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Show Frank Murphy Nominated as New Justice of Supreme Court JACKSON FILLS JOB KI CAB1IIET THUS VACATED Francis Biddle - Named Solicitor General by Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (INS) President Roosevelt today appointed ap-pointed Attorney General Frank Murphy to the United States supreme court and simultaneously simulta-neously elevated Solicitor General Gen-eral Robert H. Jackson to the post of attorney general. To the post of solicitor-general which would be vacated by Jackson, Jack-son, Mr. Roosevelt nsmed Francis Biddle, now a Justice on the Third circuit court of appeals In Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. ' Murphy, only 48 years of ag end on of the youngest men to b named to the supreme court. Is known as an outstanding liberal. His appointment to the court gives It a further proliberal and new deal complexion. , Fifth Appointee , Since President Roosevelt lost nis flfht In congress to enlarge the supreme court in 1937, deaths and retirements have caused five vacancies. va-cancies. Thus, Mr. Roosevelt has named five of the nine justices on the high tribunal. They are Justices Jus-tices Frankfurter, Douglas, Black, Reed, and now Murphy. ' , The shift occasioned In the president's pres-ident's cabinet was made known-when known-when the nominations of the three men to their new posts were sent to the senste, where they are expected ex-pected to be confirmed without opposition. Murphy was named to the high court to fin the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Pierce Butler, a Catholic from the midwest, who died last November. Murphy also is a Catholic, and from the midwestMichigan. mid-westMichigan. Jaeksea Elevated Jackson, 47, was born in Spring Creek, Ps., studied law In New York and later became a well-known well-known corporation counsel In that state. He joined the government service in 1934 as general counsel for the department of Internal revenue, having attracted President Presi-dent Roosevelt's sttention as member mem-ber of the New York state commission commis-sion Investigating administration of juitice. Like Murphy, he Is recognised as a liberal, and has been mentioned men-tioned as a possible Democratic presidential candidate. Biddle, a Republican turned new dealer, was chairman of the national na-tional labor relations board In 1934 (Continual on Past Flvo) (Column On I Murphy and Farley Exchange Greetings 1 MURPHY NAMED 1 TO HIM COURT , (Oontkraae rrtiM h Oh) and 1935, before he mi named Philadelphia federal appellate Judge. He U a native of Paris, France, but was brought to thii country at a child. A graduate of Harvard university, univer-sity, he obtained his first job In public life as a secretary to the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the supreme court He practiced prac-ticed law in Philadelphia from 1912 to 1922when he became an assistant assist-ant district attorney in the eastern Pennsylvania district. V i . , ;"- ; . . : I -V" . ' " . " (- ' TWO CABINET MEMBERS ON EVE OF ONE'S ELEVATION TO HIGH COURT Postmaster General James A. Farley, left, chats with Attorney General Frank Murphy after attending opening of congress Wednesday |