The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-12-06
Craham's
Legal Aid JOB
In Jeopardy
Bowling
Questions Need
For Position

Wayne Counts Prosecutor Dovl-
ing. said Tuesday thai an example
Of The type % county odminisiis-
tive .rfeenariiy whnli b. de.i %
10 pHhiirzc before skitg gr'ion 70
request a strand iarv. wa. the re-
ccr' appointment 81 fellow Coz
worker the prosecutors office.
john *. Graham Attorney and 'fc
leader. a. LEGAL atfisor io the it-
co.. dcI'- Conrf lu. iu b, nnv
sob Nr. uail,.s.on IL. oy1e
County payroll.
u don't know why the judges
over there need q legal advisor
the prosecutor commenced "Afier
all The Circuit bench docs no have
one and & meh be stated that
their legai problems arc poghap.
iiiic more complicated than Hose
IN the Recordot Ceul' ] notcs
further thar Mr Graham has been
given stcnocYapher q Sl,0e
year and the county budget note on
the matter refers g. her a. s'enos-
raphcr in ihc legal ail division
III would seem tina VS. now have
q noN division tf government We
all rcmcmho. how al, Recofdc ;
Court psy, hlairic division and iha
County ffond cf tho Court Office
started as one man propositions and
becam, Independent departments.
There IS lcas.n 10 wonder ii rcr-
haps ihi- one may boz on iis way 20
becoming the same thing
bowling vn- asked directly
whether De- personally believed
there b. crimraiiy IN county cos-
eminent
II ann rolng over lot % char-
ecs De- said "Thrf s. Tor -
smoke apd You remember 'fo GA
saying about smoke and fire
He said that hc had dlre ilv
drafted q petition DO tho C'rcnt
Copri asking tor sfand jury ~
Will be used, No. said wrrn De IS
ready 10 proceed.
Gordon Gives oh.
a Tribune reporter interviewed
JUDGE George Mufpas oi be Rec
C0idcl's Court who sand tha. j la
Graham WIS rrst hnod B.. q deputy
clerk assigned ,o tu, fnrary and
THAI he went on the County payroll
because he could Get better set
up Tor the library Hc SAID that
the judccs we're iu favor OF John
Grah4ms appointments a. a legal
aide. Aithoud be- was oui OF ;Aa
city when the appointment vas
hrst made. hc was in accord with IL
and felt that The majority OF the
members of the Recorders Court
bench would stand hcAlnd Graham.
County Accountant Ben Pelham
produced photostaiic copy o, a
letter from judge Arthur Gordon
asking that Graham be- given tho
job as legal advisor. II reads as
follows.
June TO- 1871.
The Board Of County Auditors.
Wayne County Building,
Detroit. Michigan.
Dear SirS:
CNmtlliNc dkO IT utidlut dNDdT~
ent that there was urgent need for
a Legal Aid to be attached 10 this
Court. This necessity can best be
stated by briefly summarizing some
Of the duties performed by such
department. such as the preparing
of briefs involving technical Ques-
tons Of law; the checking OF the
authenticity OF law cited in the
briefs and motions OF many state
cases tried by this Court, both
criminal and civil; the maintaining.
keeping and general custody OF the
general library Of the Court. and
the libraries OF the several Courts;
and the preparing Of criminal
manual with the unihcation OF
charges. aud etc.
AS you are no doubt aware that
the majority OF the work In this
Court involves state matters. and
that the need Of such 4 department
Is very apparent n take care Of
matters which could not be han
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