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Show 'Black Pleads Guilty,' Press Agrees in Verdict; Defense Fails to Alter Views of Partisans in Row (By Th Associated Press) Comment on th speech of Justice Jus-tice Hugo L. Black indicated today that some men on both aide of th controversy are ready to call a halt to the argument Others, however, who felt strongly strong-ly one way or th other about hi fitness for th bench, aaid they have not changed their views. Bom of th statements follow: SENATOR BORAH (R., Idaho) "Justice Black will take his seat on Monday. I hop th subject of th Klan will be dropped ." SENATOR WHEEI.ER (D Mont.) "A fine explanation. I think he satisfied the people generally." gen-erally." ' RM'RKSKNTATIVK MNKI.I. (R., N Y.i. House minority leader--'This is purely a Democratic row." SENATOR TYDINUH (D. Md ) "I voted against Black' confirmation. confirma-tion. I have nothing to add or subtract from that position." JOHN I. LEWIS, C. I. O. Head-"Powerful Head-"Powerful and straightforward." SENATOR CONNALLV D.. Tex.) "It seem to m th incident la closed." FREDERICK H. BTINCH-K1KLI), BTINCH-K1KLI), retiring president of the American Bar association "If Mr. Justice Black say hi record In th senate far offsets th charge of bigotry resulting from th fact he belonged tot the Klan. the average aver-age citizen must bow to that con-cluaion." con-cluaion." SENATOR HOLT D.. W. Va.) "What can be aaid? He pleada guilty." SENATOR O'.MAHONEY (D.. Wyo. "A frank and satisfactory statement." DR. HIRAM EVANS, Imperial wiiard of the Ku Klux Klan "A very sincere speech. He'll mak a great Judge. I've been trying to tell folk that membership card didn't mean a thing." SENATOR Rl'RKE (D., Neb.) "I regret that he didn't take us into hi confidence on th Klan matter and give us the benefit then (at time of confirmation) of the views he haa now expressed." REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON (D., Utah) "I think the public should take him at hi word." SENATOR THOMAS (D., Utah) "I think w ought to take him at hi word and accept it 100 per Icent." SENATOR DAVID L WALSH D., Mass.) "His statement does not remove my belief that If the preaident had known all the facts he would not have named him to the supreme court. Furthermore. It I certain that ha would not have been confirmed by th senate with the general unanimity accorded by th member of that body had they been Informed of the fact now admitted ad-mitted by Mr. Justice Black." Editorial comment on Justice Hugo L. Black s address follows: NEW YORK TIMES At every session of th court th presence on the bench of a justice who hai worn th whit rob of th Ku Klux Klan will ttand a a living symbol of th fact that here the cause of liberalism was unwittingly betrayed.' NEW YORK HERALD-TRIB-f I NK Only a man heedlesa of the1 truth and a man afraid of hia off I - j cial skin could fall so low ... It Is now for President Roosevelt to speak. lXtH ANt.M.r.M TIMES - If Black' Is not morally disqualified by htal paM membership in the Klan. andl by his deceit of lha senate, he sp- pears to be by his present men.j dacity. ( Hit At. O DAILY NKWN Justice Jus-tice Black's answer to the charge is a confeeeion of It truth . . . millions mil-lions of Americana of every racial stock and every religious belief will not forget this sole tangible accomplishment ac-complishment of President Roosevelt Roose-velt attempted "liberalisation" of th supreme court. WASHINGTON EVENING STAR Justice Black's statement regarding re-garding his Klan connection comes late. He would be In better case today had he mad It at the time hia nomination to the court was before hi fellow senators for confirmation. con-firmation. . . , Th country will Judge for Itself. KANSAS CITY STAR -The plain fact la that the Justice was trying to explain away something that in th natur of the caaa could not b explained away. . . . Accumulating Accumulat-ing evidence since hi appointment conflrma the impreaalon made at th time that hi elevation to the supreme court was a tragic offense against th American people. BOSTON TRAVELER (Independent) (Independ-ent) "Hugo Black s pitiable defense of hi political chicanery waa both an Insult and threat not alone to th three group th Ku Klux Klan persecuted, but to every American, whatever hia race or religion. Th discussion Is not snded. Th American Amer-ican public doe not accept the scolding. It may have to accept Hugo Black on the highest bench. To pry a man loose from a 130.000 a year job la not always easy. What do you, Mr. Preaident, think of It?" NEW YORK SIN "Th preamble pre-amble to Black's confession waa a mesa of factitiousnesa and inconsistency. incon-sistency. Th bill of right was praised by a man who, aa aenator. trampled upon the article of the bill which provide that th people peo-ple shall be secure against unreasonable unrea-sonable search and seisure. . . . Equally hollow waa Black' allegation allega-tion that th storm which haa raged about hia appointment was 'a planned and concerted campaign.' Nothing could be further from th truth. . . . "Ho (Black) haa been on trial as a man nominated to the greatest and most respected court In the whole world. He has finally pleaded plead-ed guilty to a charg which, while not disqualifying him technically from holding the office of associate Justice, should morally disqualify any man from such a place." . , . SCRIPPS - HOWARD NEWSPAPERS NEWS-PAPERS Hugo Black address to th nation waa th work of a brilliant bril-liant prosecutor auddenly turned to th defense. It was an eloquent plea for tolerance. It was clever. But Ilk too many of th recent happening In th region of th supreme court "too damned clever," . . . So, while we should Ilk to rest our comment with praise to th orator' trlbut to toleranc we must In th Interest of realism, say w can't overlook that thorn which waa all but buried In th rose-bed rose-bed of hi rhetoric "I did join th Klan." . . . W. would feel better today If th nw associate Justice last night had advanced the simple, sim-ple, though not so clever, plea that to err I human but to forgive divine. . . , |