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that at least twice a year, Judge ; Garza will appear in these cities to preside over regular terms of! court.riuuicui mmtdis, inviumug any.With »uch a far flung circuit to cover, the question has come up: Where will the The Judge live?Gen, Robert Kennedy. Garza’s appointment was announced by President Kennedy on March 23, and the next dav it was read in the Senate and passed along to a subcommittee for recommendation.His answer: “I’m atill not aure. For the time being, of course, we’ll stay right here in Brownsville. There'* no reason why we shouldn't stay here indefinitely, far that matter, I will know more about it after I have had a chance to study the case load in the various cities.”Some years ago, the Garzas had thought of moving to Laredo. Mr*. Garza, the former Bertha Champion, was suffering from asthma and doctors had recommended a drier climate.New Judge And Family“I was just checking nut of my hotel to come on back home,” said the Judge ‘when I had a call from Vice President Johnson. He wanted to meet me and take me to the White House. It was a fast visit, all right, because the President was right in the middle of a big television interview. But we had a chance to talk for about seven minutes, I would guess Thev gave me a White House car to rush out to the airport in time to catch the plane I was very impressed by the President. Very much so.”“But we thought then how hard It would be to move away from Brownsville,” said his dark-haired, attractive wife ”1116 children would miss our friends so much. And so would we, o! course.”Reynaldo G. Garza, newly appointed federal iudg* for this district, lives with his wife and four children in Brownsville. Shown here is the Judge and his family. Standing, left to right, Reynaldo, 17; Ignacio, 7; and David. 12. Sitting, left to right, Judge Garza, Bertha Victoria, 3, and Mrs. Garza, the former Bertha Champion.The President obviously felt the same wav about Judgp Garza, and so did the U.S. Senate, which fired his ‘appointment through last week without a single dissenting vote.Garza * appointment to the federal bench, aside from being a point of immense pride t o Brownsville residents, is something of a tribute to the administration of President Kennedy reflects well on President Kennedy. It is one of the rare times that a person of Latin American background ha* received such an appointment.“Th* President showed verygood sense,” said a Brownsville Lawyer and veteran of many a courtroom hearing. A good part of the cases down here involve people who cannot speak English. We will always have to have interpreters, of course, for the records, but think how :tn portant it is that the judge understands what the defendant i s saying and can appreciate the voice inflections and nuances. He will arrive at a better a muchsounder — conclusion than t h e judge who has to wait for t h e translator to tell him what t b t» man said.”Judge Garza agreel. And he smiled, “There’s something else,” he told me. “If the translator makes a mistake, 1 can catch him at it.”ance on the bench will he as a guest alongside Federal Judge Joe Ingraham in Houston where Law Day on May 1 will be observed with a naturalization hearing. He plans to spend two days i n t'orpus Christi and then will go to Laredo for two da\s. This would be around la\ 4.Tampico Man Rapsham and Yznaga Also, to avoid conflict of interests, he may resign as a member of the Texas Good Neighbor Commission, al-ithough he said he thought h e might just let his term run its course. It expires this summer.Illegal FishingAfter he is sworn in at the end of this month, Judge Garza's first official appear-The purpose of these trips is to meet local lawyers and to sound the docket, which is to say to call the pending cases and set a date of trial.He said he may remain as president of the Rotary Club o f Brownsville, “but mostly in name only Fortunate!v, I have a good vice president who can han die my job when I’m not i n town.”MONTERRF.Y — Alherto Gon zalez, Tampico ship ow ner builder, reports that it is estimated over 2,000 vessels annual ran sack Mexico fishing resources, l! leg;.IIy catching over 40,000 tons of shrimp in Mexican waters.The backlong Is heavier than usual, Since the death of Judge James V Allred in September, 1959, thp division has had only visiting judges who could not give it all the time it needed because they had their own bailiwicks to protect. So, for the first year of his new job, Judge darza estimates, he will be hard put to catch up.Garza, 54. lives with his wife and four children in a sprawling, cool, one-story house in the section of Los Ebanos. The two old-FREER — Mr and Mrs. C A Weathersby and Mr and Mrs. C.C Thurman represented the Made Credit Union at the district credit union meeting at the Sands Motel in Laredo this weekThe NEW SHAMROCKrDIflLTC
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 23, 1961
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