ABSTRACT
The Conference of Senior Circuit Judges launched by the Act of 1922 made no structural changes, involved no increase in personnel, and led to no heavy expenditure. The Conference represents the infusion of intelligence in the use of existing instruments. At the annual conference each senior circuit judge renders a detailed report on the state of the business of his circuit. The Conference has found rich opportunities for improving judicial administration without the need of further legislation through resources available to courts. The federal courts no longer appear outside the orbit of general judicial experience. Any disinterested inquiry into relief was bound to go beyond the antiquated practice of treating the federal courts as independent units. The two features of the House bill — the assign ability of judges and the judicial council — met objections of constitutional policy and the opposition of challenged tradition.
