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...Rejected (41 to 39) the nomination to the Supreme Court of Judge John Johnston Parker...
...week long the Senate debated the nomination of U. S. Circuit Judge John Johnston Parker of North Carolina to be an Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. All week long Senate sentiment for and against confirmation of this appointment divided so evenly that the result seemed to fluctuate within the narrowest margin of votes. All week long critics of Judge Parker flayed him for his Red Jacket coal case decision upholding a "yellow dog" labor contract, for his political animus toward Negroes. All week long his friends lauded his character, his integrity, his fitness for the highest bench...
...charming tinkle and fluff (TIME, Nov. 18). Later Their Majesties went to two or three plays without music. It was not until last week, however, that King George turned, as one eventually does, to Shakespeare and to Hamlet. It was the Bard's birthday (April 23), and Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson was opening an all-star Hamlet, the proceeds to go to theatrical charities...
...head, closed his eyes, gave an imitation of a drowning man sinking for the last time. By these gestures the Senator meant to convey his feelings about the news that the Senate Judiciary Committee a few minutes before had voted ten-to-six against the confirmation of Judge John Johnston Parker to the U. S. Supreme Court (TIME, March...
...William Edgar Borah of Idaho loomed in the news of the land. In Martinsburg, W. Va., he made a ringing speech for the Tariff Bill's Export Debenture Plan which President Hoover strenuously opposes. Back in Washington he was primed to lead off the Senate attack upon Judge John Johnston Parker, President Hoover's appointee to the Supreme Court. To Chicago he sent a message to Senate Nominee Ruth Hanna McCormick welcoming her as an ally against President Hoover's World Court Plan. He voted against confirming President Hoover's nominee for District of Columbia Commissioner. He started to stir...