Show A QUESTION OF 0 PRECEDENCE I III II AJOR M JICA who is a sort M Lu 11 of sefel arbiter at t the tile White WhiteHouse 1 WhiteHouse te t House Hou is I ina In a peck of trouble over ever a question fuestion of precedents precedence At a recap recep reception recaption tion Uon given gien bv by b th the president pre and wad Mrs Mra Roosevelt elt in is honor of the supreme court one List last l Ft week k Major Majr McCale put pt se several eral ral members of the diplomatic corps ahead of the t Jus ion Justic tic lic iceS s There the justices j tite were r re great ret 1 Iv b incensed tn claiming that as the Ute re me eption v w as s in ii h their h nor they were ere entitled to at the head of the V The is raging aging fiercely in Washington and it is causing some amul to who take the question qu cf cC L precedence much less lam serf earl ou Iy than do the residents re of ot the I capital It is probably true that the justices should hould have hae headed the pa parade I rade rad past ast President Pr sod and Mrs Mr RooM R RI I velt elt Th Their Ther ir position should nave have cor er corresponded I responded cJ with that of the body that marches h behind the squAd d of f fl f l ohi in an open air ai procession p But it 1 t io is it difficult for most of us to under ua I I static jurl tan l ib wb why s much pother is being belli ru 1111 u over ter the thOV matter matterA A few ft years ea s hence wU re Ie remember member tr r care whether the justices t ur tr r thE diplomats mat marched first Ju JUIt Jio r IKC l tices are useful lIse uJ chiefly for their abil ability bU bUtt fly ity tt to tu hand band down decisions decision for tot their knowledge knowl e I of the law t od d their ability to interpret t it It equal and exact justice We would not DOt deny them the pleasure pl of ot attending atten Un receptions ia in h their honor but bat it does seem eem as i they should be above aboe noticing t what hai positions the they are given at each puch re me receptions at dinner dinners and the like W Ware t tar ar are not rot to think the any allY less of our a because they happen to tobe JEI be fifth firth or sixth instead of ot first In m the theline t theline line of mach niah we e are not going goin to think any UY more of them because e they stand first This precedence p e business i is coming coining to be b decidedly overdone in Washing Washington 8 tOll ton too tuo And does doe it strike you as aa significant that u we never heard beard so son n urh of or t as since iDee the Roosevelt b m Q |