Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 11 | Federal Jurist to Observe His 80th Birthday Saturday

Jurist to 0 Observe If f E His Birthday y Saturday d 13 Ar a I Q k a i fi fil l I 4 RETIREMENT AS FAR AWAY AS EVER I Judge Tillman D. D Johnson Saves U. U S. S Judge Will Continue on Bench Longas Long as Possible Eightieth birthday anniversary of one of Utah's most honored and respected respected respected re re- re- re residents Federal Judge Tillman D. D Johnson will be observed Saturday As has been his custom since assuming assuming assuming as as- suming the federal bench in November November November No No- vember 1915 Judge JOhnson Jonnson will spend at least leat part of the day at work He observed the holidays with his hisson hisson hisson son Dr Ralph Johnson in Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles but returned to Salt Lake City Thursday The judge might have retired at ata ata ata a full annual salary of 10 years ago but he reported Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day that retirement is still the last thing he would think of Praises Justice Sutherland Justice George Sutherland is a afine afine afine fine man said Judge Johnson in commenting on the Utahn's retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment from the supreme court of the United States I do not riot know the reasons for h his s retiring but I do know that his recent opinions showed no indication of a decline in his abilities I have no intention of following in the justices justice's footsteps I already have saved the government they would have had to pay my successor successor successor suc suc- cessor and I hope to continue to work as long as possible The judge appears to be in excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent health and in gay spirits but buthe buthe buthe he declined to give any advice to anyone on any subject on the eve of his birthday Holds Advice Useless It would bea be a wonderful thing if people could profit by the experience experience experience ence of others but they dont don't Judge Johnson said There is no use giving advice of any kind then because it seems men learn only by experience Insisting that he still was not advising advising advising ad ad- anyone the judge gave his slogan for living in seven words Eat well sleep well forget your troubles roubles Since his appointment to the federal federal federal fed fed- eral bench 22 years ago Judge Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son formerly an attorney at Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den has won an enviable reputation reputation reputation tion for judicial impartiality in handling handling handling han han- of cases in his co court rt He indicated Thursday he probably probably probably ably will spend part of Saturday with his son Wade M. M Johnson of Ogden Outside of his court work Judge Johnson devotes much of his time to enlarging his library of early western western western west west- ern publications