European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday february 5, 1969 boy do you have to be diplomatic by Jai. Kneece Washington a they May be statesmen Back Home on the banquet circuit but new Comers in the . Senate soon learn they have to climb its Sta Tus ladder from Bottom  is no mention in Senate rules that seniority affects com Mittee assignments a any thing else. But the men who know it Best say it is an unwritten numbers game bearing on a 97,000 cases backlogged in dist. Courts by Malcolm bar Washington a a re port sent to the attorney Genera this week shows that the Back log of civil and criminal cases pending in . District courts at the end of the last fiscal stood at a record 97,245. The report prepared by the administrative office of the . Courts said the backlog Rose 71 per cent from 1955 Al though the number of cases filed remained relatively Sta  part of his fight against the rising tide of crime in the coun try president Nixon has called for More Federal judges an prosecutors in order to dispose of the cases  companion report by the judicial conference of the unite states also expressed concern about congested court calendars and suggested in addition to More judges a careful and thorough analysis of the inventory offending cases. Notification to defense Law yers of the need to Complete trial preparations As prom Tlyas possible. Stronger judicial control Over requests for continuance. The administrative office re port indicated the backlog at the end of fiscal 1968 consisted of14,763 criminal cases pending and 82,482 civil suits. The median time in Whicha defendant May expect to get a jury trial according to statistical data in the report is 5.8 months. This varies from a High of 22.8 months in the Eastern District of new York to 1.4months in the Western District of Kentucky. The median time a criminal suspect awaits jury trial in the nation s capital is 10.1  those pleading guilty wait a median time of 8.8 months to admit their offence according to the  lawyers and . Attorneys generally consider 4 to 6weeks As a maximum that a person should await jury  median for the 89 districts of the tenth circuit an the District of Columbia is a 5.8 month wait for jury trial a wait of 4.6 months for trial without jury and a wait of 2.2 months Tenter a guilty Pica. Providing additional head aches for court administrators and judges across the nation Arete increasing numbers of civil  backlog of cases has grown too in the . Courts of  per cent of appeals Stem from criminal actions an applications for Hareas Corpus the report  Ever increasing work Road of the appeals courts Over the decade is illustrated by the 3,889 new appeals filed in i960, com pared with the 9,116 filed in 1968. Wide Range of status and Privi lege As Well As real Power tied to Choice committee  one knew this better than former president Lyndon , who kept a list of Sena tors and their seniority ranking under the Glass top of his desk for ready reference when hews majority Leader. Another intimate of the sys tem his livelihood depends on knowing it is Gordon f. Harri son staff director of the Senate rules committee and the Manin charge of providing office space for senators and Fieldin their Day to Day housekeeping grievances. "3efore we offer a suit of rooms to any senator for in stance we go to senator Russel land we say senator would you like this Tuite or Are you Happy where you Are " Richard b. Russell d-ga., Isth senior member of the sen ate having been in office 36years. Then we go Down the list Larrison said next to senator  j. Ellender a la. Is no. 2 in Senate seniority with 32years behind him. Harrison who has held the Job for 14 years has other do stars and stripes columns and comment ties but much of his time misspent answering minor com plaints of the status conscious senators. His voice changes from Plain Tive to anguished when he Dis cusses the Start of a new congressional session the time every two years when the seniority standings undergo major changes As longtime member retire and newcomers arrive. The shuffle of office space reaches whirlwind proportions. It s like moving one family in with another family and Tell ing the original family to move some of its members into the Kitchen and add a few others inthe bedroom he said. Some senators will want beige Walls and other will want Green. Some will want a View of the Capitol and some will want to see a  p. Byrd jr., d-va., in the Senate less than four years would like someday to get the suite formerly occupied by his father who was a senator from 1933-65, Harrison  suite is occupied by sen. John s t e n n i a d-miss., who took it when Wayne Morse d ore., was Defeated in 1968. Sten Nis is no. 12 in seniority. Byrd is no. 76.sen. Claiborne Pell d-r.i., is thought to have his Eye on the suite once occupied by his predecessor and Good Friend Theo Dore Francis Green. But it is now occupied by Edmund , a Maine no. 47 in seniority. Pell is 58. You would t believe the lengths they go to get certain of fice space said Bobby Baker former majority Secretary of the Senate. Some will say they have Abad heart. Others will say they have difficulty in walking from Here to there. They la cajole and Lead said Baker who presently is appealing a three year sentence on conviction for tax evasion. Of course it s All part of the game said Baker. If a Man is a senator right off it mean she has a certain amount of ego and status awareness. An these things Are just other extensions of the old   of them want certain desks Baker said. One might pull All kinds of strings to get Daniel Webster s old desk. An other might want to sit where John c. Calhoun sat. It goes on and  Webster s desk now is occupied by Norris Cotton r-n.h., and Calhoun s desk by Russell. Long a la. What they really love Are those few office rooms Over inthe Senate Wing of the Capitol said Baker. Those Are the one they used to fight Over when i was  May even be exercised in the assignment for parking of senatorial cars when a senator elect first comes to Washington his initial encounter is with the pecking order. If More than one arrives on the same Day As is generally the Case after each biennial election distinction is made be tween them based on sometimes Fine nuances of  instance a former Mem Ber of the Senate like Barry Goldwater will rank ahead fall newcomers. Former Mem Bers of the House rank ahead of former governors or mayors. Whenever two senators of virtually the same rank want the same status Titbit they often converge on Harrison at once. Then you have to be Diplo Matic he said. Boy do you have to be  one of Harrison s most trying times occurred when a senator wanted for his office a Chande Lier located in another suite. It was a permanent fixture and finally after much diplomacy the senator gave up. Letters to the editor the Hubbell pay plan Iii misleading incorrect 3.00265.90 76.64 i believe the article by Marchueta on the Hubbell pay plan was misleading and probably incorrect. Cah you Tell me Why the clothing maintenance allowance was not listed by Huet undercurrent entitlements also under the Hubbell plan what Hap pens to the $2.57 a Day rations now received by those assigned to those areas where mess facilities Are not available i have roughly calculated the pay for an e6 with 16 year service and four dependents under the present Hubbell an the 12.6 per cent pay raise. Please Point out significant errors. 12.6%entitlements today Hubbell rate Bate pay $5,166.00 $5.818.00baq 1,321.20 1,321.20 Subtle thence 481.80 481.80clothing allowance 82.80 82.80 Grott pay 97.051.80 $8,202.00 $7,701.80 deduction income tax $209.90 9692.58 $308.56 surcharge 52.00soc. Sec. 227.30 stat tax . 62.98 180.19 ret. Contribution 533.13 deduction $490.18 $1,457.81 $644.10 take Home pay $6,661.62 $6,744.19 $7,067.70 no meat fall Flea 37.50 456.25 t 466.28 Cah take Home pay $7.017.87 t $7,513.95 to. Sgt. Usa Madrid Spain editor s note errors i Chart see below Huet did t list the clothing allowance be cause the Hubbell committee in making its proposal did no consider this allowance As a part of your salary pay Formwork done. The clothing allow Ance was placed by the stud group in the non compensation personal Cost category which includes such items As the per Sonal Money family separation dislocation and overseas station  the Hubbell proposal subsistence allowances $47.88monthly for officers and $1.32 daily for enlisted grades$2.57or $3.42 Dally payable to enlisted personnel when rations inking Are not available will be incorporated into the full  Hubbell study recommends that for the career Force the five separate compensation elements of 1 Basic pay 2 quarters Cash allow Ance or furnished3 subsistence Cash or furnished4 the Federal income tax advantage and 5 the imputed retirement contribution of incorporated into a schedule of full editor s note wit these two letters we now close thit Page to letter dealing Alfh the Hub Tell pay ran at least forthe moment. Salaries based Only on pay Grade and years of service or  so your $2.57 a Day would be discontinued the calculation errors in you table Are marked by asterisks. Based on the information you provided and that available to us we came up with the follow ing figures  82.80 82.80 entitlements today Bate pay $5,166.00 bad 1,321.20subtlttence 481.80 12.6%Hubbell rate $6,820.001,321.20 481.80 grata pay or salary $7,061.80  tax $ 893.32 surcharge 800. Leo. 247.87 stat tax . 62.98 ret contribution total deduction $ 654.27take-Home pay $6,497.53no mete fall Inlet $37.50 456.26cath take Home pay $6,953.78 $8,208.00 $7.706.80 $720.60 $ 399.0064.00 16.00 Aee St 279.36 180.10633.62 76.64 $1,488.12 $ 771.00 $6,719.88 $6,934.80 466.26 $6,719.88 $7,391.06 one of the few. Yes i am one of the few whom officials say Are opposed to the Hubbell pay  am also one of the Many who have soldiered through period which included three wars and now find opposition Toa 12.8 per cent pay raise which will increase my retirement pay by 7.2 per cent. The statement to pass along the 12.6 per cent raise fully into retired pay will increase retired pay costs Over the next half Cen Tury by some $6 billion has Tobe half truth. One half to three quarters of the 12.8 per centralise depending upon the num Ber of years service would apply to retirement. At the close of the next half Century will be 91 and i seriously doubt that i will be around to full collect my portion of the $6 billion. Also the example of 20 year retirement at 37 is misleading and if investigated would show very few retirees falling into this age group. To cite the example of a Young Soldier who possessed the maturity while still in his teens to embark on a promising military career is i extremely poor taste. Not a 11 military personnel attain retire ment eligibility at 37. They do however attain this eligibility after Labouring for 20 years with reduced income and the Faith that compensation will be Forth coming in retirement. I do not believe the 37-year-old retired Soldier has any advantage Over the 37-year-Oldcivilian in social Security entitlements provided the civilian was gainfully employed. The retired pay of the e7 with20 years is a popular example these Days. No one has pointed out that this monthly retired pay for 20 years of Loyal an faithful service will almost equal the monthly income of a unwed Mother with two illegitimate children on the welfare Rolls in the state of California. She too is entitled to medical care. I am firmly convinced that the authors of Hubbell do not understand their proposal. Two c. T.  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