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0-19 (Rev. 10-29-57) °° I> L eat sa ag gE ae —— _ olson Ys ‘Famiditions J age: spact.than when thep-onat the- man tous Ju deciding votes to ask for legis- i The Dis ¥ Cotumbia ‘lation to nullify the decisions ‘Clreuit _ Judicial Conference ‘of the Supreme Court? One. esenited a disgraceful apes ‘wonders if 4 if they were moti. | fale. an ~ “yated by the fact that so many: eases heard by. the Su- preme Court arising in the- District of Columbia Circuit in . the past 10 years. have been. reversed. Tele. Room _. If our local judges are to VA Holloman . - There fa a doctrine | n the | Constitution of the United! ‘States and in our tradition | which says that there is a sep- | aration of powers of the ex- l ecutive; the judicial and the legislative od nches of Gov ernment. At the Judicial Con- ; ference we had a member of the executive branch of Gov- ernment, the United States At- torney, and his . Aggictant, | ies Flannery, imploring L be respected, they rust con- duct themselves in a manner to demand respet | WILLIAM ILKINS. ateohington: $ ey Gandy ——._. the Conference to ask the legislative branch of Govern- ment to nullify the ruling of the highest court in the Na- tion, . ' Even after Chief Judge _ Edgerton said that, as a judge, he would refrain from voting ,on a motion to recommend “that, Congress change Rule 5 ida, of the Federal Rules of | ‘Criminal Procedure, ‘the! ‘judges of the United States: District Court for the District of Columbia, on the not too subtle urging of their chief. judge, voted to recommend to Congress that Rule 5 (a) be amended to void a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court. The votes of these { judges decided the actlon of the Conference. More disgraceful was the ) fact that the judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia , as the Congress to censor the ourt of the re . Unite States fo ng Z Andrew Mallery v. United Wash, Post and States. How can judges who . Times Herald did this expect lawyers, Ht: , Wash. News ——__ “gants_and, the publiv“t0Tt-| Wash, Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journai- American REC. 26 N. Y. Mirror —___ N. Y. Daily News — i 1G2. r 2 7F 7S N. Y. Times —____ 5 ker ; NOT RECORDED Daily Wor M The Worker —____ wt ] Ay 22 1968 New Leader ____- a) . : : ___— ele a Date —.__-_____—_- \ 038 MAY 26 wba | MAY 1 6 1958