The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 29, 1952, Page 3

Florida Supreme Court Question Tops List {Stevenson Is Gaining Friends Among Dixie Democrats Says Associated Press Survey ATLANTA (®—Dixie’s top Dem-;have thrown their active support;Southern states where Ike’s ocrats have closed ranks increas- | to Eisenhower, raising rosy Repub- | chances are brightest. Of Constitutional Amendments For Nov. 4th’ (Editors note: This is the sec- ond in a ‘ies about proposed amendments to the Florida Con- stitution which will be on the Nov. 4 general election ballot) TALLAHASSEE (® — Florida voters next week will ratify or | reject a broad constitutional amendment that would add three jastices to the State Supreme Court and revise the whole admin- istrative organization of the judici- ary. Most of the debate has raged around the clause which would in- crease the Supreme Court from its t seven members to 10, and has become in a sense an. issue of public confidence in Gov. Fuller Warren. He would name the three new | justices just a month before he leaves office. Since he already has appointed three members of the court to fill vacancies during his term, ratification of the amend- ment would mean a majority of the justices would be Warren choices. The Florida Bar has, by vote of lawyers, prepared a list of 40 at- torneys from which Warren has said he intends to make his selec- tions. But there’s a whole lot more to the amendment than expansion of the Supreme Court. One of the most controversial features among lawyers are pro- visions which would let a minority of the court hand down decisions. | The amendment would allow the court to break itself up into three @ivisions of not less than three men each. Any division could hear any case presented to the court unless it involved the death sentence or interpretation of the Constitution. A majority of a division—two of the three justices who heard the HOST OF NEWSMEN ARE COVERING UN SESSION UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. #— ‘Phe United Nations today counted 827 reporters and photographers from 43 countries who are cover- ing the current assembly. United States had the most: 194. case—could hand down a decision for the whole 10-man court. Capital cases and constitutional questions would have to be heard by the chief justice and at least six other members of the court, but it would take only a majority |of those sitting to hand down a decision. In other words, it would be possible to uphold a death sen- tence by a vote of no more than four of the 10 justices. The present seven-man court now hears minor cases in divisions, have a majority of the whole court. If the four men on a division dis- agree, the case goes to the whole court. Supporters of the amendment say it is necessary to divide up the court’s work in order to clear the docket of a heavy volume of litigation. They also say the meth- od is no different than that used by the U. S. Court of Appeals. Critics say there is a difference between the federal circuit court, whose rulings are subject to re- view by the U. S. Supreme Court, and the State Supreme Court which itself has the final say on state questions. Some of them also say to take care of the load. The amendment would make the chief justice of the Supreme Court chief administrative officer of all the courts in the state. He would be charged with the | duty of seeing that litigation was | handled speedily throughout Flori- da in the various inferior courts, and he would have authority to | transfer judges from one place to | another for temporary service as he saw fit. 2 At present, the governor has the INDIA SHOWS INCREASE BOMBAY, India (®—India has | produced this year between 1,200,- 000 and 1,300,000 tons of rice more than last year, an all-time record increase, Food Minister Rafi Ah- med Jidwai reports, We “Notice the different expressions! 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The amendment would give the Supreme Court specific power to “make rules governing the admin- istration of all courts in the state, and the practice and procedure in all such courts.” It also says the Supreme Court “‘shall have juris- diction over the admission to the practice of law and the discipline of persons admitted.” Sponsors say the court always has had inherent power to govern though a legislative act was passed in 1943 authorizing it to change the rules of practice. Although admissions to the prac- tice of law now are governed by a statutory board of law examiners, the board operates under rules promulgated by the Supreme Court. Several years ago, the court ruled it had authority to require all lawyers to be members of the bar and set up machinery within the bar to discipline unethical at- torneys—then it put such a system called “integration,” into effect. | The three new justices would be | | U. S. senators and congressmen on |record for Stevenson — with a | way, | precedently active and hopeful Re- | | publicans, however, point to bolts jby a few prominent figures and | | hands” although planning to vote | ficeholders as meaning that a vote appointed for two-year terms end- ing in January, 1955. In the 1954 | general election, one of the new | members would run for a two-year | term; one for four years and one | for six. There is nothing to provide | which should seek the short and which the long term. They would ‘have to decide that among them- } only authority to assign a judge | selves. RICE PRODUCTION IN |QUEEN’S COUSIN WINS FANCY DRESS TROPHY LONDON (# — Gerald Lascelles, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, blacked his face, put on his oldest shirt and trousers and trun- dled himself around as a sup- posedly legless “Porgy” to win first prize at the English Opera Group’s fancy dress ball here last night. Lascelles borrowed his wheeled platform from the American com- pany now playing the George Gershwin-Dubose Heyward opera “Porgy and Bess” in London, 15 CHINESE GUNBOATS BATTLE IN HONG KONG HONG KONG @®—Reports from Macau today said 15 small Chinese Nationalist gunboats and three Chi- nese Communist craft battled for 12 hours in the Pearl River Estu- ary between here.and the Portu- guese colony Monday night and Tuesday morning. The outcome was not known. PROFESSOR ADVOCATES SINGING IN BATHTUB ATLANTA (#—In the interest of the better life, an Emory Univers- ity medical professor advocates ae time for singing in the bath tub. In an article in the October issue of the Emory University Quarterly, Dr. Herbert E. Alden, assistant professor of clinical medicine, wrote: “We need more time for reading, relaxing and singing in the bath. “Present-day bath methods and manners are such as to take us away from the physical and spirit- ual comforts of the lazy, timeless, restful immersion of our bodies in tubs of warm water.” pointment in Monroe County as Factory Represtative for Weathermaster Jalousies & Window Co.. Inc., mak- er of a complete line of fine metal & glass Jalosies. As our introductory offer we are making available an extruded glass jalousie door with removable screen for the amazingly low price hoe Stop by for an inspection at $1734 Duval Street — 10:00 A.M. — 3:00 P.M. PHONE 1799 $39.49 OR 1055-M | i } i { ingly behind Gov. Adlai Stevenson in the closing days of the bitter 1952 presidential campaign. Despite some conspicuous defec- | tions which could cost Stevenson! some of the Solid South electoral | votes, an Associated Press survey | today showed more than 80 per} cent of this section’s governors, | majority of these active in some in behalf of the party’s standardbearer. Dissenting Democrats and un- insist that much of the support for the Democratic nominee actually is “for the record” to preserve | claim to the party regularity which | almost always has been vital to | political advancement in the South. These supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican nominee, argue that many top bracket Democratic officials are giving only token aid to Stevenson | or are actually “sitting on their Democratic. This, the Ike supporters reason, will be accepted by many normally Democratic voters and lesser of- for Ike won't actually be viewed this time as a vote for the Re- publicans. Govs. Allan Shivers of Texas, Robert Kennon of Louisiana and | bama, James Byrnes of South Carolina licans’ hopes that part or all of the three states’ 42 electoral votes will go to Ike. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, a powerful figure in. Virginia, has repudiated | the party’s nominee but did not} say he would follow through by vot- ; ing for Eisenhower. But eight of the other nine gov- ernors in the South are active in | Stevenson’s behalf—and the other, | Herman Talmadge of Georgia, says | he’ll vote for Stevenson “reluc- tantly.” And all the other 25 South- ern senators either are campaign- ing for the Illinois governor, are raising funds for his campaign or, at least, have said they’d vote for him. Of the 122 Southern members of the U. S. House of Representatives, only one Democrat, Rep. L. Mendel Rivers of South Carolina, has an- nounced in favor of Eisenhower. About 95 are supporting Steven- son actively or passively. the few Republicans all are backing Ike; the remainder are uncommitted. The lineup of other state offi- cials and state party leaders is about the same. State and party officials in Ala- Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky are solidly for Stevenson. And all are engaged in an active campaign in his behalf. Florida is in almost the same category except that Sens. Spes- sard Holland and George Smathers are not campaigning. Florid= gen- erally is rated with South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas among the | In North Carolina the only ‘‘cool- | ness” toward the national ticket is reported from Sen. Smith and Rep. Graham Barden. But they are urg- ing voters to vote a Democratic ticket from “constable to presi- dent.” Elsewhere, the picture varies somewhat. Four of Texas’ most prominent | members of Congress, Sens. Tom Connally and Lyndon Johnson, and Reps. Sam Rayburn and Wright {| Patman, head the Stevenson cam- \ paign in that state. No member of the Texas con- gressional delegation is known to be supporting Eisenhower and | most of the 21 House members are | actively or passively backing Stev- | enson, | In addition to Gov. Shivers, Atty. |General Price Daniel, unopposed candidate to succeed Connally State Democratic Chairman Wal- lace Savage; and virtually the en- |tire State Central Committee are active in support of Eisenhower. DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL LEARN TO FLY LONDON (®—The Duke of Edin- | burgh, whose passion for driving fast sports cars has given Buck- |ingham Palace officials anxious | moments, now is thinking of leara- ing to fly. If state duties permit, the 31- year-old husband of Queen Eliza- | beth II may be trained by crack | Royal Air Force instructors at the RAF Training College in Cranwell. Wednesday, October 29,1952. Tre KEY west CITIZEN 4-MILLION WORKERS IN UNITED STATES WASHINGTON # — Rep. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois Republican, said country are working live.” He attributed this to “fright- ful inflation.” BOLIVIA HAS INVITED U. S. TO LABOR MEET LA PAZ, Bolivia ® — The government has invited some labor }. leaders and newsmen from through out the Americas to attend cere- monies next Friday. formally na- tionalizing Bolivia’s three large tin-producing companies. Americans invited include John L. Lewis, Philip C. Murray and William Green, heads of the United Mine Workers, CIO and AFL re- spectively. ees ae aeons: THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI Car Demolished troyed was reported by Florida Highway patrolman Marvin J. Wil- der today. The 1948 Dodge of Mr. and Mrs, Summerlin of Marathon caught fire Saturday night half a mile below Capt. Eddies. “Evidently they had been driv- ing with their emergency brake on,” Wilder reported. “The brake drum caught fire and ignited the back sea. 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