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Impress Own Philosophies
on Law, He Charges Be
fore Town Hall.
Setting the tempo for the Town
Hall's most tumultuous session. Sena
tor Black. Democrat, of Alabama, last
rught openly charged five members of
the Supreme Court with impressing
their own economic and political
philosophies on the law of the land.
While the thousand-odd listeners ap
plauded or gasped according to their
own views, the caustic Alabama legis
lator, an ardent supporter of the
Roosevelt administration, excoriated
the conservative members of the high
tribunal in the strongest language
used to date by any advocate of ju
dicial reform.
"Every’ effort to legislate tor the
fixing of minimum wages, maximum
hours and the right of collective bar
gaining has been vetoed by the Su
preme Court,” Black shouted.
Have Usurped Right.
“The judges have usurped the right
to say what the law should be and
what it is. They have assumed this
power by writing a judge-made amend
ment into the Constitution. I say the
judges, in effect, have put this amend
ment in the Constitution—the people
didn't put it there—and X say we
ought to put judges on the bench to
take it out.
"Your Constitution today is what
Justices Roberts, Butler, Van De
vanter. McReynolds and Sutherland
say it is—not what the Constitution
itself says. These judges are carry
ing out their own economic and po
litical philosophies on the bench and
making if the law.
"We propose to add judges to that
court with a philosophy in harmony
with the progress of the country as the
only way to preserve the Constitution
and the advance of civilization.”
Questioning Becomes Heated.
After Representative Brewster. Re
publican, of Maine, speaking in op
position to the proposed judicial
change, had declared the "Supreme
Court is the one place in the world
today where minorities can find a
haven,” the meeting was thrown open
to questions from the audience—a
move that touched off the real fire
works of the evening.
The questions came so fast and some
were so controversially worded that Dr.
Frank.Bohn had considerable difficulty
maintaining order and Senator Black
and Representative Brewster at times
showed signs of indignation.
"How," demanded a man in the back
of the room, "can a rubber stamp Con
gress represent the will of the people?”
Dr. Bohn started to rule the ques
tion out of order, but Senator Black
had already grabbed a microphone and
begun his reply:
"That," the Senator shouted, “is the
same type of propaganda that resulted
in 46 of the 48 States going for Presi
dent Roosevelt last November.”
Another member of the audience
asked whether “packing'1 the court
wasn't a temporary solution.
“Whether packing or unpacking the
court is a temporary solution. I won't
attempt to say,” Black answered, "but
occasionally both are desirable."
Takes Issue With Brewster.
An elderly man in the second row
then arose to take issue with Brewster.
“You said,” he began, “that no one j
has challenged the integrity of the |
court. I wonder if you are not aware !
that many of us challenge its integrity
on the ground-.”
Brewster interrupted at that point
to ask whether his questioner meant
Integrity or intelligence.
‘I mean both,” the Inquisitor
shouted In reply. “Five of them used
to be corporation lawyers. Why, I’ll
wager the first words they uttered
when their mothers gave them castor
oil were-.”
Dr. Bohn leaped for the microphone
at that juncture and declared the j
statement improper, since it was not
a question. Unabashed, the elderly j
man resumed his interrupted observa
tions in louder voice, but whatever he
said was lost, for Dr. Bohn, having the
benefit of the loud speaker system,
matched him word for word and by
sheer volume of sound succeeded in
drowning the revelation of the justices’
verbal reaction to their first taste of
castor oil.
Question Ruled Out.
The chairman had still more work
to do, however, for as soon as the
laughter following this tilt died out,
another man asked: “Why didn’t the
President tell us in November what
he was going to do?”
Once again Dr. Bohn ruled the in
quiry improper, declaring it expressed
an opinion instead of submitting a
question.
Granting that the Constitution may
not be adequate to cover the enact
ment of legislation to meet modern
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Ask Unemployment Relief
Protesting removal of W. P. A. workers from relief rolls, these Governors asked President
Roosevelt to discuss the matter with them. Seated, left to right: Govs. Horner of Illinois, Lehman
of New York and Hurley of Massachusetts. Standing: Govs. La Follette of Wisconsin, Benson of
Minnesota and Quinn of Rhode Island. —Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto.
conditions, Representative Brewster
pleaded for "the orderly method of
coastitutional amendment" if the
people desire a change. He pointed
out that the 1936 Democratic plat
form promised to seek a "clarifying
amendment" if the problems of the
day could not be met by legislation
within the Constitution.
"In that pledge to the people." he
said, “there is no suggestion of the
easy solution of our difficulties
through appointing additional justices
of the Supreme Court."
In rebuttal, Senator Black con
cluded:
"The appointment of additional
judges couldn't make conditions any
worse for the masses of the people
than they have been under the rule
of the present majority of five. May
be we won't have to appoint six
judges. Some of those now on the
bench might resign—I don't know—
but God knows they couldn’t do it
too soon. I serve notice now that
we are going to put into effect the
program of the people and that we
have just begun to fight.”
-% - - — —
Judiciary
(Continued From First Page.)
on two more justices might be evolved,
especially if a resignation or two from
the high bench should follow the Pres
ident's signing of the voluntary re
tirement bill.
Senators George, Democrat, of Geor
gia. and Copeland, Democrat, of New
York, criticized the President's pro
gram in addresses last night. Sen
ator Black, Democrat, of Alabama,
upheld it in a debate with Representa
tive Brewster, Republican, of Maine
in the weekly Town Hall program at.
the Shoreham Hotel. Highlights of
their arguments follow:
George charged Mr. Roosevelt had
repudiated loyal Democrats who had
pl°dged in the 1936 platform that no
“short cuts” would be taken to solve
social and economic problems.
“Without warning,” he said, "the
President has now demanded of the
National Legislature a subservient
judiciary."
Copeland asserted independence of
the judiciary has been an outstanding
characteristic of American democracy.
“Thus far.” he sail' “no major
political party has dared to go before
the people on an issue making the
courts subservient to the executive
power.”
Black, on the other hand, asserted
five Supreme Court justices are pay
ing “only lip service to the Constitu
tion.” The court, he said, had blocked
the “liberal” policies of the Roose
velt administration, which had been
given a mandate by voters of 46 States.
Persons who propose a constitutional
amendment to restrict the court’s
powers, he declared, are talking
“in bad faith.” They would oppose
adoption of such an amendment, he
said.
Representative Brewster said of the
President's recommendations:
"No limit can be placed on the ex
tent to which the most precious rights
and liberties of American citizens may
be destroyed by future Presidents—
less public-spirted perhaps and well
meaning—on the basis of the un
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precedents action that is here pro
posed."
Senator George, a member of the
1936 Democratic Convention Platform
Committee, in his speech last night,
said that with the understanding they
had the approval of the President, the
Platform Committee had declared that
"if the social and economic program
of the party could not be solved by
legislation within the Constitution,
we would seek such clarifying amend
ments as would assure the Legislatures
of the several States and to the Con
gress, each within its own jurisdiction,
the power to enact those laws.”
"An increase in the number of
justices of the Supreme Court had
been suggested before the convention
met," George said. "We declared that
we would go back to the people who
alone have the power to make or
change the Constitution if we could
not carry out the program within
the letter and spirit of the Constitu
tion.
“During the memorable campaign
that followed no responsible voice was
raised in any quarter for the legisla
tion which is now demanded of the
Congress.
“The Executive may be justified in
repudiating those loyal Democrats
who in every section of the country
declared that we would take no short
cut to obtain our worthy objectives.
■'Others have repudiated their
friends and history records with what
deplorable consequences.”
"Window dressing aside.” the
Georgia Senator declared, the Presi
dent’s proposal is "to bring about a
change in the opinion of the court by
adding new blood • • * to change the
decisions of the Supreme Court by
change, wholesale in its composition.”
Senator Copeland declared “It has
been known for many years that Con
gress could exercise the power (to
designate the number of judges on the
court) in a way to influence the deci
sions of the court, but no one hereto
fore has seriously accused Congress of
any such base motives."
To all who attempt to reshape Amer
ican institutions by "usurpation,”
Copeland declared there is an admoni
tion from Holy Writ which warns:
"Remove not the ancient landmarks
which thy fathers have set.”
BLOOD POISONING KILLS
ST. ELIZABETH’S INMATE
Wayne E. Poindexter. 25. died in St.
Elizabeth's Hospital yesterday of blood
poisoning which developed from an eye
injury received February 19, when he
is said to have broken away from a
guard at the institution and fallen
over a bench. Coroner A. Magruder
MacDonald issued a certificate of
accidental death.
Formerly employed as an accountant
in the Treasury Department, Poin
dexter came to Washington in 1934
from his home in Laramie. Wyo.
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Nearly 100,000 Families in
Corn Belt Make Annual
Change.
BT the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 1.—Throughout
the com belt wagons and trucks
heavily laden with household effects,
live stock and farming equipment
moved in all directions today—March
1, annual moving day for farm
tenants.
Tractors pulling farm machinery
chugged along highways, while the
farm wife, who went to her new
home with the first load, busied her
self arranging furnishings and
straightening up. Tomorrow morn
ing school bus drivers will pick' up
new charges who wonder if they’ll
like their new teachers and class
mates.
Horses and cattle, a bit nervous as
they were installed in unfamiliar
barns, neighed and mooed demands
for their customary portions of feed,
corn, oats and hay.
Spring Plowing Near.
The next few weeks will see the
farmer getting everything shipshape—
Spring plowing is not far away.
It was not a heydey for professional
movers. These tenant farmers, ever
hopeful of accumulating enough to
own their acres, watch their dollars
closely. They use their own equip
ment and swap manpower with their
neighbors.
Upwards of 100,000 farm families
changed homes today, a survey of
the Corn Belt States disclosed. Mis
souri led with an estimated 35,000
moves. Iowa, where half the 220,000
farms are tenant operated, counted
probably 16,500 changing tenants.
Advancing prices for farm products,
higher by 14 per cent in January than
a year ago. the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture reports, caused
many tenants to seek larger farms this
year. Others wanted more fertile land.
Still another group moved to farms
they had bought, in many instances
forcing the tenant to vacate.
Shortage of Paring.
Insurance company farm depart
ment managers and county agents in
Iowa report a shortage of farms this
year. They said some tenants who did
not renew leases before arranging for
other farms have been unable to find
them. , Consequently they have been
forced to dispose of their stock, grain
and equipment and move to town
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Governors
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supported Mr. Roosevelt in the last
election.
‘‘The cost of relief to employables
cannot be borne by local units of
government and we protest against
the imposition of this burden onto the
States and local units of governments,”
the officials said in the message to
the President.
The Governors said they were unani
mous in their belief the Federal Gov
ernment should offer work relief and
other forms of employment to all needy
employables. The W. P. A. workers,
they said, should not be removed from
the rolls until they can be absorbed
in private industry.
A simplification of procedure to
permit W. P. A. workers who accept
private employment to get back on the
rolls should the Jobs prove only
temporary also was urged.
Earle Enable to Attend.
Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsyl
vania and Gov. Frank Murphy of
Michigan had been invited to the
conference, but Earle could not attend
because he still was suffering slightly
from the shock of a recent automobile
accident and Murphy said he had “no
alternative” but to rest from his labors
in connection with the recent General
Motors strike.
In a telegram from Palm Beach, Fla.,
he said:
“I want you and the others present
to know that I am in complete sym
pathy with the objectives of the con
ference.”
Lehman said he invited only Gov
ernors who had expressed to him
a desire to discuss the relief situation.
He said inclusion of other Governors
In the proposed conference with Mr.
Roosevelt would be at the discretion
of the President.
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DIES HERE AT 85
George T. Langhorne, sr , 85, of 3808
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pital. He had been ill about six weeks.
A native of Richmond, Va., Mr. Lang
horne was a cousin of Lady Astor,
member of the British Parliament,
who formerly was Miss Langhorne of
Virginia. He had been a Washington
resident for the last 23 years and pre
viously had worked in Philadelphia.
For a number of years Mr. Lang
horne was a deacon of the Petworth
Baptist Church and at the time of his
death was deacon emeritus.
Besides his son here, who lives at
the Morrison street address, Mr. Lang
horne leaves another son, Rev. F. Paul
Langhorne. Berwyn, 111.; three daugh
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delphia; Mrs. F. Yoakum, Chevy
Chase, Md., and Mrs. A. P. Walz, Chad
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wife was the late Mrs. Anna L. Lang
horne.
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will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
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