Suits in admiralty. as of July 1. 1935. 5 months. as of July 1. 1936. 2 months. " Judge Cushman has written a letter. dated March 19. 1937. and with your permission. I would like to read from that letter: "I will say that it is my opinion that with an additional Judge for the western district of Washington cases in its courts could and would be more promptly tried. and the judges trying such cases would be given a better opportunity for the consideration of the questions therein arising. . "The assignment of additional judges from without the district. while very- helpful. would not. in my opinion. be as effective in carrying on the work of the district as the appointment of an additional judge or judges. "While a judge assigned to a district other than his o n may be able to as satisfactorily dispose of criminal and other jury cases as a resident judge. yet equity causes and other matters requiring the judges attention and action. a judge from the outside visiting the district for a limited time cannot be expected to satisfactorily consider and determine. In many cases the settling of pleadings by a judge other than the judge who will try the case is unsatisfactory. "Regarding the present condition of the dockets in this district. the clerk has supplied me with figures set forth on the accompanying sheet. followed by a statement from the annual report of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1936. page 234. ] The totals shown make no mention of naturalization hearings which require 3 or more days time of a judge each month. "At present I am considering a case in which the last testimony was heard in January 1936. There are about 3.000 pages of testimony and almost 2.500 pages of briefs in this case. "In my opinion. the work of the courts in this district will be not diminished but substantially increased In the future. "I am sending a copy of this letter to the Senators and Representatives from this State. "Respectfully. "EDwARD E. CUsHMAN.
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