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I 0 0 r r 4 j jI q r SA x I- SOLICITOR GENERAL STANLEY REED Won 11 lost Jost 2 new deal battles in high court New Deal Defender Proposed to Fill Vacancy Y WASHINGTON Jan 15 UP President Roosevelt lt today nominated Stanley y Reed solicitor solid tor general of the United States to the supreme court justice justice- ship left vacant left vacant by retirement of Justice George Sutherland The president submitted the the- nomination of Reed to the senate in a surprise move as the recommendation recommendation recommendation had not been expected b before fore Tuesday when Sutherland formally steps down from the bench Reed is a year old veteran of new deal legal battles before the high tribunal Upon him has fallen the burden of defending the government government govern govern- ment in repeated challenges before the supreme court of legislation enacted enacted en en- acted by the Ro Roosevelt evelt tion Reeds Reed's nomination was laid on the desk of Vice President President John N. N Garner Garner Garner Gar Gar- ner at the opening of the senate l ses es sion Nominations Differ Unlike the nomination of Associate Associate Associate Asso Asso- Justice Hugo Hug L L. Bla Black k the nomination was on a typewritten n sheet rather than a regular supreme court nomination blank Blacks Black's name had been written in by the president in in ine a a e. large firm hand while Reeds Reed's name was typewritten The senate had met an hour earlier than usual to consider the bill but there ther was only a meager attendance when the nom nom- was disclosed As solicitor general Reed dire directed ted the legal defense of the government before the supreme c court urt and re repeatedly repeatedly repeatedly re- re had been suggested as a likely nominee to a high court va- va J va va- cancy The senate already had given notice that the nomination would be be subject to closest scrutiny by the th e judiciary committee prior to a are re report report re- re port to the senate which must confirm confirm confirm con con- firm the selection n. n H Hearings Planned d Chairman Henry F. F Ashurst D. D Ariz of th the senate judiciary committee com committee com com- said that opportunity would b be g given v n for any coherent citizen citizen who desired to appear at hearings on the nomination Hearings possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly will begin late next week I Reed defended Mr Roosevelt's court plan in a strong letter to Ashurst at the height of the bitter controversy which ended in the junking of the presidents president's pro pro- With retirement of Justice Willis Van Devanter last June Reed immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately was mentioned as a likely appointee to the vacancy Instead Mr Roosevelt nominated Black Reeds Reed's confirmation by the senate senate senate sen sen- ate will give Mr Roosevelt his second second second sec sec- ond appointment to the supreme court and was expected to insure the new deal a majority of five justices justices justices jus jus- tices on the nine-man nine tribunal The Theother Theother other four members members' of the court depended upon to v vote te to sustain administration administration administration ad ad- ministration legisla legislation on are Black and Justices Louis' Louis D D. Brandeis Harlan F P. Stone and Benjamin N. N Cardoza now critically ill New Deal Defender Reed has personally pleaded many new deal causes before the court on which he was nominated to sit Most recently he handled the argument which resulted in the court ruling upholding the right of the public works administration to tomake tomake tomake make grants and loans to municipalities municipalities municipalities for power projects The nomination was not immediately immediately immediately imme imme- presented to the senate as Senator Morris Sheppard D. D Texas Tex Tex- as was in the midst of a long address address address ad ad- dress on prohibition Cases argued by Reed in the supreme supreme su su- su- su preme premo court included the gold clause the national recovery administration administration administration ad ad- ministration the agricultural adjustment adjustment adjustment ad ad- administration the Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- Valley Authority securities I and exchange act holding I company II I act Wagner labor relations act the railway labor act and processing taxes cases Known as Workhorse To his associates in the d department department depart depart- p rt- rt ment of justice Reed was known as s Continued on Page Pace Theo Two rei Column SIX Stanley Reed Nominated I Sutherland's Sutherlands Successor I Continued from F Page s One I a workhorse spending most o ohis of his evenings at his office preparing briefs and arguments for presentation presenta presenta- tion in important cases So great was the strain of h his work that the solicitor general co collapsed collapsed col- col lapsed while arguing the validity o othe of the Bankhead cotton law before th the supreme court three years ago Decisions which Reed helped t twin to win in the supreme court were credIted credited credited cred cred- by the administration with e establishing establishing es- es a new trend in American America social and economic legislation toward a e more liberal use of lawmaking lawmaking lawmaking law law- making powers in the interests o othe of the people or various segments o othe of the population Two of the most important cas cases the the national recovery act which was declared unconstitutional 1 by byan byan an unanimous vote and the agricultural agricultural agri- agri cultural adjustment act inv invalidated invalidate I by a divided court went against th the government Moderate Liberal Reed is classified by friends as a moderate liberal As a youthful legislator-lawyer legislator in Kentucky h he wrote and fought through to enactment enactment enact enact- ment the states state's first child labor Jabo law and later helped organize a cooperative cooperative cooperative co co- co- co operative association of tobacco growers to help farmers get better bette prices Reed has several hobbies hobbles One is walking to his office every morning morning morning morn morn- ing to keep in physical trim Another Another Another An An- other is golf golt Reeds Reed's entry into the national government was by an appointment by former Republican President Herbert Hoover Hoover Hoover-as as general counse counsel for the federal farm board in 1929 He stayed with the organization until December 1932 Then he be transferred over to th the Reconstruction Finance corporation as its general counsel serving the there until March 1935 At that time he was appointed appointee I by President Roosevelt as solicitor solicit general succeeding J. J Crawford Crawfo Biggs Long Service Record Reed was a member of th the Ke Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky legislature from 1912 to 19 1916 He was once a director of tl the I Federal Commodity Credit corporation corpora corpor corporation corpora corpora- tion and a trustee of the export export- import bank of Washington a member member mem mem- ber her of the federal board of hospital hospitalization hospitalization and counselor for the American Amen Amer can Red Cross He was born in Mason count county Kentucky December 31 1884 E He took a bachelors bachelor's degree at Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky Wesleyan college and a similar similar sim aim ila ilar degree at Yale university i in 1906 where he won the Be Bennett Benne nett prize for scholarship Then h he studied law at the University o of Virginia and Columbia university In 1909 10 he studied at the Un University University Uni- Uni of Paris France During the World war Reed Ree served as a lieutenant As general counsel for the R. R F F. C. C Reed directed much of that tha strategic organizations organization's work in Untangling untangling untangling un un- tangling the 1933 banking crisis Defended Court Plan Reeds Reed's defense of President Roosevelt's court proposal was wa made in an exchange of letters wit with Ashurst Although the court has remained abreast of its docket Reed de declared declared de- de dared there can be no question in my judgment that the burden resting upon the court has increased substantially in recent years years both the burden of hearing and deciding cases and the burden of determining whether petitions for review should be 36 granted Ashurst had asked Reed If hi his annual report for 1936 in which h he declared that the work of the cour court courtIs Is current and that cases are promptly heard was consistent with the presidents president's message message- on judicial reorganization Cites Court Burden Reed said that the presidents president's message had pointed out concernIng concernIng concerning concern- concern Ing work of ot the supreme court that even now the supreme court courtis is laboring under a heavy burden The solicitor general said his annual annual annual an an- nual report had pointed out that the courts court's discretionary power to select for hearing on their merits only those cases which appeared to present important cases of general application or a conflict of decisions decisions decisions de de- de- de in the lower courts prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented congestion on the high courts court's calendar Reed told the senate committee chairman that enactment of sections sections sections sec sec- of the presidents president's proposals for relieving congestion and speeding speeding speed speed- ing litigation in the lower federal courts will further increase the burden of work on the supreme court The solicitor general told Ashurst that considering the special function function tion lion of the supreme court and the volume and nature of litigation nat hat comes before it an increase in the membership of the court should not impair Its efficiency Won Von 11 Lost 2 Cases I. I It remains true that with a broader distribution of the task of preparing opinions and a consequent consequent consequent conse conse- quent lessening of pressure upon the members of the court in keepIng keeping keeping keep- keep Ing abreast of the docket there will willbe willbe be greater opportunity for deliberation deliberation atlon for full investigation and for fori i comprehensive exposition in the decision decision decision de de- de- de of cases Reed declared The achievement of these ends is in my opinion greatly to be welcomed welcomed wel wel- corned he concluded As solicitor general Reed won 31 11 1 victories in the supreme court for important new deal legislation and lost two other important cases He lost the and AAA decisions decisions de de- de- de but won victories for the theT T TV TVA V A the gold clause the holding company act the railway labor act Insuring collective bargaining the I Wagner labor act processing tax I. 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