Ira W. Jayne

[7] He was a trustee of Lapeer's Camp Lemberg for retarded children, national Vice President of the NAACP and the American Bar Association Chairman.

[3] As Vice President of the National Lawyers Guild, when members of the Detroit chapter refused to take a non-communist oath, Jayne resigned his post.

He upheld the legality of the public employee antistrike law but held the City of Detroit responsible for the strike.

He opined that the mayor's office ignored the early willingness by organized labor to meet and confer to work out bargaining issues.

[6] As Chief Judge he helped found the "Friend of the Court" system for domestic matters.

[6] Along with Walter P. Reuther he chose the sculpture, Carl Milles's statue "The Hand of God", which stands to pay tribute to Frank Murphy outside the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in downtown Detroit.