Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-09 | Page 1 | States' Reactions Differ in Votes on Court Plan

States9 Reactions Differ In Votes on Court Plan By Associated Press Legislatures of several widely scattered states took cognizance today of President Roosevelt's Jiropoaal to reorganize the federal udiciary. " Reaction varied. The Colorado house of representatives urged the state's congressional delegation, by a vote of 38 to 23, to help speed enactment of the president's plan. Both houses of the solidly Democratic Demo-cratic Texas legislature voiced disapproval of proposed changes in the suprsms court membership. The Texas senate adopted by a vote of 21 to S a resolution opposing oppos-ing the president's alternative proposal to appoint six additional justice to the supreme court-By court-By a vote of to 28 the Texas house of representatives tabled a 1 resolution that would have commended com-mended the president for his pro poaaL A resolution opposing the president's presi-dent's "astounding proposer was sharply debated In the Republican Repub-lican controlled Connecticut house of representatives. On a strictly partisan vote the, Maine senate memorialized congress con-gress to "uphold the constitution and to protect the supreme court of the United States and the fed-, oral judiciary from legislative and executive interference and control." con-trol." A proposal to place the South' Carolina house of representative on record in favor of President Roosevelt's suggested supreme' court reorganisation wa seat to a oommitteo.