Evening star., 1948-03-03
Another Heariinq
On Tan1m SET
For Next Week
Nominees Lack of
TriuI Work Cited
By Bur Association
By Harold B. Rogers

by Harold b. Rogers
The long dispute over nomination
of Edward A. Tamm, FBI official
to be District Court justice will
be continued before Senate ju-
dietary subcommittee at pm. next
Wednesday.
Opposition to the nomination was
registered by five witnesses at a
lively hearing of the subcommittee
last night. More protests are to be
heard next week.
Speaking for the American Bar
Association, the District Bar Asso-
citation and the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations, opponents last
night centered their fire on the
nominees lack of trial work in court.
But those who knew him personally
praised his personality, integrity
and judicial temperament.
The witnesses were John J. Car
mody, for the American Bar Asso-
citation and the District Bar ASso-
citation; Francis w. Hill. jr.; Cod
frey L. Munter and Austin F. Can
field, past presidents of the District
Bar Association, and John H. Con-
naughton, attorney, and president
of the Federation of Citizens AsSo-
Citations.
Backed by 3 Senators.
Mr.. Tamm has been Endorsed by
three Senators, by Attorney Gen
eral Clark and FBI Director j. Ed
gar Hoover.
Senator Donnell, Republican, of
Missouri, subcommittee chairman,
announced several witnesses will be
heard at the next session. 1t will
be the fourth hearing and the third
night meeting.
A new development was injected
last night when Senator Kilgore,
Democrat, of West Virginia, COM
mittee member, began an inquiry
into the financial operations of the
District Courts Committee on Ad-
missions and Grievances.
He called for several reports. These
included the names of all members
of the committee, who are appoint
ed by the court, and the names OF
their law firms: full report on all
money received from bar examina-
ton fees and how it is spent; the
number of persons taking the bar
examination in. the last 10 years,
with the number of those passing
and those failing, and the bank
balance at the present time.
Wants Payment Data.
The Senator also wants to know
the amount of money paid to each
member of the committee for serv-
ices rendered.
Senator Kilgore launched this
line of questioning with Mr.. Con-
and followed it up with
Mr.. Hill and Mr. Garfield. 1t was
Mr.. Hill, member of the Admls-
sions Committee, who promised to
supply the requested information.
He named members of the commit
tee informally, but promised to
bring the official list later.
Senator Kilgore said he under
stands such committees in his State
and other jurisdictions serve with
out pay.
Senator Kilgore went into the
Admissions Committee action in re-
fuSing Mr.. Tamm admission to the
District bar, with the right to prac-
tice in District Court. Mr.. Garfield
shed further light on previous testi-
mony, showing that the committee,
in taking this action, had reversed
it's previous decision to admit the
nominee in July.
Two members of the committee
changed their minds, Mr.. Garfield
said, after learning that Mr.. Tamm,
in his application to practice before
the Supreme Court, had said he
had not engaged in the practice of
law. Mr.. Garfield named these two
as John Lewis Smith and John J.
Wilson.
Praised by Garfield.
Praising Mr.. Tamm as "one of
the cleanest, most decent, most in
telligent men I know" Mr.. Can
field said, There is none finer nor
of more capable ability
TT is with regret 1 have to join
my colleagues in opposing his NOM
nation he added.
Mr., Garfield said the "laSt 10 or
IL judges here have come from the
Justice Department.
Isn't that the whole trouble
here?" Senator Kilgore demanded.
Isn't that the basis of the whole
opposition? I've been trying to get
some one to say that all through
the hearings"