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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, April 13, 1959 Thousands Being Denied Rights By Crowed Dockets in Courts By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent Washington - (LTD - Timmy was 2 years old when he was hit by a truck that swerved carelessly into the driveway of his home. Now Timmy is 5, and walks with the aid of crutches. His father, who earns $120 a week as a salesman, is $6,000 in debt for Timmy's medical bills. Why doesn't he sue the operator of the truck for damages? He did three years ago. But the case still hasn't come to trial. Timmy's father, who told his story in a letter to At torney General William P. Rogers, is one of thousands of Americans who are being denied their Constitutional right to prompt justice. They are victims of con gestion in the courts. Today there are more than 80,006 cases awaiting trial in Fed eral district courts. This is the biggest backlog in history and it is getting bigger every day. No Longer Than Six Weeks Lawyers and judges say it should never take longer than six months to bring a civil case to trial. But out of 91 Federal district courts in the nation, there are only 7 in which a plaintiff has an even chance of getting his case tried within that length of time. ". The average delay in Fed eral courts is one year. And in some heavily populated urban districts of the East and Midwest, it is much longer. For example, the usual waiting period in Brooklyn is 42 months; in Pittsburgh, 33 months; in Cleveland, 30 months; in New York City, 26 months; in Philadelphia, 26 months; in Milwaukee; 26 months; in Denver, 20 months; and in Chicago, 18 months. Slowed lo Crawl Congested dockets also are slowing justice to a crawl in many state, county and muni cipal courts. In. 1958, it took an average of 9V2 months to bring a personal injury case to jury trial in non-Federal courts. This national average is deceptive, however, because it includes many small-town courts where justice is still relatively swift. In the big cities, the aver age wait in lower courts of general jurisdiction is about 19 months. Chicago's Cook County has the dubious dis tinction of dispensing the slowest justice in America. If you filed a suit there today, you could reasonably expect to have it reach a jury in 1964. According to Attorney Gen eral Rogers, these figures are "shocking." In a statement to United Press International, Rogers re called the ancient legal axiom that justice delayed is justice denied. "The major shortcoming in our judicial systems today, both Federal and state, is that Federal Authorities Arrest Man in Valley Rudd Kolarich, 35, was ar rested at the Veterans Domi ciliary at Camp White last week by federal au thorities on a warrant from the board of paroles in Wash ington, D.C. Kolarich, who was lodged in the county jail, is a condi tional release violator and had originally been sentenced to federal penitentiary for forg ing and cashing checks, it was reported. PRIEST ARRESTED Warsaw (UPD Roman Cath olic Priest Zygfryd Jablonski is under arrest on charges of maltreating children in re ligious instruction classes, it was announced Saturday. In the latest case of the Commu1 nist government's anti-clerical campaign, the priest was ac cused of beating students for bad behaviour and for not having copybooks, the prose cutor's office said. Durban, South Africa (DPD The 25 men who' jammed themselves into a Volkswag en here Sunday said they knew it wasn't a record, but they had one distinction: the driver was still able to steer. it takes too long to get a Others become worthless case tried in court, Kogers said. "Most people cannot afford to wait two, three and in some instances four or more years in order to have their day in court. "As a result, many legiti mate claims are settled at a fraction of their true worth. through the passage of time." Warren Agrees Chief Justice Earl Warren emphatically agrees. Delay in the courts is bad," he said recently, "be cause it deprives citizens of a basic public service. "It is bad because the lapse of time frequently causes de- Major Shortcoming Of Judicial System Is Time Consuming Editor's note: U.S. Attorney Gen eral William P. Koeers says in tne following dispatch written for UPI that the public must he awakened to the true seriousness of the court congestion problem if it is ever to be solved. By WILLIAM P. ROGERS Attorney General of the United States (Written for UPI) Washington-(UPD-The major shortcoming in our judicial systems today, both federal and state, is that it takes too long to get a case tried in the court, especially civil cases. Most people cannot afford to wait two, three and in some instances four or more years in order to have their day in court. As a result, many legitimate claims are settled at a fraction of their true worth and others become - ' t 1 f " 1 f J I M if IS IS HI f1f 1 tfgt JTY U ff if l If Hi! fin jVW.-y.ji , I mm mmnm economy run TESTS MILEAGE OF Mi U.S. C "I Saw Gasoline History Made"... Jim Bryan JIM BRYAN, winner of the 1958 Indian- anolis "500" and Derformance steward . of the 1959 Mobilgas Economy Run, saw gasoline history in the making. KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 9- Just four hours ago, 47 men and women, drivers in the 1959 Mobil gas Economy Run, wearily crossed tne nnisn line in ironi ot ine Muehlebach Hotel. They were dog-tired after 4V4 days and 1,898 miles of some of the toughest driving I've ever seen. Powered by Mobilgas Special, stock cars representing every U.S. make started from Los Angeles' Civic Center at dawn on April 5. First across the blistering desert,' then up, up to 11,988 feet and over the jagged spine of the Rockies, then over the prairies. And by the end of the Run they had bucked 342 miles of traffic in 147 towns and cities. Deserts, mountains, prairies and cities running at maximum legal speeds all the time! One of the drivers summed it up for me: Toughest, most demand ing grind I've ever been through. But when I needed it, Mobilgas Special came through with plenty of smooth, knock-free power. And it came through with plenty of economy, too! Official Results 1959 Mobilgas Economy Run COMPETITIVE CUSS OFFICIAL WINNER MILES PER GALLON Class A.... Compact Car Class ....Rambler American Deluxe... 25.2 . Class B Low Price Class, Six Cylinder. . . .Chevrolet Biscayne 22.3 CJass C .'...Low Price Class, Eight Cylinder.. .Plymouth Belvedere ...21.1 . Class D Low Medium Price Class ...Dodge Coronet 21.7 Class E Upper Medium Price Class Ford Thunderbird . .19.1 Class F High Price Class.. ...Cadillac Sixty-two 19.0 x Average of all cars entered 19.4 m.p.g. Best Mileage By Make Buick 18.8 Cadillac 19.0 Chevrolet "6" 223 Chevrolet "8" 19.2 Chrysler 19.6 DeSoto .19.0 Dodge ...... .....21.7 Edser'S" ..19.6 Edsel "8" 17.8 Ford "6" 20.3 Ford "8" .19.6 Imperial 18.2 Lincoln 172 Mercury .......... 18.9 Oldsmobile 18.2 Plymouth "8" 21.1 Pontiac 18.6 Rambler 25.2 Studebaker, 22.4 Thunderbird 19.1 Route of 1959 Mobilgas Economy Run ) WYOMING 1 v. I I L j NEVADA uTAhL " 'OWA Y V 7 a rnv!r'jI'l " I KANSAS I I , I i Grand Junction i Y riTY I ftji COLORADO KANSAS ANGELEK I" ARIZONA ' ' 7 1-A" j J j ARKANSAS ' L S NEW' tOK LAHOMAj ,''G3& i mexico i iicir ' J TEXAS VJ f tjjgj"' The Mobilgas Economy Run - an official test of cars competing with others in the same price class -is sponsored annually by General Petroleum, far-west affiliate of Socony Mobil, as a public service to motorists. Throughout the entire Run, cars, drivers and gasoline are carefully supervised by United States Auto Club officials. worthless through the passage of time. Great Pride The injustices flowing from delay are all the more shock ing because we are a nation which takes great pride in our ability to provide equal justice under law for all in dividuals. During the past few years, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Attorney General's Conference on Court Congestion and Delay, bar associations and other groups interested in improv ing our system of justice have given extended consideration as to how this deficiency can be overcome. Some progress, but not enough, has been made. Some conclusions are ines capable. .We need " more judges. We need to adopt bet ter administrative practices in order to obtain the maxi mum benefit from existing court facilities. We need a bet ter understanding among law yers that delay is harmful to the administration of justice. Serious Consequences But above all, the spotlight of public opinion must be fo cused on the serious conse quences which flow from pro longed delay. If the public could be awakened from its apathy, if people 'could be made to realize how serious the situation is both to them and to the nation as a whole, I am confident that the steps necessary to overcome delay in the administration of jus tice in this country would soon be forthcoming. Tobacco Smoke May Alter Life Span of Smoker Boston (Science Service Heavy smokers may have a shortened life span because of the protein-changing ability of tobacco smoke. The chemical acetaldehyde, used in perfumes, is also pres ent in tobacco smoke and ap parently reduces longevity by stiffening connective tissues, Dr. F. Marott Sinex and Bar bara Faris, Boston University School of Medicine, told a press conference at tne Am erican Chemical Society meet ing here. Acetaldehyde is so reactive that the moment a puff of smoke enters the lungs, the chemical seeks to combine with proteins. Tail Tendons Used Dr. Sinex exposed kangaroo tail tendons to water and passed them through puffs of cigarette smoke. It took the tendons 20 times longer to shrink when in the presence of the smoke. This could be analogous to the stiffening of tissues found 'in aging bones, skin, bl0bd- vessels, - and es pecially lungs, Dr. Sinex ex plained. Kangaroo tendons - were chosen because they have the purest bulk source of the im portant body proteins collag en and elastin. Elastin is the chief protein component of lungs and blood vessels. Pro tein is chemically the same anywhere in the living body, and presumably reacts the same regardless of location, Dr. Sinex said. Might Counteract Effects He also suggested a process which might counteract the adverse effects of tobacco smoke. The amino acid cysteine is capable of reversing the stif fening action of cigarette smoke, and might protect the smoker from injurious effects of compounds such as acetal dehyde. But the amount nec essary at the moment to give protection would induce ser ious physiological consequenc es, Dr. Sinex cautioned. DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone ' SP 2-2393 terioration of evidence and makes it less likely that jus tice will be done when the case is finally tried. "It ; is bad because delay may cause severe hardships to individuals, to families, to businesses operating with only a margin of capital, and to other parties similarily vulnerable when faced with unusual delay. "And it is bad because it brings to the entire court sys tem a loss of public confi dence, respect and pride." (Next: Hovr Did It Happen?) CONVEYOR KILLS BOY Dover, N. J. (DPD Six-year-old David Deans was killed during the week end when his head was' crushed in a supermarket conveyor belt while his parents were shopping. The boy stuck his head into a wall opening through which the conveyor belt was carying empty soda bottles to the basement. SOME CHANGES NEEDED -London (UPD - The British government's Gas Board ac knowledged today that its new special training school at Mere is completely outfit ted with electrical appliances and hasn't a gas outlet on the premises. Farm Laborer Dies Of Accident Injuries Heppner- (UPD -Charles W. Dugan, 21, of Natchez, Wash-, died in a hospital here early Saturday from injuries suffer Highway 74. State police said they were investigating to determine the cause of the crash. Dugan had been working as a farm labor er near Lexington. ARTIST DIES New York -(UPD- Alexander Rice, illustrator, artist and former motion picture art di rector, died Thursday at Beth El Hospital. He was 68. Electrical Wiring & Repair Industrial Commercial Residential Call Jack Henbest ' ROGUE ELEC. SERVICE SP 2-6603 104 S. Grape CLOGSTON'S Metal Weather Stripping and Screens Estimates Gladly Phone SP 3-1014 Evenings 7 Save on GUARANTEED Safeway Brand! Lucerne 3.8 T,rs Qualai. 47c Lucerne U ral. 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