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Show JUSTICES WILL BE IMEDJEXT WEEK Several Senators Urge Claims of Candidates for Place on Supreme Bench. WASHINGTON. Doc. G. Senator Cummins Cum-mins of Iowa, Insurgent leader of tho upper house of congress, called at the White house today. Mr. Cummins spent an hour or more with the president. He waited until the end of a busy afternoon, after-noon, in order lo see the president alone. It was said the senator again talked with the president regarding supremo court appointments and mado a report on several suggested candidates. Iowa is in the eighth circuit, which is to be represented In the supromo court appointments, ap-pointments, and tho president is anxious to consult a3 many senators and congressmen con-gressmen from the circuit as possible. Senators 33acon and Terrell and Representative Rep-resentative Bartlctt of Georgia wcro at tho White house to urgo the appointment appoint-ment of Judge Joseph II. Lamar of Augusta, Au-gusta, Ga., aivIJcmocrat. Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania and Dlclcof Ohio and former Senator Spooner of WlsconCln talked on the same subject sub-ject with the president late today. It can be said authoritatively that, while the president's list of ollglbles Is dally narrowing he will not be In a positron po-sitron to announce the new Justices until next week. Political considerations, It Is declared, are not entering into the deliberations. |