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Show New Dealer Wants 'Friendly ' Justices By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON WASHINGTON, March 1 1 (INS ) Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, one of the new deal's brightest legal luminaries, today frankly conceded President Roosevelt must name six friendly Justices to the supreme court or his proposed Judicial reform is useless. Jackson made this admission under un-der a hammering croas-examlna-tllon by members of th senate Judiciary committee. It cam after Jackson had devoted an hour to reading a prepared statement assailing as-sailing ths supreme court for having hav-ing become a "supergovsrnment" through decisions that whittled away th powers of both congress and the state governments. Jackson condemned th "frank hostility" of a majority of ths high court's Justice to all alma of ths now deal He declsred th Justices were out of touch with th times and wer denying th American people th right to hav th kind of government for which they had voted overwhelmingly at th last three slectlons. Jackson first gently opposed constitutional con-stitutional smendmentx, declaring after all they would be Interpreted adversely by the high court He addsd: Ton cannot amend a hostile mind." Under cross-examination, he finally conceded it would be proper to adopt constitutional amendments, but only in addition to th president's presi-dent's plsn to enlarge the court New Justices ar demanded, he said, because of th "cloud of legsl doubt" hovering over th entire new deal It was Senator Connelly (D., Texas), foe of th plsn, who drew from Jackson th statement the president's reform will fall unless the proposed six new Justices .ar friendly to th new deal. "Doesn't it all boil down," he asksd, "to ths proposition that If you get six new Judges under this legislation that will Interpret the constitution a you see It it' all right snd if you don't then it' all wrong T". "No, I don't tak that view. I am perfectly willing to take an adverse decision from an open-minded Judge any tun," replied Jackson, a' |