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EDGAR HOOYER Pirsctot Jederal Bureau of Jrhestigatim. LBN:GC H $. Drpabant af Iutir. Hzshagten, . c. June 24, 1936. FR EMORANDUM FOR MR. TOLSON AN There appeared in the May issue of. Esquire# rticle appears to be rather frank discussion $f the interwor ings of the ninds otcrininal lawyers as exemplified by Clarenc Darrow. It is thought that possibly portions of this article might be helpful to the Director in making future addresses, at which time he night desire to point out how unscrupulous criminal + lawyers stiulate disrespect for law and influence crime conditions. In the course of this article, Mr. Darrow attempts to discuss justice and the jury and goee into rather minute detail as to what facts to consider in selecting a jury. Pertinent portions of the article are set out below:. "The stage, the arena, the court, are alike in that each has its audience thirsting to drink deeply of the passing shon." The author then goes on to state that youth frequently chooses law as a profession because it brings him before the public eye. In commenting on courts he states, *Chancery cases are not especially i interesting nor exciting, however. These are supposed to be heard. by a judge. He lietens long enough to feel satisfied that the case promises to consume considerable time and work and interfere with many hours of leisure, so he refers it to a 'Master in Chancery,' a lawyer-friend of his own appointment, who is paid by fees that come directly from the litigants; the Master in Chancery employs a court reporter who takes the evidence in shorthand while the Master. may take a nap" and later the documents are *locked up in a safe. to await the blowing of Gabriel's horn.". 3 "Always the element of luck and chance looms large." If. it is a criminal case, it is not the facts themselves-or-the law alone that determine the reaults.. N 62-450/4-j RECORDED & INDEXED P. M. the opinions and fads of judges and jurors. Propertytrights are Safer in the hands of courts than jurors. The more. Jawyer kmons of life, human nature, psychology, and the reactipns of the human FIl emotions, the better he is equipped to select thg -tgelve men, good and true." H1 90 1935 COPIES DESTROYED 83 0CT 13 196%