549. EARL WARREN (1891 - 1974) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, instrumental in the Brown and Miranda civil rights cases. T.L.S. on Supreme Court letterhead, 2pp, 4to., Washington, to Orison S. Marden, President of the Legal Aid Association. A fine, lengthy content letter on the American justice system, in small part: "...It is in the nature of man to seek justice, and the basic purpose of any good legal system is to provide it. One of the characteristics that has ennobled this nation and made it great is our insistence upon making justice equal and accessible for all. The citizen who faces the power of the state on a serious criminal charge does not have the equal protection of the law unless he is able to afford the help of a lawyer. Neither are the scales of justice kept in balance in balance if large numbers of our citizens are not advised of their legal rights...". Fine. $250 - 350