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Now where do you suppose the Attorney General got that idea? How can he say it is clear to him on what basis I based my proposal? He hes not talked to me about it. Tne Attorney General goes on: "It {my proposal) is motivated instead by dissatisfaction with | certain recent decisions of the Supreme Court in the ares covered and ] [met & retaliatory approach of the same general character as the court packing plan proposed in 1937." This is one of the specious arguments against the bill which has [pe repeated by various thoughtless witnesses; but I never thought I would [hear the Attorney General of the United States repeat it, I am of course interested to hear that the Attorney General dis- approved the "court packing plan" in 1937. Now, let me voint out what the real relationship is between the court, packing plan and my bill. Jn the first place, the court packing plan was an effort to influence the Court so as to bring about a particular kind of decision. My bill is an effort to halt the incursions of the Court into the legislative field. The court packing plan advanced by President Roosevelt sought to influence the Court by increasing its size and thereby changing its philos my. My bill ity vee * aw ie] oem not seek to O@86 NOL seek to change the philosophy of the Court in any way - I do not believe that to be