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1	of cases. I said, Doesn't this administrative stuff
2	bore the, well, I won't say what I said, but, bore you.
3	He said, Yes, to some extent, but it is not as bad as
4	it sounds because there are interesting problems of all
5	sorts ,
6	Now, he then, the Chief Judge in Massachusetts
7	is the head of the system, the administrative head as
0	well as the judicial head. Now, if I may comment for a
9	moment on Judge Brune's suggestion here, it seems to me
10	that there is no way, or at least I haven't heard of a
11	way that you find out who is a good administrative judge
12	except by looking over the judges that you have. I could
13	name some with whom I have served that would be excellent,
14	and some that wouldn't be any good at all. I share Judge
15	Brune's regret, or perhaps his pride, which he says he
16	is not a good administrative judge. I think the seme of
17	myself. I don't want the job, but I know some judges
18	I think would be very good at it. It seems to me that
19	flexibility is a good idea in that you could serve for four
20	or five years, satisfactorily, and perhaps the Chief
21	Justice would reappoint him. Perhaps he would not.