Evening star., 1940-03-31

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Bonaparte, then Attorney General,
indicated to Judge Aukam and 9TH
ers that he was dissatisfied with the
practice of the justice of peace
courts which then obtained and
wanted it changed. There were six
of these courts. scattered about the
District, and they had exclusive
jurisdiction up to 500 and concur
rent to $500.
The result was that a group of
lawyers, including Judge Aukam,
drafted a bill, and Congress estab-
lished the Municipal! Court In 1909.
In 1921 it became court Of record,
with rule-making powers and ex-
elusive jurisdiction over suits up to
$1,000 Judge Aukam was largely
responsible for this development Of
the court. Congress voluntarily
raised his salary $500 the first year
of the budget. commenting on the
fact that this was the only item
exceeding Budget Bureau recon-
mendations.
Others Have Written Letters.
Among those who have written
letters or otherwise sponsored the
reappointment of Judge Aukam,
most of them District lawyers, are:
Representative Cochran of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Expenditures in Executive
Departments; Brice Clagett, j. Bar
rett Carter, United States Marshal
John B. Colpoys, Col. Walter c.
| Clephane, William A. Coombe, FL
mer E. Cummins, Thurman L. Dod-
son, Ellis, Houghton g. Ellis; J. Rob-
ert Esher, Thomas j. Fitzgerald,
jr.: Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal Commissioner Melvin c.
Hazen, R. Aubrey Bogley, Justice
Bolitha j. Laws of District Court,
Preston King. Lawrence E. Will
liams, president of the Board of
Trade; George w. Offutt and Frank
Addison, jr., past presidents Of the.
] Board of Trade; Leonard A. Block,
Michael NJ. Doyle, former judge of
the Municipal Court, and Herbert
H. Bingham Of Kruner e. Bingham.
David A. Pine, district attorney
and District Court ustice-designate;
Paul J. Sedgwick, George Curtis
Shinn, Joseph +. Sherrier, Frederick
Stohlman, past president of the
Barriers and first vice president of
the Bar Association; Francis w. r.
Hill. jr.. president of the Bar Asso-
,iation and past president Of the Bar
risters; John Lewis Smith. past
president of the Bar Association;
George E. Sullivan, Huston Thomp-
son, Vincent l.. Toomey, A. Coulter
Wells, William Wendell, Jerrold B.
Ullman, George c. Warner, jr.;
Charles v. Inlay, director of the
Bar Association: Leo A. Rover, John
E. Laskey and Leslie C. Garnett. all
former district attorneys; Judge
John P. Mcmahon of the Police
Court, Justice Morris of the District
Court, Representative Ross A. Col
Inns of Mississippi, William r. Rich
ardson, director of the Bar Asso-
citation.
Backed by Directors of Bar.
H. Hilton Jackson, T. Howard
Duckett, Samuel Boyd, director of
the Bar Association; Richmond B.
Keech of the Public Utilities Com
mission, Paul E. Lesh, president of
the Lawyers Club; Guy Mason, for
mer Attorney General Cummings,
John Spaulding Flannery, John E.
Mcclure, A. L. Shipe, director of
the Bar Association; Robert F..
Cogswell, director of the Bar Asso-
citation; George E. Hamilton, ST.;
George E. Hamilton, jr.; Spencer
Gordon. H. Winship Wheatley, past
president of the Bar Association;
Robert D. Wise. William B. Wolf,
Charles E. Wainwright, Frederick R.
Wilson, Stanton c. Peelle, past pres
ident of the Bar Association; Jerome
F. Barnard, past president of the
barristers; E. Barrett Prettyman,
former corporation counsel and for
mer silicitor of the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau: John Locher of the
American Federation of Labor.
Joseph P. Tumulty, former secre-
tary to President Wilson; John D.
Sadler, Charles Linkins, Municipal
Court Judge Mattingly, Benjamin
S. Minor, Arthur p Drury, John
Lynham. James A. Purcell, David
L. Riordan, Thomas R. Rhodes,
Fred J. Rice, Representative Sasscer
of Maryland, Senator Capper of
Kansas. Robert v. Fleming, presi-
dent of the Riggs National Bank;
Norman B. Frost, Frank H. Myers,
Frederic N. Towers, Garland S. Fer
guson, jr., of the Federal Trade
Commission; Maurice Debofsky, H.
Clay Espey, Simon Fleishman,
James B. Flynn, Harry A. Grant,
David A. Hart, director of the Bar
Association; Ernest F. Henry, j.
Carroll Hayes, Arthur j. Hillard, ST.
mon Hirshman, Walter w. jackson,
a juror; Milton Kaplan, Josiah Ly-
man, Joseph c. McGarraghy, past
president of the barristers.
Executive Committee of the bar
risters, Executive Committee of the
Dupont Circle Citizens Association,
Petworth Citizens Association and