Show r e ey W y N i t r vw 4 J k r hs r 0 y ra c ca ci a i 1 c t Iu e 7 it Caper 1 II r Io n w In Jh II 1 tote o eurt urt The Tho Supreme pm Court ort of 01 the 11 filo left It'll to right JotI Jo Terry 1 r J JIre leree Roller Boll and Telco If 0 tone Stoul t I right Ut Ju Ju Clark Other C Chief JotI 11 11 era Taft Jull Ju e Willi Von on no nod Loul lla f A T ST I I were we're wre going oln to provide pro pr- I vide 1 d n II to t home for fr 4 our higher judicial ll b i the Supreme un me Court Curt of ili lie i Slates It caine Callie tt to tail lon In III 1801 1501 and andu since I Itin Hint hll t time lime Ime lift him bees beell I iC hou housed d wit the lilt lie walls of o othe C the 11 Its Iti q 1 present lIt home borne the of nn historic kits io st JIBS has been outgrown on i grown Throughout America the small town small e Is generally the slaw h hv v place of It the hut huh In 10 Washington time tile visitor lUll has a 8 time lIme In lo 10 looting dating the naon's n Om COUlt And when wJ It la hi fount llund It proves not only unattractive c but also ln- ln in inadequate adequate te for the Fie ps pose It must erve ere f rIAl situation will wll ne n changed If the next congre congress I ee hew t PI lit fit to provide nn an for a ii new temple of Jus Jus- lice Jus lice ce of Vie tte nation notIon can cun be proud Je proposed site bUt s lt lies just across the plaza east of I f the easily visible through trees from the halls of If tan congress This site Bite at present Is b by an nu apartment nt Mil and he lie Old Capitol Capito structure now 11 of the National Wom- Wom an in Hl s part party On tills this historic spot It I Is proposed ed to 10 erect creel a D building which will be ade- ade iune for the and In harmon harmony with the dl dignity of the llio United States t court The TIlt late laIc Henry lla- lla Bavon Ha 1 von on jn had drown drawn the Ihl plans for the new structure before his Ills death early In 1 2 1 Bacons Bacon's masterpiece Is the lie Lin Lili- Lincoln I coln 1110 memorial After Arter finishing shing It he declared there was as only one more work lie hl would like to do-a do do a bull building for the Supreme Ule Court of the United Shies 1 In addition to tile the courtroom th the I melt building will provide ample pace fur for or of time the Jus Justices flees tices facilities for the various O llou court adequate library space E I 1 loin more Inore suitable accommodation for forthe forthe forI I the reception or of o counsel who come to 10 appear r before this high tribunal I Where Sphere Is the court coort housed I Howl 2 Walking north along the he capt lol 10 corridor fr frd fn o 1 tie house of mire mire- nr or flat t comes to 11 II pasI g pas pas- pas I HiI gw guIlt r rl 1 hy by I T two bUit butts busts one of S 'S n M in n and mid the other ot of Champ Cirr former fruer speaker of ot the e Lowe t A fc fel rr tit r r farther further Is 18 1 Statuary hall tilled hued nuh II Its lia statues of Amen Amerl- nil who ht 1 i tf nen t hr n d cl worth worthy I of It such Buch ho 11 li I rr r Next Is tits till rotunda under tinder vim r e UI mi dune dome you yon 1 find Om gull reclaiming i 1 the lie rits nr-rits if f the lar large t ng the Hie bUll buti bUllI tl hup-tl I slam Hm ni of Pocahontas and line the r ot of at On 0 mm through II rough the rotunda l one line pa next n ft a circle of Just la Is I nn almost t unnoticed doorway Over O It Is n shield of ot the United States In Inside hie this doorway Is the court court- courtroom courtroom room of the United States States court It II Is much like auy any other I rt room Behind the lon long Ions bench to In tile the fore tore part of the room sit the jus jus- justices justices tices In comfortable leather chairs with the chief justice In the Hie middle In front of the Hie bench are places for counsel Toward the rear Is a semi semi- semicIrcle semicircle circle of seats for visitors visitor The rooms room's capacity Is scarcely 1 0 persons per ons Facing the courtroom on ou time tile site ite sl side of the corridor are art two occupied by time Ole clerk of at the court and his hie aids aills Here are found the names of those admitted to practice practice tice before this tribunal tribunal- Next to these rooms on the north Is the roh In ins room lined with portraits Ine lag Ing several e of John Marshall Here the Justices go o to don their robes be- be before be before fore flung Into the time courtroom In tl the e order of their appointment behind the chief justice Below In time lie basement Is a n con colt conference ference room where the Justices gather ather to discuss cases Because ot of lad lack of ot other splice space some yol- yol vol volumes nines umes are art crow crowded ell Into this room cross cross the hall halt Is 1 the library of the court The present facilities are utterly inadequate There here Is not even en enough room for each cadi Justice to have a 1 private private vate yute office odice Justice Sutherland mind Justice Sanford have ha a room at lit time the capitol and Justice Stone has hns one In Inthe time the senat office building but time tile theother other nJ members of the time court their offices at their private resi real residences dences The Supreme court first met net In New NewYork ew York city In February Y No busi- busi business business ness appeared and nothing happened for a n considerable time other than thun the a admission of u few v counselors After two terms lerms In New York Tork city the government O having hn been trans transferred ferret to Philadelphia the court Ourt also I Imet met meet there WIen In preparations were being heln made maile for a D federal city elaborate provisions were agreed on for housing the lie ecu ex-ecu- executive executive tive thoe and brunches branches but nl ap apparently parenti no one remembered the time Sn Su- Su preme prenie court ourt Finally lIy the commissioners loners sent ent a letter to con con- s gre-s railing calling attention to the time oversight over over- sight Eight That a n room In the capitol was I Ithen then hen assigned a Id Is shown by Iy 11 n t found In the Annals Annalu of Congress Con lit of tI I January 21 1 1801 sandwiched Items ml relating to the erection er of n 1 i m to 10 George mini minia n a dl cu slon Ion of a tariff on liquors Time court ourt Pl mO moved about to tn r In lu the Ille lie for most ut of 1111 Ih prior to occupying R a ah ah h u II i I i ow coin 11 J In n 1 Robert Kobert Milli IJ h f r rI i I n I Washington 11 ton architect t said Bald i The death of ot some of at our most tal tal- lal- lal talented talented Jurists has lias been heen attributed to thIs location of the courtroom a and It would be but common Justice In congress to pro l provide e better accommodations accommodations for tor Its sittings Finally In 1859 It was proposed that the old oil senate chamber be used for tor the court together with several adjoining office rooms The suggestion lion tion was severely criticized one sena- sena senator sena senator tor remarking Now OW I would like to I know what use there can be for tour fourS fourteen teen rooms for the he Supreme court The proposal carried however The old chamber now the court courtroom room Is Indeed historic There on May 1 12 1840 1510 the senate pa passed sed An act providing for the prosecution of othe the existing existing war between time the United States and the Republic of or MexIco There on March 7 1850 1820 Webster rose roseand roseand roseand and began Mr Mc President I wish to speak today todDY not as a n Massachusetts man nor as ns a n northern man but all as allon asan a aan an on American I speak today for the preservation of the Union I One of ot the most dramatic scenes scene witnessed In the chamber occurred I when Representative e Brooks of South Carolina approached Charles Sumner Suir ot of Massachusetts as us the latter wa was seated at his hl desk after atler the days day's pro pro- proceedings proceedings cee Referring to an nn address de do- delivered I livered by Sumner on slavery Brooks BrookA You said You have libeled my rny state and andI I feel It to be my duty to punish 31 for It lie He then n struck Sumner Stunner repeatedly with a heavy cane One who testified testified fied at the rt resulting Inquiry re- re re remarked marked markell Time The same licks on on nn ordinary nary nury skull would have IlIve smashed right through Sumner apparently hod had no ordinary skull and und he survived d to take a prominent part In the bitter battles of reconstruction The visitor to the courtroom today notices nine busts of ot the time forme chief Justices ranged ed about the wall One Is of ot John Marshall of whom It I is sold said that his brilliance was teas onU ex- ex exceeded ex x exceeded h by his Ills thin informality-thin Informality tha he often took his place on the bench broh with burrs f sticking to his clothes that II he pitched d quoits and went to market markel I with u n basket on one arm Iri In In e everything e except adequate sur- sur surroundIngs surroundings sur I the Supreme court has been j enlarged The number of justices has Then n from six alx to 10 nine The salary has Increased from 1000 for the chief hasI I Justice and OO for tor the associate to 10 and 1400 respectively 1 Un lively ly The umber of cases h has s risen tr In tile the early early- arl days tin the I court frequently adjourned for or lack I fir tf business and for many ninny years yeara there I wits a mm very err limited number of cases at the time bel of ot the the October HI a term lerm there were 1303 cases on the docket d |