People: Mar. 28, 1927

Had they been interviewed, some people who figured in last week's news might have related certain of their doings as follows:

Max D. Steuer, New York trial lawyer: "Last week newsgatherers asked me what remedy I had for what I called the 'failure of justice in this city.' To them I replied that I would let the Appellate division of the Supreme Court appoint able lawyers to act as judges for 30 to 60 days. This would speed up the courts, remove many thousand undecided cases from overcrowded dockets."

William Lyon Phelps, Professor of Literature...

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