Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1936, Page 7

" SUPRENE COURT Richardson Praises and Richberg Assails Acts ~of Justices. Functions of the Supreme Court tinder the Constitution were both de- fended and criticized last night in a debate between Seth W. Richardson, former Assistant Attorney General, and Donald R. Richberg, former N. R. A. administrator, in the opening Legal Forum session of the George- fown Law School Alumni Club. Eulogizing “those nine old men” as ‘the champions of humanitarian as well as property rights under the Con- stitution, Richardson, a member of the local bar, told the 400 assem- bled attorneys that the court, by bringing about a “decrease of short cuts to Utopia,” stood as the safe- guard against despotism in the ex- ecutive branch and absolutism in the Jegislative department of the Gov- ernment. Richberg lashed at the Supreme District of Columbia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle to mod- erate winds, mostly easterly. Maryland—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer on the coast. Virginia and West Virginia—Gen- erally fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temgerature, River Report. Potomac River clear and Shenan- doah slightly cloudy today. Report for Last 24 Hours, ."Barometer, Inches. 0.1 01 3021 3035 3043 30.4 Record for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 73. 3 pm. yesterday; year Lowest. 48 . today. Year ago, 58. Record Temperatures This Year, Highest. 105. on July 10. Lowest, 0, on January 23. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 83 per cent. at 9 p.m. y Lowest, 28 per cent, Din. yesterday: ‘Tide Tables. (Furnished by United St ¥ Geodetic Burveys ‘f“_’"‘ gud o Court, terming it a “super legisla- Hi;h - ture” that is “thwarting the will of the people,” and calied upon the bar to help create such a power of public apinion as will make the tribunal cor- pect its errors, “The Supreme Court” he said, *has recently acquired such a power as to nullify legislation as has never before been exercised, but, on the con- trary, has always been denied.” The forum was inaugurated by E. Barrett Prettyman, former corporation | Fe counsel, who is president of the alumni, as a means for general discussion of current legal problems. It will be held monthly. Richardson, who made the opening eddress, contended that the specific power of the court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional is not an usurped power, and that the court had not departed from its sphere as a judi- cial body. He denied it had lost touch with the people and had become * rich man’s court.” He also opposed criticism of the ma- dority rule by which the court has | rendered its famous 5-to-4 decisions, contending that any change would re- sult in the court being controlled by a minority. “I know nothing more peculiarly American than the decision of our af- fairs by majority rule” Richardson said. Any change, “he said, would make the Supreme Court the creature of other branches of the Government.” He defended the justices in their attitude on human rights, pointing to the Scottsboro case and saying: “Those nine old men! I stand aghast at the suggestion that they are cold, {nhuman, unsocial and senile.” Richberg, who touched upon the re- cent overthrow of New Deal admin-| istrative agencies in contending that | the court had usurped legislative au- thority, said: “Such a transfer of the control of Government from the elective legis- lators to a judiciary appointed for life, | if permanently accepted, would be the most far-reaching and radical change | in our institutions since the adoption | of the Constitution. “I do not believe that this change s being consciously or deliberately brought about by members of the Su- preme Court. But I do believe that the spiritual heirs of those who, in the birth of our Republic, distrusted popular government, are doing all in| their power to subject the legislative | branch of Government to the control of a judiciary not responsive to public opinion. “And I am coavinced that our great experiment in popular government is being thwarted and ultimately will fail if the legislative power is not soon released from such a paternal- istic control.” — To Study in California. Sixty Australian farmers will come % California in 1937 to study, agri- eultural processes. 3 WELL, MA'AM, T Low Sun, today __ Sun. tomorrow Automobil e utomobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. . Precipitation, Monthl: recipitatic 1 Cavital Qurrent mont to anters % the Month, Record. 7.00 ‘g papte P e Dy o b4 20 37223025 x EISEMAN’S o SEVENTH & F Women's and Misses’ FUR-TRIMMED COATS *35 CHARGE IT! 4 MONTHS TO PAY Hundreds of new coats just received. 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SILVER SPRING, Md., October 13— Determined to break up the practice of stores in the District of Columbia delivering liquor in the county and the habit of individuals of bringing liquor into the county from Washington stores, the Montgomery County Liquor Control Board yesterday announced it would wage an intensive drive against offenders. Ralph S. Fowler, chairman of the board, declared that despite the fact the law forbidding the transporting sf more than one quart of any alcoholic beverage at a time into the State for sale or consumption, or not more than two quarts a month, has been in effect for some time, it is still being openly — arrest of James Garnett, colored, of Takomsa Park, by a deputy of ths board. Garnett was arrested with two quarts of whisky and a case of beer which he had purchased at a store Just across the District line from Silver Spring, authorities said. His case will be heard in Police Court Friday. Before adopfing two new regulations governing the sale of beer in the county, the board at its session yester- day voted to call & meeting of all wholesale and retail dealers Monday in the Liquor Dispensary Building here at 4 pm. The first regulation would fix a uniform deposit for beer. cases, while the second would require all licensees to open the bottle in the presence of the patrons. The latter proposal was made following a complaint that sime- times the customer is served a brand of beer other than that ordered. D. €y J. M. Ganley of Boyds for an on-sale beer license at Paul's Place, on the Party Files in Rhode Island. PROVIDENCE, R. I, October 13 () ~The Union party entered the campaign in Rhode Island yesterday by filing nomination papers for three candidates for State Representative from Providence. One candidate is already a Democratic nominee. The party also filed papers indors- ot detode s0e Myers = convit ogens. 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