Additional
Justices.

The Presidents suggestion that the
burden of work in the Supreme Court
would be materially lightened by the
appointment Of additional or younger
judges finds little support in the pres
ent state of the docket.
At this time there are 10 cases that
have been argued and submitted for
decision. Eleven of these were sub
mitted during the past week. There
are only 167 cases of all kinds on the
docket.
During this term there have been
715 cases filed. In 393 of these the
petitions have been denied and 155
cases have been disposed Of on their
merits.
A similar situation exists in the
United States Court of Appeals for
the District, where there are 119 cases
pending on the docket. This is con-
sidered current docket by the court.
When the court adjourned last Sum-
mer there were but two cases pending.
a record that will be approximately
duplicated this year.
In the United States District Court.
however, there is serious congestion.
On the law side there are more than
1000 cases awaiting trial, which means
that the law courts are about 13
months behind in their work. The
same thing is true in the equity di-
vision, also about 13 months behind.
There is reason to believe, however,
that the condition of the equity docket
will be improved during the next few
months by disposing of number Of
uncontested divorce cases.
Should the proposed law in its final
form contain provision to force the
retirement of judges upon reaching
the age of 70, it would affect Chief
Justice Martin, 70, and Associate JUS
tice Van Orsdel. rs, of the Court of
Appeals. Associate Justice Robb will
be 70 next November.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
INDIANAPOLIS STAR.

The Presidents proposal for COM
prehensive program to reorganize the
judicial branch of Government is too
serious to be considered in a spirit
of prejudice. 1t should not be blindly
Endorsed by thoughtless supporters
and is too important to be passed
over with partisan denunciation. It
should not be rubber stamped. Mem
bers of Congress, in justice to the
people who elected them, should take
time to weigh carefully all that is
involved and what the plan may
mean to the future of our Nation
as republic having three independ-
ent and coordinate branches of Gov
eminent.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
HAMILTON ASSA|[S
COURT PROPOSAL
Says President Acts Ito I'm.
pose His Policies on
People,"
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, February 6.-John
D. M. Hamilton. Republican national
chairman, said tonight President
Roosevelt sought to enlarge the Su-
preme Court so his policies may be
imposed upon our people by justices
tacitly pledged to that end before
they are appointed"
In an address to the Amen Corner
at a local hotel, Hamilton said the
Republican party was confronted
with an immediate task-that OF
questioning" the program presented
Congress yesterday by Roosevelt.
That program, Hamilton argued.
would destroy every vestige OF the
hope expressed by Madison that this
court would be an impenetrable bull
wark against every assumption OF
power in the legislative or the execu-
tive"
Suggests Opposition" Party.
Discussing Republican policies, Ham,
ilton suggested his party be the "op-
position" party such as exists IN the
British parliamentary system.
Every free country, for the secure
perpetuation of its freedom" he
argued, needs both a responsible
government and an opposition that
will be valient and vigorous. No sub
stitute for the Republican party IN
that role is visible on the horizon OF
American politics"
Turning to events of last Fall. the
Republican chairman said he oelleVed
his party was defeated primarily be-
cause of two ingredients in the 1886
salad bowl of American politics-pros-
perity and propaganda"
He quoted former President Hoover
as telling him in substance as early as
April, 1884, that:
"'By the Fall of 1886 We shall have
a prosperity, and whether it is real or
fictitious will be Of little political i'm
portance. The Republican party Will
be in a position of explaining that
prosperity and it will be obliged to re-
sort to academic arguments.
Prosperity Discussed.
"This is just what happened" HAM
ilton said. The vast majority Of the
people of this country found that their
material situation, either through in
creased industrial activity or Govern
ment subsidies, had substantially I'M
proved"
To these people. Hamilton said. "the
fact that great basic issues were in
volved was of no immediate impor-
tance.
while I would say that prosperity
was the most apparent of the reasons
for Mr.. Roosevelts reelection, think
that propaganda followed sharply on
its heels For four solid years every
known means of publicity was used to
sing the praises Of the modern apostle
of the more abundant life and to damn
those who opposed him."
Evening star., 1937-02-07
KANSAS CITY STAR.

It Is not so much what the Presi-
dent recommends, as the purpose and
import behind it, which raises a grave
fundamental question of national pol
Icy. Behind the rather ingenious case
made for speedier justice-and no one
could quarrel with the advisability of
that-lies the obvious intent of the
President to accomplish and confirm
the New Deal philosophy through en-
larging the personnel of the high
court. There is nothing sancrosanct
in the size of the Supreme Court. But
II this Nation is to lodge in the Federal
Government absolute powers over in
dustry and commerce, that question
should be decided by the people them
selves. A constitutional amendment
should determine it, not the short cut
Of an increase in the size of the court
In the specious guise of expediting
Justice.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Invertebrates and lived until IS
years of age.
Field Marshal Paul Won Hinden-
burg at 79 assum-d / the presidency Of
the German republic, and directed 1t
safely between monarchy and COM
munism; Georges Clemenceau, the
doctor statesman, in 1918, when 78,
was premier Of France and one Of
the Big Four who dictated the peace
terms to many at the close OF the
World War: Sir James Murray edited
the English dictionary until his death.
at 10, and Whittier, at the same age,
published Poems Of Nature and st.
Gregory's Guest
Bryant Active to "a.
William Cullen Bryant, when IS,
published his Letters From Spain and
Other Countries and Letters from the
East; when II he published his bril-
liant Transitions Of the 'Iliad' and
the Odyssey: at i9 volume OF Ora
tions and Addresses: and was active
until his death from heat-exhaus-
ton when "a years old.
Browning wrote with undiminished
vigor until his death at n. When IS
he published 'Parleyings with Certain
People and 'Asolando' appeared
shortly before the close Of his life.
Joseph Jefferson, the beloved Amer
ican comedian, was as effective in all
his roles -.ilen rs as when at the
height Of his physical power"
DR.. Dorland listed the following
"Titans" among those who performed
great achievements at 80 or older:
Cato, Plutarch, Socrates, Arnauld, the
theologian; Gladstone, four times pre-
mier of England; the artist West;
Goethe, the composer; Simonides, the
poet; Ranke, historian; Prince Blu
cher, soldier; Button, French natural
Isl; Palmerston, prime minister Of
England; John Quincy Adams, Ebert
H. Gary and George H. Baker. business
and financial leaders; Bancroft, his
torian; Peale, painter; Voltaire. phi
losopher; Tennyson, poet; New
ton, physicist; Spencer. philosopher;
Thomas Jefferson, Talleyrand, French
statesman; Won Moltke. German war
rior: John Wesley, theologian; Michel
angelo, painter; Izaak Walton, author;
Pope Leo XIII, and Chauncey Depew.
railroad magnate.
with such achievements Of the
truly aged confronting u.s." DR.. Dor
land stated, who's so bold as to at
tempt to set limit to the usefulness
of any man."
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Hundreds of World Leaders
Performed Best Work Past 20
Retirement at "Three Score and Ten'
for 400 Noted Men Would Haze PrOred
Costly to Civilization.

his work on Aristotle At this
time he writes: My power of doing
work is sadly diminished as to guam
tity, but as to quality, 1 am sure that
my intellect is as good as it ever was.
He died in his nth year, leaving
Aristotle unfinished.
cat 70 Handel, blind for the last
oratorio, Triumph of Time and Truth,
and died at "a, working until the last.
Eight days before his death he played
the organ at q performance of his
Messiah
"At the same age Meyerbeer pro-
duced his greatest opera. 'LAfricaine' !:
Samuel johnson published the best of
his works, Lives of the Poets and
Littre completed his greatest Of all
dictionaries.
Wordsworth Lived to 80.
wordsworth was appointed to the
laureateship at 70 and lived to see
his 80th birthday.
George Buchanan, the stout old
Scotchman, wrote his DE Jure Regni,
in defense of popular rights, at 70,
and lived four years longer.
"Galileo at 70 made his last tele-
Scopic discovery-that of the diurnal
and monthly librations of the moon.
AT "a Kant wrote his 'Anthro-
pology, the Metaphysics of Ethics
and the Strife of the Faculties and
Theirs helped to establish the French
republic and became President. holding
the Office for two years. Tintoretto
at the same age painted his crowning
production, the vast Paradise, a
canvas IA feet by 80. Verdi at IA
produced his masterpiece, 'Othello,'
which is thought to be an immense
advance over anything he had yet
written, and in his 80th year wrote
'Falstaff,' which was as brilliant as
'Othello.' When IS he wrote his
Ave Maria 'Laudi ALA Virgine,' Sta
bat Mater and TIE Deum,' all
wonderfully beautiful.
Prince Hohenlohe, at rs, became
Evening star., 1937-02-07
OMAHA WORLD HERALD.

President Roosevelt is on the march
again. He has given the Congress
and all the people solemn occasion
for jamming on their thinking caps
clear down over their ears. For the
question is, not if this or that exist
ing law is desirable, but whether the
mental law, established by the people
for their own protection against ma
jority oppression and governmental
usurpation, and the court that in
terprets it is to remain an independ-
ent and coordinate branch of Govern
ment.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER.

The orderly. well-established way to
achieve the Presidents objective in
relation to the Supreme Court is by
the adoption of a constitutional
amendment. The present Congress
has no instructions from home to
pass this legislation. So momentous
q program calls for the wider con-
sideration, the more mature delibera-
ton of the amending process.
As to the major purpose, however,
that of bending the Supreme Court to
the will of a popular Executive. backed
by a Congress inclined to subserviency
1T is of quite another character.
This legislation should certainly be
defeated-it is of quite another char
acter.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE.

Having lectured the Supreme Court
In his message to Congress. President
Roosevelt now takes down the hickory
stick. The stick is labeled 'reorgan-
ization," but few will be deceived.
First and last, it is an instrument of
coercion, designed to force the court
into a complete surrender of its in
dependence. It is Mr.. Roosevelts way
of making the court his captive and
of gaining, without a constitutional
amendment, the vast authorities
which have been pronounced uncon-
Stitutional.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
TEXTILE WORKERS BACK
PROPOSALS ON JUDICIARY
German Says Roosevelt Plan
Would Open Way for Indus
trial Regulation.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 6-The Met
ropolitan Textile Council today in
dorsed President Roosevelt's proposals
for judiciary reforms after they we're
commended by Francis j. German,
president of the United Textile
Workers of America.
German said the program proposed
by Mr. Roosevelt would open "the way
for sound approach on the question
Of industrial regulation"
Organized textile workers through
out the country, he said, now could
move forward with assurance" in
their drive for enactment o: ma
tional textile act by Congress.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Soviet Gets Cotton.

Uzbekistan, one of the most impor-
tant cotton-growing republics of Rus
sia, has delivered 1,246, $50 tons of cot
ten to the Soviet government.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Other press comment follows:
ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT.

ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT.
While these recommendations are
made on the plea that the Supreme
and other courts are overcrowded
with work, there Can be no doubt that
the Presidents purpose is to obtain
the control of the courts which this
proposal would give to him. Certainly
its main effect would be to enable him
to pack the court with men whose
opinions as to the Constitution would
be in harmony with his own, and who
could be expected to convert the court
into an agency subservient to the ends
of executive and legislative policies.
A court that would be responsible to
the trends of popular opinion and to
the courses of dominant parties, rather
than to the dictates of the Constitu-
tion, would become useless as guard
ian and protector of the Constitution,
and that document which We have
fondly regarded as immortal might
just as well be consigned to the de-
partment of historic archives as
relic of a past age.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

"Little by little facts become blurred through old
glasses tted for the needs OF another generaon
older assuming that the is the it in
the past to explore inquire into the present the
future "-From the Presidents the judiciary
Evening star., 1937-02-07
RICHMOND PAPER
FLAYSCOURT PLAN
Charges President Trying to
Pack Tribunal, Hopes
Congress Will Rebel.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, February g.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, in
an editorial today, charged Presi-
dent Roosevelt with trying to get
through Congress a piece OF legis-
lation which will make it possible
to pack the Supreme Court in such
o way as to insure its approval Of
virtually any law he manages to have
passed." and said:
I'VE have supported Mr.. Roosevelt
heretofore in many Of his purposes
and objectives, but we certainly can
not 60 along with him on his latest
proposal. We earnestly hope Con-
gress will have the Intestinal fortitude
to vote 1t down."
The paper said the President. by
"failing to intimate in any way during
the campaign that he planned to
revolutionize the system under which
the court operates" has been guilty
of lack of frankness with the peo-
pie and with Congress, which does
him little credit"
Suggests He Ask Amendment.
The Times-Dispatch suggested the
President should frankly and openly
announce for constitutional amend
ment." saying mo one could question
the propriety Of such STEP"
The News-Leader. in an editorial,
maintained I'VE need time to weigh
all the considerations" of the plan
presented to Congress yesterday, and
added:
For that reason we shall oppose in
every permissible way decisive action
at this session Of Congress. So great
a change as this should not be made
hastily. The country has not been
prepared for it. Throughout the cam
paign, the President gave no notice
of any intention to pack the court
or to change its powers. Instead of
presenting the issue. he deliberately
avoided it. Rather should he urge, at
the proper time. that the entire ques-
ton be presented the country in
the congressional election of 1885,"
Evening star., 1937-02-22
REDS START SOUTH
WITH MINOR FLOCK
Six From Bisbee Farm, Four From
Eastern Loops to Report at
Tampa Camp.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated EIeSS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, February a.
The Cincinnati Reds hegira to
training quarters got under way today.
although the main squad faced luggage
packing and q base ball dinner before
heading south to Tampa.
An initial roster Of 46 players ioomed
with word that two team scouts were
en- route from the West Coast with six
fedglings from the Reds Bisbee farm
and that four more Eastern minor
leaguers would follow.
Among the latter is Gene Handley.
brother Of young Lee Handley, former
utility fielder for the Reds, whom
Commissioner Kenesaw M. Lands
ruled . free agent last December.
Another "comer," Arnold Moser, an
infielder with the Durham, N. c..
team, also Is to report, officials said.
DR.. Richard J. Rohde, Reds ply
siciAn and trainer, headed toward
Tampa today to take care Of prslimi-
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Evening star., 1937-02-22
NAVY TOSSERS TURN
TO SPRING ACTIVITY
Base Ball Will Claim Biggest
Portion of Basket Team.
Ingram After Record.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
A NNAPOLIS. Md, February 22.-
Members of the Navy basket ball
team, which won from the Army here
Saturday, shortly will take up different
Spring branches Of sport, at least
three teams receiving additions from
the squad.
The largest group will go to the base
ball squad. 1t includes Bob Ruge,
basket ball captain and forward. who
was kept out of both base ball and
basket ball last year through injury:
Bill Ingram, guard, and Allan Nc
Farland, forward.
Frank Lynch. the towering center.
will toss the shot for the field and
track team, and Bob Laney, who played
guard all but a few seconds OF the
game, will join the crew squad.
Frank Shamer and Gene Gillette. the
others classed as first string, have not
decided as yet to join any Spring sport
squad.
OF those who played for the Navy
Saturday, the squad will lose by the
graduating Of the next class Capt.
Bob Ruge, Frank Shamer and Charley
Putnam. The latter played guard
only IS seconds yesterday.
Though Ingram and Putnam played
only IS seconds, both will receive the
"N-star," the most coveted OF Naval
Academy athletic insignia, given only
to those who take part in a victory
over the Army in some line.
It was Bill Ingrams third ''N-star."
and he has four more chances to equal
or better the record number Of five
held by Buzz Berries. Ingram in reg
ular course will play against the Army
in two more base ball games, and one
each OF foot ball and basket ball.