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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
3
A report outlines Justice Jackson as a likely successor to retired Chief Justice Hughes, noting Roosevelt must_fill the vacancy and potential contenders like Cordell Hull and Harlan F. Stone. The piece traces Jacksons rise from New York to Washington and surveys possible court and defense-era moves.
Chronological changes in the Supreme Court since 1933 include Willis Van Devanter leaving in 1937, Hugo L Black succeeding. George Sutherland in 1938 with Stanley F Reed. Cardozo’s 1938 death and Frankfurter’s appointment. Brandeis’ 1939 retirement replaced by Douglas. Pierce Butler’s 1939 death replaced by Murphy. London reports mixed Brenner Pass talks between Hitler and Mussolini aiming to press Vichy and a hoped new squeeze against Allied lines.
Rome dispatch reports Virginia Gayda, spokesman for Premier Mussolini, stating that Mussolini and Hitler have placed the Axis in readiness to cope with American intervention. She claimed the Axis prepared to launch a new phase of war immediately and to mass military and political forces in Europe and elsewhere for defense or offense.
Washington reports Justice Owen J. Roberts 65 of Pennsylvania was the no 1 Supreme Court dissenter during the term ending yesterday Justice Felix Frankfurter 58 formerly of Harvard was on the winning side more often than any colleague and dissented only twice Roberts disagreed with associates in 30 cases topping Chief Justice Hughes 22 Justices Black and Douglas tied for third with 14 Roberts gained the chief dissenter title after Justice McReynolds conservative member retired in February He has been known as the courts swing man and was appointed to the bench in 1930 by President Hoover after prosecuting the Teapot Dome case The court adjourned for summer unanimously upholding the constitutionality of a Federal dam project to control floods and to generate power the Denison Dams on Red River Texas and Oklahoma The opinion by Justice Douglas held the dam primarily for flood control with no other purpose and that flood control power extends to tributaries of navigable streams.
Interior Secretary Ickes, serving as Federal oil coordinator, met with a 21 man American Petroleum Institute panel led by W R Boyd to study East Coast petroleum supplies, pipelines, and tanker facilities and forecast demand. Officials stressed no current shortage but tightening supplies in coming months and pledged to boost transport capacity before any civilian use curtailment.
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