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26 Fed. Juror 1 (1955)

handle is hein.journals/fjbfgj26 and id is 1 raw text is: THE FEDERAL JUROR ASSOCIATION ADDS A WOMAN TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS For the first time in its 28 year history, the Association has invited a woman to serve on its Board of Directors. It is our pleasure to welcome on our Board, Mrs. Kathleen Caffyn A Welcome to New Members Since the December,1954 edition of our Federal Juror, the following members have been added to the rolls of the Associ- at ion. Mark I. Adams Richard S. Aldrich Edward C. Aswell Claude W. Berkley Milton J. Blume John A. Collier Randolph P. Compton Arthur J. Crowley Edward Davidson Andrew Goodman Rodney C. Gott Anne E. Hertzberg Mrs. Mignon Hopper Stewart A. Huge Alfred P. Jobson David B. Mathias Mrs. Florence Mordecai D'Arcy Parrott Noyes H. Reynolds Charles Rose Mrs. R. E. Rothenberg Mrs. George Rudnick Wallace K. Seeley Mrs. Henrietta Siff Raymond E. Smith Frederick A. Travelena,Sr. Armin A. Uebelacker James J. Wilson April, 1955 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY REPORTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES We are sure that you will be interested in a recent report by U.S. Attorney Lumbard to the Attorney General, covering the activities of his staff in the Southern Dis- trict of New York. Unfortunately, space does not permit us to print the report in its entirety and we will,there- fore, attempt to cover some A Tribute To Our Guest Speaker Those of you who had the privilege of hearing Warren Olney, III, at our Annual Meeting -- and, for that matter, those of you,who didn't--should beinterested in an article that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post of March 15th, which relates many interesting facts about M r. Olney 's career that were not di- vulged by him in his modest talk to our Organization, as head of the Criminal Division >f the Department of Justice. Under the title How to become aCrime Buster, the author (Sidney Shallett) describes Mr. Olney as a rare combination of a Gladstone and a Hawkshaw. Born into a family of Attorneys, his father was an Associate Just ice of the California Supreme Court and his grandfather, also an Attorney, was Mayor oL Oakland. After graduating from the University of California and serving an apprentice- ship in a County District - continued on page 2, col. 1 - of its highlights. Mr. Lumbard first calls the Attorney General's at- tention to the tremendously increased load that nowex- ists, with a staff that is no larger than it was 20 years ago. Said Mr. Lumbard: Over the past 20 years there has been nearly a threefold increase in gov- ernment litigation of all kinds, both civil and crim- inal, in this district. Yet, there has been no corres- ponding increase in the number of lawyers to handle this business. Today, the office has exactly the same number of Assistant United States Attorneys that it had 20 years ago. We have employed to max- imum advantage the staff permitted by the budget, by developing new techniques and procedures toeliminate waste,delay andinefficien- cy. In addition, we have found new partners to help carry the load. While much progress has been made,much more remains to be done be- fore the government's legal business is adequately ser- viced in this district. The job, however, will not be done as it should he until Congress recognizes that it is to the best in- - continued on page 2, col. 2 - Vol. XXVI, No. 1 Published by The Federal Grand Jury Association for the Southern District of New York