10/13/1937
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"My desire is to strengthen the administration of justice and to make it a more effective servant of public need."
"The time has come when further legislation is essential."
"I earnestly recommend that the necessity of an increase in the number of judges be supplied by legislation providing for the appointment of additional judges in all federal courts."
"It must be borne in mind that the expense of maintaining the judicial system constitutes hardly three-tenths of one percent of the cost of maintaining the federal establishment."