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Show New Decisions Allay Criticism Of Court, Says 4U' Legal Savant Ritter Believes More Liberal Rulings Would Lesse n Antagonism Monday's decisions of the supreme court of the United States were seen by Professor Willis W. Ritter of the University of Utah law school as tending to allay criticism of that tribunal. ' However, two attorneys who have debated In publlo an opposing aides Franklin Riter and Allen T. San-ford-doubted that the decisions would have any effect on the question. ques-tion. Professor Ritter said: "The chief criticism of the supreme su-preme court has been that it strikes down social and economic legislation legisla-tion the people want More liberal decisions, of the character of those rendered today, would, of course, tend to allay that criticism. "Another criticism has been that I the court Is passing upon the wis- dom of leglslstlon rather man eon-fining eon-fining its activity to purely legal grounds. The decisions rendered today to-day seem to be a departure from this." , Mr. Riter, opponent of reorganisation, reorgan-isation, said: "I don't think it will have any effect whatsoever. Those men are not afraid of their Jobe. That's one of the glories of the supreme su-preme court They decide questions on a legal basis and are above any outside influence, and that goes for justices whose opinions have been on both sides of new deal questions. "As for the railroad labor act, we expected a favorable decision, the law having been drafted with objectionable objec-tionable phases of the unconstitutional unconstitu-tional act removed." Mr. Sanford, who favors reorgan-' reorgan-' isation. said that while be could express ex-press little opinion until hk had read the decisions, he doubted that they would have much effect on activity of those favoring the reorgmnisa-tiea. reorgmnisa-tiea. i : V |