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
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"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
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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.
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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.
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