Evening star., 1949-06-28
Bill Would Bar
U. 5. Lawyers
.AsD.C. Judges
Senose Posed
plon for New Posts
Goes TO Conference


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presidential veto q! the measure
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The elii specified that Nominees
10 the District ewsseia Easas haze
experience lH Lire pstsass nEarsars
os Law and must cot have e~ea
regularly employed In the Kxesa-
tive branch ei Government fnF
three years
Heus~ Set Va Restrictions
No such restrictions are In ths
HOUSE version al ths measure.
which provides tos ths~e ns~
tufssts fos the Appellate Court eat
only tao for Dsssflrt c@aFt.
The qualifications Of ths senate
bull could have heen net by agaly
TAO Of the II present nistFart
Court tudges-~~Chlsf judge Rolstha
J. LAws and JUDGE jennings Bailey.
who had been In private practice
Immediately pfios 10 thru se-
pclntmenis 10 the bench
The others went Ia the court
from Government service
The ak new Federal ludgeShtns
here are included In the Senate
omnibus bill 10 sci up - new
judseships throughout ths eoun-
try, The HOUSE VERSION would
add only -,
Senator MeQrAth lost by a sc1s
Of III 10 -. hts attempt on Tire
foos TO strlkr from the measure
the restrictions on nominees for
District Court.
The Rhode Island iawmRkrf.
who also Ia chairman oi the
Democratic National Committee.
charged the requirements would
discriminate aRains, lawyers in
the executive branch Of Federal
Government.
Chairman Mccarran of th@
Senate Judiciary Committee han
ding the measure on the roof,
insisted the amendments would
beneflt not only members of ths
District bar but also eittssns
from all parts of the country
coming here In litigation against
an agency Of Government
u. e. Practice stipulated
The Senate bill ~ould pFa. de
that each Of the three additional
District Court Judges must have
been actively engaged In the prt-
yats practice OF Law. and that
In The case OF al least lao sssh
judges such private practice
shall have bern In The District for
period ot OF least five eonseeu-
tive years Immediately prior 10
their appointments
In counting tho consecutive
years" however. The measure
would provide that active service
in the armed forces OF the eosin-
try and service on ths benches
of Municipal Court. the Municipal
Court Of Appeals and The Juvenile
Court shall be "diktssafdnd
A similar restriction also 10
written into the bill ~ q perman-
ent requirement for District Court
throughout the future. fegard1as
at least thres Of The juftstA in
that court.
In the past. Senator Mnfarfsn
declared, inexperienced sttornsYs
had been appointed 10 jsadgssi,ips
from the Justice Department.
Mentioning at osas point Da1sftet
Judge Edward A. Tamrn. Senmsnr
MeCarran declared the new juritt
had fine attributes and char#e-
ter" bu, he had b~en opposed by
the Bar Association herT b~easise
he vas without a single day 81
experience a. trial lawyer In
court.
Nominated In the sosh Congress,
judge Tamm was not confirmed
until the sl1t Congress, Senator
McCarran pointed out.
Aestsietisns Held Ensss~ptahis.
Taking sharp Issue with ssna-
tor Aiccarfan, Senator McDrath
charged that the restrictions
point o ffnssr OF discrimination
against tae people In ths District, "
This h the wrona gay, de-"
eIased Senator Mc0rsth. III sad
the President had constitutional
powers 10 select nominees for
Iudgsshipa. ard the fs~nsix had
powers OF confirmation. and could
reject nosnine~A-
In nv opinion. aaad H<nsinw
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ssgn this bill with tise restrictive
provtsarn. without ssuitsfylns him
sell. r1se President n brad ~ tias
executive branch of tss~ Oos~rn"
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ncs beisess yca wfii and hssr az
ceptang It
Senate eonfssees on tfse hsii viii
be Henstu Mefayran. Senator
Miller. Democrat. of Idaho ard
Senator Ferguson. Repsnascan. of
Michigan
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pointed. probably wfii be- headed
by Chairman csIaeF CT ssss tIoas~
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