AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE
UNITED STATES COURTS

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HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 3 OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

H. R. 18, H. R. 251,

H. R. 1180, H. R. 1563,

ON

H. R. 401, H. R. 916, H. R. 970,
H. R. 1663, H. R. 1826, H. R. 1946,
H. R. 1947, H. R. 1948, H. R. 2699, H. R. 2791, H. R. 2813,
H. R. 2814, H. R. 2819, H. R. 2834, H. R. 3178, H. R. 3239,

S. 271

BILLS TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT

AND DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE

UNITED STATES COURTS

Serial No. 6

MARCH 7, 9, AND 11, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1949

CONTENTS

MARCH 7, 1949

Statement of-

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Hon. Francis E. Walter, a Member of Congress from the State of

Pennsylvania

Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General of the United States..

Hon. Edward J. Hart, a Member of Congress from the State of New

Jersey

Hon. John E. Lyle, Jr., a Member of Congress from the State of Texas-

Hon. George P. Miller, a Member of Congress from the State of Cal-

ifornia

Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., a Member of Congress from the State of

Texas

26

Hon. Clinton D. McKinnon, a Member of Congress from the State of

California__

30

Hon. George A. Smathers, a Member of Congress from the State of

Florida.

49

Mr. Henry P. Chandler, Director of the Administrative Office of the

United States Courts..

50

Mr. Will Shafroth, Chief of the Division of Procedural Studies and

Statistics of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts_

Hon. Errett P. Scrivner, a Member of Congress from the State of
Kansas__

Hon. Sam Hobbs, a Member of Congress from the State of Alabama

Hon. Murray Hulbert, United States District Judge, Southern Dis-

trict of New York..

Samuel M. Lane, representing the Association of the Bar of the City

of New York...

59

64

66

69

Henry E. Kelley, representing the New York County Lawyers Asso-

ciation

73

Hon. William H. Kirkpatrick, Chief Judge of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania_

76

Hon. Guy L. Fake, Chief Judge of the United States District Court

for the District of New Jersey--

79

Augustus Studer, Esq., New Jersey State Bar Association _ _

81

Hon. John Biggs, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States Court of

Appeals for the Third Judicial Circuit__

84

Hon. Albert B. Maris, Chief Judge of the United States Emergency

Court of Appeals..

98

Hon. Sherman Minton, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of

Appeals, Seventh Judicial Circuit..

100

Hon. Louis E. Goodman, Judge of the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California__

102

Statements submitted-

Letter from Henry P. Chandler, Director of Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, submitted by Hon. John E. Lyle, Jr., a
Member of Congress from the State of Texas..

Endorsement of the California Congressional Delegation, submitted

by Hon. Clinton D. McKinnon, a Member of Congress from the

State of California___

Committee Report of San Diego Bar Association submitted by Hon.

Clinton D. McKinnon, a Member of Congress from the State of

California..

Letter from Chief Judge Learned Hand, United States Court of

Appeals, Second Judicial Circuit, submitted by Judge Murray

Hulbert..

Statements submitted-Continued

Resolutions of the New Jersey State Bar Association, submitted by
Augustus Studer, Esq.--

Letter from United States District Judge Thomas M. Kennerly,

Southern District of Texas, submitted by Hon. John E. Lyle, Jr.,

a Member of Congress from the State of Texas..

Letter from United States District Judge Allen B. Hannay, Southern

District of Texas, submitted by Hon. John E. Lyle, Jr., a Member

of Congress from the State of Texas-

Letter from Hidalgo County Bar Association, submitted by Hon.

Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., a Member of Congress from the State of

Texas__.

Telegram from James W. Strong, President of Sillacy County Bar

Association, submitted by Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., a Member

of Congress from the State of Texas...

Telegram from Laredo Bar Association, submitted by Hon. Lloyd M.

Bentsen, Jr., a Member of Congress from the State of Texas..

Letter from Paul J. Reveley, Chief, Division of Mexican Affairs,

Department of State, submitted by Hon. Clinton D. McKinnon, a

Member of Congress from the State of California..

Letter from Commissioner Watson B. Miller, Immigration and Natu-

ralization Service, Department of Justice, submitted by Hon.

Clinton D. McKinnon, a Member of Congress from the State of

California

Statement of-

MARCH 9, 1949

James D. Carpenter, Jersey City, N. J.

107

R. Sturgiss Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pa

113

Hon. Edward H. Rees, a Member of Congress from the State of

Kansas

113

Judge Orie L. Phillips, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals,

Tenth Judicial Circuit_.

117

Chief Judge Harold M. Stephens, United States Court of Appeals for

the Judicial District of Columbia_

127

Chief Judge Bolitha James Laws, District Court of the United States

for the District of Columbia_.

148

Mr. Lowry N. Coe, President, District of Columbia Bar Association..

Mr. George Maurice Morris, member of the District of Columbia Bar

Association.

163

166

Hon. Cecil F. White, a Member of Congress from the State of Cali-

fornia___

168

Mr. John J. Carmody, American Bar Association and District of

Columbia Bar Association_

172

Mr. Godfrey Munter, Washington Board of Trade_

178

Hon. Campbell E. Beaumont, Judge, United States District Court for

the Southern District of California__

182

Statements submitted-

Letter, Clerk, United States District Court, District of New Jersey,

submitted by James D. Carpenter.

109

Resolution of the Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit,

submitted by Chief Judge Bolitha James Laws of the United States

District Court for the District of Columbia__.

163

Letter from Laurence W. Young, Esq., submitted by Hon. Cecil F.

White, a Member of Congress from the State of California__

Letter from Samuel F. Hollins, Esq., submitted by Hon. Cecil F.

White, a Member of Congress from the State of California__

Letter from William F. Partlow Esq., and Al Thomas, Esq., sub-

mitted by Hon. Cecil F. White, a Member of Congress from the

State of California_

168

169

169

Letter from Iener W. Nielsen, Esq., submitted by Hon. Cecil F. White,

a Member of Congress from the State of California__

169.

MARCH 11, 1949

Statement of—

Page

Mr. Zachary T. Wobensmith II, Philadelphia, Pa.

Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr., Chief Judge, United States Court of

Appeals, Fifth Judicial Circuit

201

202

Judge Louis E. Goodman, United States District Court, Northern

District of California_

212

Judge Campbell E. Beaumont, United States District Court, Southern

District of California__

215

Chief Judge William Denman, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth

Judicial Circuit_.

216

Will Shafroth, Chief of the Division of Procedural Studies and Statis-

tics of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts___

Chief Judge John Biggs, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Third

Judicial Circuit__

224

226

Chief Judge Harold M. Stephens, United States Court of Appeals for

the Judicial District of Columbia.

233

Statements submitted-

Letter from United States District Judge James A. Fee, of the District
of Oregon, submitted by Chief Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Judicial Circuit, John Biggs, Jr.--

Telegram from Theodore M. Gibbons, Jr., of the Federal Bar Associa-

230

tion of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, submitted by Hon.

Emanuel Celler, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary,

House of Representatives -

237

Telegram from Los Angeles Bar Association, submitted by Hon.

Emanuel Celler, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, House

of Representatives_

237