Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON S S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-As As candidates for the supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court seat of the late Justice Cardozo come down the home stretch before congress convenes convenes one definite development is the withdrawal wal of Felix Frankfurter Largely because be- be be be- cause caus of the Jewish situation he has asked friends not to push his appointment Almost equally definite is the probability that the new justice will be from the far west High up on the list of westerners under consideration consideration consideration con con- is Joseph C. C Hutcheson Jr of Texas judge of the fifth circuit court of appeals and andone andone andone one of the ablest jurists in the country Only Judge William illi m Denman of San Francisco equaled him in the number of opinions written last year Hutcheson is the man whom Professor sor Frankfurter is pushing now that he has dropped out of the race Important on the list also is Senator Louis of Washington state one of Roosevelt's forthright supporters in the senate Chief factor against appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment is that Roosevelt cannot well spare him from the senate and that r reactionary Governor Martin of Washington would appoint a conservative conservative conservative con con- to fill his senatorial toga Also to be considered is Judge Harold Stephens Stephens Stephens Ste Ste- of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia an extremely able jurist who has the advantage of coming from Utah plus the energetic energetic energetic ener ener- getic support of Homer Cummings Note Note Judge Judge Denman who has made a unique record in California has been handicapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped by his age 66 Judge Hutcheson Judge Hutcheson of Houston Texas is one of the frankest jurists in the United States with the best sense of humor Discoursing on the sanctity of the law in the Cornell Law Review Judge Hutcheson wrote I r set down boldly that I even as your other worships do invoke and employ hunches in decisions I after canvassing all the available material material material mate mate- rial at t my command and duly cogitating upon it give my imagination play and brooding over cause wait for the feeling the hunch that hunch that intuitive flash of understanding which makes the spark jump-spark connection between question and decision And more lest I be stoned in the street for this admission let me hasten to say to my brothers of the bench and of the bar my thy practice practice practice tice is the same as your other worships Virgin Islands Trouble It has has' not broken above the surface yet but butmore butmore butmore more trouble is brewing in the Virgin Islands political spot hot-spot of the Caribbean This time it is Governor Lawrence Cramer who is on the pan and has received a severe dressing down from Interior Secretary Ickes his boss Behind the trouble is friction between Cramer Cramer Cramer Cra Cra- mer and Boyd Brown president of the Virgin Islands company a government corporation Cramer has been jealous of Brown who has been highly successful in building up new industries in industries industries in- in for the islands Cramer has been poking poking poking pok pok- ing a meddlesome finger into Browns Brown's work Specifically what Governor Cramer has been trying to do is increase wages of sugar sugarfield sugarfield sugarfield field and other labor in the Virgin Islands com com- pany These already have been increased per cent by the government The further in increase increase in- in increase crease proposed by Cramer Brown fears would I bankrupt the company give New Deal critics an opportunity to demand the abolition of the Virgin Islands experiment in government oper oper- Silver Key Senator Key Pittman of Nevada did more than any other single individual to pass the present present present pres pres- ent silver act During long sessions with Dr Hjalmar and other European economists in 1933 Key Pittman droned on about silver until until until un un un- til they were ready to do almost anything to please him With the opening of congress however Pittman Pittman Pittman Pitt Pitt- man is out to revise the tile silver act talked to the president about it His criticism is that the United St States Stes es failed to get the co cooperation co- co cooperation operation m of other countries The British empire he says consistently sabotaged the program and Pittman proposes that the United States now reduce its purchases of foreign silver to a minimum The coming session of congress is almost sure to see new legislation on silver Round Merry Interesting and true Biggest ovations at the Gridiron club dinner went to Vice President Jack Garner and Representative John OConnor O'Connor OConnor O'Connor OCon nor New York victim of the purge campaign Colonel F. F C. C Harrington new W P A Ahead Ahead Ahead head was second man in scholastic honors in his West Point class He graduated in 1909 The securities and exchange commission is se secretly secretly secretly se- se investigating a report that its action against A. A M. M and L. L P. P Giannini leaked to the California bankers two days before the proceeding proceeding proceeding pro pro- was announced officially Miss Gladys Pyle South Dakotas Dakota's day 60 senator is issued issued issued is- is sued this holiday message Sunshine at Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas time should come from inside not inside not out out- side An important difference of opinion has developed within the administration over plan to extend credit to Latin- Latin American countries to create dollar exchange Some of his colleagues believe the Im Export port bank lacks legal authority to lend money to governments in connection with credit oper oper- Copyright ht 1938 for The Telegram |