Show Hoover Faces Problem in Picking High Court Man Ma T Two Opposed Wings I Ready for Battle Battle If J Wishes Are Ignored S Kenyon Davis Mentioned as Extremes in Possibilities Possibilities Possibilities Pos Pos- By PAUL R. R MALLON United Press Pros Staff Correspondent Correspond nt WASHINGTON March 11 UP A major political problem far far- r reaching In possibilities confronts President Hoover 1 r In selection elc Uon of ot a u to tho ho Jato lato Supreme Court Justice Edward Terry San Sanford Cord o of Tennessee Three cours courses s are arc open to him him Ho ma may choose a a. 56 lO ca called lied farm faun bloc liberal 1 like JUdge William S S. Kenyon of or Iowa and thus thuR o othe othe the western senators who staged the ther r recent demonstration against the naming of ot Charles E E. Hughes ot of New Niel York aw as chief jUl Justice lIc He ne ma may t to maintain th the tho economic complexion of the tho court b by naming to the tho con conservative conserva conserva- tive Stanford's place an outstanding corporation attorney such as John Johh V. DaY I. Davis defeated de Democratic presidential c candidate of or 1921 and thus perhaps encounter another belligerent resistance from froum tho the western western west west- ern cm group within his Ills own party MIDDLE COURSE OURSE OPEN OPEN I Or ho max may stick to a middle course choosing choosing- any of oC the tho number of prominent jurists jurist and who wino are being m mentioned but who are lire not f fo fa closely allied with either cither of oC the opposing sn camps as represented represent represent- ent- ent ed cd 1 by I Kenyon or Davis is There Thero Is no ItO ono one In authority a In Washington outside of the While WitHe House who professes to have a a. definite definite nite idea Mea what course the president will choose 1 If Kenyon Is Js named th there re is every o reason to believe he he- would be confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed b by tho the senate In tn five minutes because g there are many still sUJI In that bod body who worked with Ken Kenyon on when ho was an Iowa senator Should Davis be bo chosen there Is Isa Isa a Ii possibility of oC considerable senate enato argument of oC a character like lilo the recent Hughes debate Davis Davis' confirmation confirmation con con- however is regarded as ns asa asa a foregone conclusion because ho Is ls a Democrat and therefore would command wide support in tho minority mi mt- as well as tho lie majority ranks SCRUTINY LIKELY If IC any of ot the other prominently tn mentioned candidates such as Judge Judg Parker er ot at North Carolina Owen Roberts of oC Philadelphia supreme court should get the appointment tho the senate enato judiciary committee probably will wilf scrutinize his record closely to develop his views I on property property prop prop- erty rights There Thero Is another element In the situation created by tho tune fact that tho the farm block liow lio has no representative representative on tho the court The dissenting wing of oC tho the court lm has is bc been n composed of Justices Holmes Stono Stone and Brandeis If H a aman aman aman man of or their views should get t the tho appointment the majority of ot the court would be narrowed from rom 6 to toS 3 S t to o 5 t l to o J 4 |