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BOARD MEMBERS DISMISSED—These are members making up the United
States Employes’ Compensation Appeals Board, who were dismissed by Labor
Secretary Mitchell. The ousted board members, all appointed during the Tru
man administration, are (left to right) Willard H. Shaffer, Miss Grace M. Mc-
Gerr and John Lawyer. Mr. Lawyer had been board chairman.
Shorter Jurist Vacations
Hinted to Cut Backlog
By MIRIAM OTTENBERG
Federal judges take "reason
able" vacations but they may
have to take even shorter ones
to cope with the ever-increasing
backlog of cases in the Nation’s
courts, the chairman of a high
powered committee of jurists told
The Star today.
Chief Judge John Biggs, jr.. of
the Third Judicial Circuit, who
heads a commltte of judges
studying court administration,
said a poll of Federal judges
indicated:
1. The amount of time spent
by Federal judges on vacations
is not a dominant factor in the
critical backlog that has resulted
in up to four year’s delay in
getting cases tried.
2. “Ce/taln administrative
weaknesses” were pointed out in
letters from some of the judges,
•Indicating a necessity tor im
proving administrative tech
niques."
3. At least 40 additional judges
and probably more are needed
to cut down the backlog now
plaguing the Federal courts.
300 Judges PoUed
The poll of more than 300
judges was made after the Sen
ate Judiciary Subcommittee,
considering bills for creation of
more Federal judgeships point
edly, asked for information on
how much time Federal judges
spend on vacation.
The job was taken on by Judge
Biggs’ committee, named shortly
before by Chief Justice Warren,
to study court administration
and personnel needs. The Judi
cial Conference of the United
States, composed of the 11 chief,
judges of the circuits and the,
Chief Justice, had voted to ere-i
ate such a committee.
Judge Biggs said that about 70;
per cent of the judges have now,
replied to the questionnaires
sent them. The replies, he said,
have not yet been analyzed butj
he was under the impression:
most judges take no more than
a month's vacation.
He noted a wide variance in
a amount of time spent on va
ons both in and out of the
heavily burdened districts. A
few judges, he said, take over
long vacations but some report
they take no vacation at all.
Suggestions Included
These elements were also
brought out in the survey, which
i included suggestions for im
proved administration and needs
for more personnel, as well as
the vacation question:
Judges are distinctly reluctant;
to try cases through the summer l
in non-air conditioned court:
rooms, not only because of their:
own discomfort but because Ju
frors are inclined to collapse in
cqurt hot-boxes.
Attorneys want to take vaca
tions during the summer and
their clients and witnesses are;
equally unavailable.
WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Rather
windy and lair tonight, low near
42. Fair and mild tomorrow.
Maryland—Fair tonight, with
low 35-42. Fair and mild to
morrow.
Virginia—Fair tonight, with
low 36-44 west and north and
in the 40s southeast portion.!
Mostly sunny and mild tomor
row.
Winds—Small craft warnings;
are out. Southwest winds 15 to;
25 miles per hour. Not quite as
strong but remaining southwest
tomorrow.
Skyline Drive—Fair and mild
tomorrow with high around 70
and fair to good visibility.
aiTir a«Mft
(From United Statu Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Oreat Falla: Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperataree far yesterday
(Readlnrs WaihlnitorMßatlonal Airport)
4 a.m. _II"I 41 4 p.m. 'IIIIII 61!
Sam 43 Sp.m. 48
Recard Temperatorea This Tear
£ tallest. 98. on July 72 August 3.
iwest 10. on February 3.
Hiek and Lav at Last 2t Hoars
High. ss. at 2:10 p m
Low, 41, at 12:15 a m.
Tlda Tables
(Furnished by tne United States Coast
and Oeodetlc Surrey)
Today Tomorrow;
High 3:15 a m. 4:11 a.m.i
Low 10:18a.m. 11:07a.m
High 3:49 p.m. 4:42 p.m.
low 10:43p.m. 11:30p.m. 1
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WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST—Precipitation tonight will
be limited to showers on the Washington and Oregon coasts
and showers or snow flurries throughout Montana and Wyo
ming. It will be warmer in the Eastern half of the Nation;
cooler In the Northwest and along the California coast.—AP
Wirephoto Map.
;
No Federal courts are shut
. tight during the summer, but
. many of them con aider only
, emergency matters. For instance,
last summer in the Eastern Dis
, trict of New York (Brooklyn)
' only one criminal and two civil
cases were tried despite the fact
that this district has one of the
, biggest case backlogs in the
country.
The fact that a judge is not
sitting on thq bench does not
mean that he’s off vacationing.
Sample surveys have shown more
than SO per cent of a judge’s
working time is spent oil the
bench.
Most judges take a short tour
of duty on the bench durjng the
summer. For part of the rest of
the summer, practically all re
ported, they work in chambers
or at home on opinions or other
legal matters that must be de
cided during the summer.
Work Emphasised
The work that burdens the
judges through the summer
months was emphasized in the
letters. They referred to the
idea that this was actually a
vacation period as highly Illusory.
Among the letters, one judge
thought his brethren were taking j
too long vacations. Several Judges!
volunteered that a greater effort
should be made to maintain
courts in the summer time, but
all of them acknowledged the
'difficulties of doing it.
‘‘l believe,” said Judge Biggs.
;”that in the heavily burdened
districts. Congress must supply
! funds for air-conditioning, the
bar must be willing to go to trial;
in the summertime and the
(Courts abut try tha,*«m even
‘at the expense of reagpnable
vacations.”
»■ He said he believed thai|udges
'would co-operate in taking tem
porarily shortened vacations if
| they had some assurance that
more help was coming and if
they realized the seriousness of
'the situation.
He emphasized, howevef, that
shorter vacations were no cure
all, not even an important part
of the picture. The need for
more judges and improved ad
ministration of the courts was
reflected in many of the answers
to the committee’s question
naires.
"The only way you can get rid
of cases is to get them to trial,"
he said. “We’ve got to have the
judges and we have to have the
administrative system that will
get the cases before them most
promptly. The speedier the rate
iof trial, the more cases are set
tled without trial.”
The Judges’ answers will be
! thrashed out when Judge Biggs
; meets with his committee here
'next week. Later, the vacation
statistics together with a revised
estimate of needed judgeships
and other recommendations will
be presented to the Senate Judi
i clary Committee.
The San and Maas
Rises Seta
San. today 5:59 am. 6:59 p.m.
Sun. tomorrow __ 8:00 a.m. 5:68 p.m.
Moon, today 2:27 p.m. 1:22 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation m Inches In the
Capital (current month to date)
: Month 195» 1964 Avs Record _
January 0.31 2.30 3.24 7.83 37
February 3.13 0.85 2.44 8.84 84
March 3.70 3.97 3.03 Bsß4 '9l
i April 2.57 3.30 3.0(1 903 81)
May 3.38 2.98 3.1)8 10.89 '53
June 2.76 1.24 3.41 10.94 00
[July 2.32 1.70 4.28 10.63 88
August 14.01 3.15 4.75 14.41 28
September 065 0.63 4.12 17 45 34
i October 6.28 406 2.85 8.81 '37
November 178 2.73 718 '77
December 2.82 2.6 ! 7JIO 01
Temperataree In Vsriooe Cities
H. L, H. L.
Abilene 78 46 Knoxville 04 34
Albany 42 33 Little Rock 72 42
Albuqucraue 71 46 Los Angela* 69 5*
Anchorage 3.1 25 LouluvllTe 63 4*
Atlantß 88 42 Memphis An 42
Btltimore 42 3a Miami 80 89
I Atlantic City 53 49 Milwaukee 83 44
Billinas 73 46 Minneapolis 71 44
Birmingham 88 34 Montgomery 73 35
Bismarck 77 31 New Orleans 71 4«i
Boise 7ft 4» New York '49 43!
Boston 49 37 Norfolk 58 40
Buffalo 43 32 Oklahoma C. 78 48
Burlington 41 32 Omaha 79 41
Charleston 85 50 Philadelphia 52 39,
Charlotte 85 38 Phoenix 8* 57;
Cheyenne 70 38 Pittsburgh 47 40 1
Chicago 68 44 P’tland, Me. 47 32
Cincinnati 57 44 P’tland. Or. 88 48:
Cleveland 45 43 Raleigh 80 37;
Columbus 55 42 Reno 72 49
Dallas 79 47 Richmond 55 40'
Denver 75 3m st. Louis 75 51]
Dee Moines 77 So Sait Lake C. 66 42
Detroit 51 43 San Antonio 7)1 38
Duluth 64 34 San Dleeo 60 59
Fort Worth 79 42 8. Francisco 69 .>4
Houston 74 49 Savannah 67 38
| Huron 80 39 Seattle 62 41
i Indlandpolia 62 44 Tampa 8,5 59
Jackson 73 30 Waahlnpton 55 41
Kansas City 79 50 Wichita 78 39
'Key West 85 74
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Peter A. Strobel. Federal pub
lic buildings commissioner, testi
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derstand” be could retain his
interest in a New York engineer
ing consultant firm after taking
over management of the Govern
ment’s billion-dollar real estate
operations.
Mr. Strobel told House investi
gators the advice came from “a
friend,” but he added he could
not say if it represented the
Iviews of Attorney General
Brownell and the White House.
! A House Judiciary subcommit
tee summoned Mr. Strobel for,
questioning about possible con
flict of interests as a public of
ficial and as a 90 per cent part.-,
ner in the New York engineering
firm of Strobel and Salzman.
The subcommittee has been in
vestigating businessmen in gov
ernment.
Named in July
j Mr. Strobel was appointed
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ernment’s Federal buildings, su
pervise design and construction
of new buildings and manage its
sprawling real estate operations.
He agreed that he told Com
mittee Counsel Herbert Maletz
last month that “an adviser”
told him that the property of
his dual connections has been
cleared with Attorney General
Brownell and Thomas Stevens,
a White House
But he testified today that his
adviser did not say whether an
I actual check had been made
with Mr. Brownell and Mr.
Thomas.
Mr. Strobel said he preferred
“friend" to “adviser,” and iden
tified the individual with whom
he discussed his problem as
Harry Smith, a New York busi
nessman who beads a photo
graphic establihment.
"He did tell me it was an order
for me to continue my interest
in the firm,” be stated.
Earlier, Mr. Strobel testified
he had also cleared with Edward
Mansure, his immediate superior
and head of the General Serv
ices Administration, the ar
rangement to continue to draw
90 per cent of the firm’s profit.
Mr. Strobel said his firm has
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