Mr. HERSEY. Maine has only one judge.

Mr. MONTAGUE. Massachusetts only had one up to a year or so ago. Colonel WOODCOCK. They are glad that need has been supplied. Oregon has 713 cases, with two judges.

Now the western district of New York, I understand the council of judges were very solicitous for a new judge there. There were only 1,002 cases instituted whereas Maryland has 1,437. Delaware, of course, is a small State. There were only 155 cases instituted there. In the northern district of Florida there were only 432 with one judge, so clearly Judge Soper is doing more than his relative and comparative share of the work ought to be.

Now, just one further thought and I have concluded: Here is a table which takes a number of districts where the volume of work is substantially similar to that in Maryland, for instance, Arkansas, there were 1,279 cases instituted. Now, 1,072 of those cases were criminal. In Maryland there were only 1,032 criminal cases instituted. I wish to call your attention to the interesting fact that in Arkansas there is state-wide enforcement act, but Arkansas has more criminal cases instituted than in Maryland, showing that the congestion is not necessarily because Maryland has no state-wide enforcement act.

The CHAIRMAN. Are those prosecutions increased in the United States court?

Colonel WOODCOCK. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. The prosecutions are increased?

Colonel WOODCOCK. Yes; they increased 53 per cent last year. but add on to that that if we ever have a national enforcement to take the place of what the State is not doing, then we will have terrible congestion in Maryland, and that is a fact that Judge Soper particularly called my attention to.

For instance, in Louisiana, there were instituted 1,615 cases and 1,305 of those were criminal cases, many more than in Maryland, and the same could be said of Georgia, both the northern and southern districts; so, gentlemen, I should be very glad to file comparative figures with your secretary, if you would like to have them. It seems to me abundantly demonstrated that we could get along more easily in Maryland with an additional judge. The figures amply demonstrate the need.

The CHAIRMAN. The statistics will be received and filed. (The papers referred to are as follows:)