Evening star., 1942-10-11
Chief Justice Stone, 20 Today,
Gives No Thought to Quitting
Gould Retire Now,
But Friends Soy He Is
Too Engrossed in Work
By Wide World.

BY Wide World.
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
VINO easily could pass for go, is 70
years old today, but friends say he
Is TOO engrossed in the litigation
before the Supreme Court to. give
any thought to retirement.
The age of 10 is a milestone in
the career Of a justice who has
served Tor 10 years. The law pro-
vldes he then may retire at full
pay, $4,000 a year for an associate
justice and $20,5OO for a chief JUS
tlce. Chief Justice Stone has been
on the bench since 1925.
All signs indicate that the big
fun-loving and outspoken iurist
Will go ahead with his duties. as
Charles Evans Hughes once said.
Without regard to the calendar"
Mr.. Hughes served as Chief Justice
until he was 10 and Chief Justice
Stone was appointed as his success
sor June IL, 194l. Previously he
mad been associate justice.
Chief Justice Stone appears to
be in Al health and to be well
supplied with energy. He gave. this
impression while presiding last
Monday over the opening session
OF the new Supreme Court term.
The tribunal will meet again to-
morrow to act on approximately
300 cases filed during the four
month summer recess and to begin
nearing attorneys argue pending
litigation.
The Jurist acquired an excellent
physique during his youth by work.
ing on a New Hampshire farm and
by playing on the Amherst College
football team. During the Hoover
administration he was member of
small group that played medicine
ball with the President early in the
morning before a White House
breakfast.
Keeps in Trim by Walking.
Now he keeps in trim by taking
a 45-minute walk every morning
after he arises at 7::30 am. and
before he eats breakfast at $50.
He covers 3 miles in the vicinity
of his home.
Late in the afternoon he tries to
lind time to duplicate the morning
performance. Pressing duties fire.
quently interfere. however.
Only one illness has kept Chief
justice Stone from the bench since
ne was appointed by President CAL
win Coolidge, his Amherst College
mate. He was stricken with dysen-
terry October 13, 1886, and was aWav
from the court for three and a
half months.
The 18th man to serve as Chief
Justice, he presents an imposing
appearance as he sits in the middle
OF the bench in his black robe.
Inclined to be stout, the Chief
Justice is above average height.
His face is rounded, and an unrulv
lock OF hair frequently falls over
his right eye. His brow at times
becomes corrugated as he puzzles
over complicated points of law.
Ordinarily he is very friendly with
attorneys arguing before the tribu-
nal. But he can become stern when
he thinks lawyers are attempting
to evade questions or to wander
from the issues of case.
Ills selection as Chief Justice was
the second time in history that
President elevated to that post an
associate justice who adhered to
another political party.
Chief Justice Stone, New Eng
land Republican, was named to re-
place Mr.. Hughes by President
Roosevelt.
In 1910, President William How
ard Taft, Republican and later
Chief Justice, nominated Associate
Justice Edward Douglass White.
Louisiana Democrat, to head the
court
But Chief Justice Stone had
gained wide reputation as lib
eral" who joined frequently in dis
sents with Justices Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Louis D. Brandeis and Ben
jamin Cardozo. And he was one
of the most consistent supporters
of the Roosevelt administratio so