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Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tkm. Mr. Clerr. Mr. Coffey. Mr. Glavin Mt. Ladd Ur. Roson Mr. Traey Mr. Acers Mr. Carson High Court Rule Mr. Harbo. Mr. Hendon Wrangle Looms! Prospective Ways Out Mr. Mumford_ At present there are two pjos- Mr. Starke pective ways out. Congress ian Mr. Quinn Tamg In 2 Big Cases pas a law changing the quorum ruiil or the cases can lie in aljey. Mr. Ne... ands until the court's membership Mi. Gaady. is Re-shuffled. Three remedles thus far pro. By BANNING E. WHITTINGTON posed nave come in for violent. A fight paralleling in intensity criticism for fear that if the legal quorum were reduced the court preme Colirtreorganlzatfonmam- would be "unbalanced" snd conse- paign in 1937 nay deyelop about Iquently become unrepresentative the tribunal soon.but thr. ame the Of the' true court majority. Chfer Executive will be an onlook. One is a bill by Representative Hatton W.Sumners (D.).of Itake an active hand. Texas, chairman of the House At issue are three moves to Jjudiciary Committee, under which change_the court's Jegal quorum five justices would constitutea without .changing numerical bench-or quorum-permitting le Size of the bench. This is proposed so jhat two cases of great import, basis. nowy hanging fire, could bef reop. The American Bar Assoclatlon's ennd. reaction was instant. It called Fie Constitute Quorum the bill "ad hoc in character."' This means that the cases tied up They are the Governmeat's anti- might be cleared but that there trust suit against me umnum would be establtshed a dangerous Compajy Americe. mown _ pollcy whereby three-judge Alcoa, and the Securities and Fx. majority couid adJudicate ques- chare Commission's drective to the North "American Company. portance. Rlant utifty holding syndicate, to Other Measures Proposed sets A second plan-by Representa- Six Justices have constituted - tive Zebulon Weaver D.)of quorum since the days when the North Carolina. would automati- tribunal numbered i1. In the Alcos cally remand the cases to the case, four of the present nine Jus- Circuit Courts of Appeals where tices-Chief Justice Harlan F. Ithey originated. Stone and Justlces Stanley Reed, The third alternative -_dug- Frank Murphy and Robert H gested by Representative Eqles Jackson-have disqualified them- Kefauver (D.),of Tennesse- Selves because of prior connection woud authorize retired justlcea to with the Department ot Justice. fill I quorum. A quartet of justices whose Slould any Of. the plans be names have never been made pub-] Ipuslled, a long, bitter fight is cer. tain. eligibh in the North Amerigan case.vith both actlons thus ted up tht court has transferred thjm to a ypecial docket--pending ie velopments. DED 7 JAN 5 1348 JAN 3 1944 y 71944 34 JAN WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD Page_