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Show Senate Orders Riller Hearing WASHINGTON, Oct S tW The senate judiciary committee Monday ordered a further bearing bear-ing on the nomination of William Ritter to be federal district judgs for Utah. Sen. Kilgore (D, W. Va.), acting act-ing chairman, told reporters the committee referred the Salt Lake City attorney's nomination back i to a subcommittee. The hearing was set for 10- a.m. next Monday. Ritter has been nominated to succeed Judge Tillman f). Johnson, retired. Ben. Magnuson D Wash.) announced last Thursday that his subcommittee had approved ap-proved the nomination. No witnesses appeared at last week's hearing to oppose the nomination nom-ination but the subcommittee discussed dis-cussed criticism of Ritter by Knox Patterson, another Utah lawyer, in a letter. Patterson wrote that he thought the committee could find evidence that Ritter believes the constitution constitu-tion outmoded and obstructs social so-cial progress, that Ritter has had little or no legal practice and that his management of the lntermoun-tain lntermoun-tain OP A office during the war was unsatisfactory. Ritter told the committee he had discussed the constitution in a series of lectures but "there never has been any question about my loyalty." He said the Income from his legal practice Is greater than he would receive from the judgeship. judge-ship. He did not discuss his O P A work but Sen. Thomas (D., Utah), who recommended him for the Judgeship remarked that every O P A official probably made some enemies. Sen. Kilgore said the subcommittee subcom-mittee will determine whether Patterson Pat-terson snd two other persons he named wish to testify. The others are Grant Ivtna and T. Quentin Cannon, botth of Salt Lake City. |