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This article presents information related to the business of the Supreme Court in the U.S. at the October terms of 1935 and 1936. Utilizing the control over its business afforded by the Act of 1925, the Court has continued to achieve the result, first realized during the 1930 term, of keeping abreast of its docket. At the close of the 1935 term 90 cases remained on the docket and 98 were left from the 1936 term. The Court year for both terms lasted 34 weeks, of which 16 were devoted to the hearing of argument and 18 spent in recess.

The article focuses on the recommendations of the Union of Concerned Scientists for reducing the probability of a nuclear war, as the superpowers around the world are increasingly engaged in the nuclear arms race. It has been viewed that a comprehensive new policy must be adopted by the U.S. to reverse this trend and to enhance the security of the Western Alliance. It has been recommended that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should announce its intentions to adopt a policy of No First Use of nuclear weapons in Europe. The governments of the U.S. and the Soviet Union should begin negotiations covering strategic and medium-range nuclear forces. They should also develop and implement a joint program for nuclear arms control.