Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gripes about judges may come to Frankel from any private citizen, though meaningful complaints generally come from other judges, lawyers and grand juries. To safeguard the traditional independence of the judiciary, Frankel focuses only on alleged disability and misconduct-for example, senility, public alcoholism or persistent discourtesy. The commission has the power to subpoena medical records, order medical examinations. Once the commission is convinced that a complaint has merit, Secretary Frankel simply sends the judge a registered letter outlining the charges and adds a polite request: "Please comment...
...increasing congestion is not the only complaint. "We used to have a layover down in the MBTA yards," one driver said, "but now we have to stay with our buses. We don't have time to get a cup of coffee or go to the bathroom or anything...
What's more, the officer raged, West Berlin police were trying to lull their Communist counterparts with an organized campaign of kindness. His complaint was well founded. For weeks West Berlin cops have been under orders to pass out cigarettes, candy and even food to East Berlin guards on the theory that this will lead them to deal less harshly with escapers trying to get to the West...
...demanding press' by two syndicated columnists," wrote the New York Times's Arthur Krock, acidly referring to Fellow Columnists William S. White and Marquis Childs. Their words, said Krock, "are words with the bark on, affixed with the brand L.B.J." It was an odd complaint from a man who has had many an exclusive Presidential interview in the past...
...many disorders of the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, one of the most troublesome symptoms is the ancient complaint "the dropsy"?retention of salt and water so that the patient becomes bloated with brine. If the victim already has heart trouble, the edema will make it worse. In the mildest cases, cutting out salt may be adequate treatment. For more severe cases, a variety of chemicals is available. But some patients become resistant to any one medicine, so they have to switch prescriptions, and doctors eventually run out of alternatives...