Texas during the last 5 months of 1958, I do not know whether we can base any considered judgment on the figures for those 5 months alone. In any event, I do know that the burden that we have is too great to be carried by only two judges in this district.

While compensation cases filed in the district have decreased during the last 5 months of 1958, this has afforded me very little relief in my division points at Waco, San Antonio, and Austin. Most of my compensation cases are settled without a trial.

With kindest personal regards, I am,
Yours sincerely,

BEN H. RICE, U.S. District Judge.

WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

TABLE 1.-Civil cases commenced and terminated, by fiscal year, and pending at the end of each year beginning with 1941

TABLE 2.-U.S. civil cases and criminal cases commenced and terminated, by fiscal year, and pending at the end of each year beginning with 1941

U.S. CIVIL CASES (UNITED STATES A PARTY)

CRIMINAL CASES 2

[Cases transferred are not included in "Commenced" and "Terminated" columns]

1 Price and rent control cases are separately listed from 1943 to 1953. In many of these years they constituted a large proportion of all civil cases commenced, although they required on the average a relatively small proportion of court time per case for disposition. They are included in the figure which they follow. 2 Criminal illegal immigration cases commenced are listed in parentheses for 1952 and subsequent years and they are included in the figure which they follow. For the years 1942 through 1951 the number of defendants, usually 1 per case, is shown separately. These cases are listed because they constitute a large proportion of the criminal cases in the district, although pleas of guilty are entered in almost all of them with result that the judical time devoted to the disposition of each case is relatively small.

1 Immigration cases have been eliminated from this table because they occur in volume in only 5 districts on the Mexican border and because the average judicial time per case for their disposition is small. 2 This column includes 86 districts for 1949 and thereafter; 84 districts before 1949.

1 The median time interval in months is computed for the civil cases in which a trial was held, which were terminated during the year, excluding land condemnation, habeas corpus and forfeiture proceedings. No median interval is shown for the years 1945 through 1952 where less than 25 cases were terminated after trial. For the year 1953 and subsequent years, where there were less than 25 cases terminated after trial, a median is listed with an asterisk on the basis of the number of cases terminated after trial for the last 2 years, provided there were 25 such cases for the 2 years.

TABLE 5.-Cases commenced per judgship in this district and in 86 districts, by nature of suit, fiscal year 1956

"Whereas the San Antonio Bar Association has heretofore expressed itself by resolution to the effect that there is need for an additional U.S. district court to handle the business and caseload in the western district of Texas; and "Whereas it is the concensus of opinion of the members of the San Antonio Bar Association that such need still exists and will continue to exist: Now therefore, be it

"Resolved by the San Antonio Bar Association, That is go on record with the U.S. Senators of Texas and the U.S. Congressman from Bexar County, Tex., reiterating its former position and urging the creation of such additional U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; be it further

"Resolved, That the executive secretary of the San Antonio Bar Association be authorized, upon adoption of this resolution, to forward to the U.S. Senators for Texas and the U.S. Congressman of Bexar County, Tex., a copy of this resolution."

Adopted in meeting assembled on the 10th day of March, A.D. 1959.
ADRIAN A. SPEARS, President.

FEBRUARY 17, 1960.

Hon. PAUL J. KILDAY
House of Representatives.

DEAR COLLEAGUE: Thank you for sending me a copy of a resolution adopted by the San Antonio Bar Association on February 9, 1960.

I shall be most happy to have this resolution entered into the record of the hearings on the omnibus judgeship bill, H.R. 6159, just after your testimony in support of an additional judge for the western district of Texas.

Sincerely yours,

EMANUEL CELLER, Chairman.