Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-28
Peyser AssaiIs
Bar Association
Poll on Margo|d
Groups Former Head
Joined by Senator in
Indorsine Nominee

Col Julius I. Peyser, former presi-
dent of the District Bar Association.
today Joined numerous other at
torneys in praising the fitness of
Municipal Court Judge Nathan D.
Margold for promotion to the Dis
trict Court bench.
Appearing before the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee investigate
ing the jurist's qualifications, Col.
Peyser criticized the associations
recent action in condemning Judge
Margold through poll which
showed 804 members opposed to his
continuation and 200 in favor.
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat, of
Connecticut told the subcommittee
he was charged with investigating
Judge Margold when the latter was
candidate for vacancy on the
Court of Appeals for the District in
1885 and that he found him to be
"a gentleman and very much the
scholar"
Edward Dumbauld, an antitrust
attorney in the Justice Department,
said he was in Judge Margold's
class on insurance law at Harvard
University when the jurist was
teaching there, and that he con-
s1dered him "one of the outstand.
Ing teachers in the school"
Doesn't Understand Controversy.
Frankly, I don't know what this
controversy is all about" Mr.. Dunn
bauld said. Il suppose it's like the
man at the wedding who objected
because he wanted the girl him.
self"
! DO you know any one from Har-
ward who Is against Margold?'
asked Senator McCarran, chairman
of both the subcommittee and the
full committee.
mo, SIR" the witness replied.
you boys from Harvard have a
marvellous faculty for sticking to-
gether," Senator McCarran said.
There are some professors
would not testify for" Mr.. Dunn
bauld said emphatically.
! Some of the comments of attor-
news who said they have practiced
before Judge Margold were:
Harry Bonnett-"Judge Margold
seems to have very keen grasp of
legal principles"
"Tempers Justice With Mercy"
E. L. Browning. jr.-"If he has
any weakness at all it is tendency
to temper justice with mercy"
Michael j. Colbert-"I regard him
as man of high educational back
ground, which is a great asset to q
lawyer"
Ruben Bonnett-"He is eminently
qualified and fair. When he ruled
against me in several cases that I
had prepared thoroughly, he showed
a keen grasp of the law"
Did he convince you you were
wrong?" Senator McCarran asked.
He didn't convince me-" the wit
ness said. Il realized that before
I started"
Charles Ford-"He is fair ands
just, an honorable gentleman,
learned in the law"
Erwin Geiger-"He is fully quail
fed in every respect to execute the
functions Of District Judge. based
on what have observed Of other
Federal judges"
Treats All Alike"
B. v. Lawson, jr.-"He is a man
who does not let mere legalisms
and technicalities stand in the way
Of swift and certain justice. He
realizes that before the bar all men
are equal. Judge Margold treats
prince and papper, black and white,
Jew and gentle alike"
Richard r. Atkinson. president Of
the Washington Bar Association
THE vast majority of the mem
bers of my bar association believe
the candidate ought to be con-
firmed."
Robert I. Miller: He is an out
standing judge, kind and consider
ate, and knows the law"
/ Other attorneys who testified for
Judge Margold were: Herbert ".
Hudgins, James K. Hughes, Joseph
A. Kaufman. Rufus G. Poole and
Emmett L. Sheehan.
The hearing is expected to last
several more days. Those who OPP
pose the nomination of Judge Mar
gold have not yet been given an op-
portunity to be heard. Other mem
bers of the subcommittee are Sena-
tors Moore, Republican, of Okla
homa and Wheeler, Democrat, Of
Montana.