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...Walter Gellhorn, a pioneer in administrative law, proposed last night that three federal agencies be organized to handle citizens' complaints of abuses by the government...
...second of three Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, Gellhorn, a professor of Law at Columbia University, said that congressmen now handle the bulk of citizens' grievances -- over 200,000 a year. But, he argued, they are not in a position to criticize the government quickly, impartially, and effectively...
...present American system of handling public complaints is simply inadequate, Gellhorn said...
...just because there is a need for reform, Gellhorn explained does not mean that the U.S. should definitely establish an office like the ombudsman. Some critical organ is necessary, he asserted, but this country has its own special problems...
...Gellhorn will discuss these problems and the American alternative to the ombudsman in his second lecture at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Austin Hall...