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...Upward Tug. In Washington, Herbert Brownell's first big job is to raise the Justice Department from the low estate it reached under Harry Truman's Tom C. Clark and J. Howard McGrath.* The new Attorney General's first upward tug came in the selection of his assistants. Every one he has picked so far has the highest possible rating in Martindale-Hubbell, the official directory of the American bar. This is in sharp contrast with some of the department's recent personnel, e.g., former Deputy Attorney General Gus Vanech, who thrice failed to pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Cleanup Man | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...supporting dialogue. The Frenchman is always talking about love, the Russian continually tells the others they lack the proper dialectic approach to life, the Englishman murmurs about duty and his hunting dogs, while the American is largely concerned whether or not his psychiatrist would approve of his actions. Miss McGrath always seems to be waving a pair of wings the propman evidently forgot to paaic...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS | 1/9/1953 | See Source »

Aroused, Kenny appeared on television to protest that his name was being blackened like that of "Archbishop Stepinac in Czechoslovakia" (the mayor presumably meant Yugoslavia). But the words were hardly out of his mouth before Richard McGrath of the John W. McGrath Stevedoring Co. testified that his firm had agreed to pay Kenny's son-in-law 50% of all profits on one pier to get the use of certain other Jersey City piers-though, as things turned out, the deal fell through, and they paid only $1,000 for good will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Nine Hundred & Forty Thieves | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

Commenting on reports gathered from 1,800 educational institutions, McGrath said: "Although the increase is relatively slight, 1.5 percent above 1951, there is a decided upsurge in the number of students enrolling for the first time. Part of the rise in the number of college freshmen can be attributed to the larger number of high school graduates last June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Fails to Join enrollment Trends of Nation's Universities | 11/29/1952 | See Source »

Those in search of legal aid in Washington had one more lawyer to choose from: J. Howard McGrath, fired as Attorney General seven months ago, opened an office for private practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 10, 1952 | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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