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This week the case began to be argued in the Court by onetime Solicitor General Thomas D. Thacher and John F. MacLane (both of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett) for the utilities, Solicitor General-nominee Robert Jackson and Ben Cohen for the Government. Meanwhile, in Chicago, SEC Chairman William 0. Douglas argued the case before the Commonwealth Club: "I am shocked at the far-flung cry of 'Wolf, wolf' from the mouths of management over the grave dangers of the misnamed 'death sentence,' for I know the fears which that spectre generates in investors. And I know...
...response to a question asking his opinion of the soundness of Solicitor General Robert Jackson's recent condemnation of a "sit-down strike of business against the government." Governor Earle said. "I won't comment on the rest of the speech, but talk of a business strike is damned rot. Business is not organized to go on strike...
...case of Hugo Black. The Chief Justice administered the Constitutional oath to Stanley Reed, who then marched into the courtroom in his brand-new black robe to take his place as the 77th Justice to sit on the high bench, succeeding Associate Justice Sutherland. Before the former Solicitor General could sit in judgment, however, he had to take a second, judicial oath, swearing by God to "do equal right to the poor and to the rich...
...unscheduled two-hour heart to heart talk President Roosevelt last week persuaded Assistant Attorney General Robert Jackson to take the job of Solicitor General, vacated by Stanley Reed's appointment to the Supreme Court. Bob Jackson accepted on the understanding he would be allowed to name his own successor as chief trustbuster to the Department of Justice. But he accepted against the advice of his good & liberal friend, Brain-truster Thomas ("The Cork") Corcoran. For Attorney General Cummings and other Administration Right-wingers the Jackson appointment was a notable victory. Mr. Cummings has never seen eye to eye with...
...joining his former guests on the bench, Stanley Reed gets his first profitable promotion since going to Washington. His first job with the Farm Board paid $25,000, his second with RFC $12,500, his third as Solicitor General $10,000, but his fourth on the Supreme Court will...