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History Irom the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 19. 194B (Thursday)
. Portlanders recognize the
need of improving southern Ore
gon's mountain portion of High
way 99. Robert C. Smith ol the
Portland Chamber of Com
merce, says.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Pitter
patter . . . My how the nice soft
rain does bring in the country
folks . . . and they all seem to
congregate before the tellers'
windows at the bank.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 19. 1936 (Saturday)
Congressman James W. Mott
spent Saturday in the city at
tending the flood control hear
ing. Declaring he had decided to
make his permanent residence
outside the first ward which he
represented. J. F. Fliegel re
signed from city council.
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 19. 1926 (Sunday)
With one of the most success
ful fairs in Jackson county's his
tory comes the realization that
the present grounds are inade
quately equipped with buildings
and improvements.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 19, 1916 (Tuesday)
There will be an adjourned
meeting of farmers and all in
terested in the organization of
a National Farm Loan associa
tion Saturday at the library.
A smoker will be staged at
Grants Pass Wednesday night
by the Rose City Atheletic club
of Portland.
SO YEARS AGO
Sept. 19. 1906 (Wednesday)
County Judge J. H. Scott, also
president of the Oregon State
Oood Roads association, pre
pares report giving details on
the road recently built by the
government near the state fair
grounds.
What's the Answer?
Can Tou Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 195S Editorial Research
Report
1. Clinton, scene of recent
troubles over racial integration
in schools, is a town in Arkan
sas. Kentucky. Tennessee, Tex
as or Virginia?
2. Traffic deaths over the re
cent Labor Day weekend were
around (a) 45, (b) 145, (c) 450, or
(d) 1450?
3. The U.S. constitution was
drafted in 1787 by a canvention
in Boston. New York. Philadel
phia. Baltimore, or Washington,
D.C.?
4. Stevenson did or didn't
have a Southerner for running
mate in 1952 also?
5. The VS. did or didn't have
a member of the five-member
international committee dealing
with Nasser of Egypt about the
Suez Canal?
6. Which of these came first:
Hitler committed suicide. Mus
solini was shot, Japan surren
dered. President Roosevelt died?
7. Babe Ruth in making his
record of 60 home run3 in 1927
knocked one on the last day of
the season; right or wrong?
The answers: 1. Tennessee. 2.
Around 4S0. 3. Philadelphia. 4.
Did (Sen. Sparkman of Ala
bama). S. Did (Loy Henderson).
6. Roosevelt died. 7. Wrong.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Hunting . . .
The September issue of the Oregon Game Com
mission Bulletin points out that the ardent hunter
is becoming increasingly distressed by the large num
ber of posted properties he is encountering in his for
ays after game these days.
The Bulletin writer is unsympathetic.
"It's your own fault," he says in effect, m, at
least, the fault of SOME of the. hunters.
AND, he adds, addressing all hunters, "Are you
" making any effort to stamp out this offbreed,
this troublesome parasite who would ruthlessly de
stroy your outdoor heritage?"
The culprit, the Bulletin writer maintains, is the
guy who cuts fence wire, leaves gates open, shoots
over or through livestock, or at or over houses ; who
strews beer bottles or cans around, or steals chickens,
or tears down fence posts or buildings to build warm
ing fires.
With a record such as this and it's documented,
too who can blame property-owners who close their
land? Mostly they are people who would welcome
thoughtful and considerate hunters, but who feel they
just can't take the chance of letting some destructive
screwball on their property.
'T'HE game commission man indicates he has little
1 hope of "educating" this type of trespasser and
vandal into better ways.
He does have hope, though, of educating the rising
generation of hunters into wise and courteous use of
others' property for hunting, and appeals to all right
minded hunters, who are anxious that their privileges
be continued, to cooperate in this endeavor. (Red
I Hat Day, Sept. 21, is a step in this direction.)
I As to the violator himself, the Bulletin writer
1 urges hunters, in thSir own interests, to lose the fear
j of being a "squealer" and take steps to have each
i prosecuted if and when it is possible to do so.
Why? If for no other reason, he declares, it is to
the self-interest of the hunter to do this. He says it is
this minority of thoughtless and selfish hunters who
have caused property owners to post their property.
And no one can blame them.
AME commission estimates place the amount of
privately-owned land, potentially good for hunt
ing, which is not available because of posting, at
30 to 35 per cent. The total is believed to be increasing
steadily.
"The only way to reverse the trend is to wipe out
the cause at its source," the Bulletin concludes. E.A.
. . . and Fishing
"Who catches the most fish?" the October issue
of The Fisherman asks in an editorial.
The answer: The man who lives near, and knows
best, the fishing spots of the area.
The editorial is a protest against the practice pre
valent in most states of charging non-residents a
much higher fee than residents for fishing licenses.
(In Oregon, for instance, a resident's license costs
$4 ; a non-resident license costs $10, and a "vacation"
license for non-residents, good for seven days, is $5.)
'J'HE editorial continues :
"Many states go to considerable expense to lure the
fisherman across their borders, but the welcome frosts over
when the stranger rigs up his tackle and approaches a piece
of fishing water. Then, in effect, the state says, 'Look,
Buster, you don't belong around here and yet you want to
horn in on our fishing. All right, you can do it, but you're
going to pay plenty for the privilege. Practically anything
else in the state costs the same to you as it does to a resi
dent, but if you want to fish, get out the folding money.' "
This is unrealistic, the editorial implies, and for
two reasons:
1. It is discouraging to the tourist trade in general
(which in Oregon is the third-largest income-producing
industry), and
2. The non-resident isn't going to deplete the
numbers of fish much, anyway.
'THE Fisherman doesn't advocate "charity" for the
non-resident, but it does suggest he be given an
even break, and that the outcome would benefit
everyone the game commission with more money
from more licenses, the merchant with more tourist
revenue, and the visitor with the idea that he's really
welcome, like the advertising says.
"And it probably would not hurt the supply of
fish one bit!" the editorial concludes.
Which serves to remind us of a complaint lodged
with us by a relative from California last summer,
who pointed out that he can buy an inexpensive stamp
for his California fishing license from Arizona, and
thus be granted reciprocity fishing rights in that state.
It sounds ok to us, and we wonder why Oregon
doesn't give it a try. E.A .
Polio-Free Day
Recorded at Chicago
. Chicago iU.R) Chicago's
first polio-free day since a rec
ord outbreak of the disease be
gan June 28 has been reported
by health authorities.
Dr. Herman Bundesen. -board
of health president, said Tues
day that no new polio cases were
reported during the last 24 hour
check period. Bundesen said it
was the "happiest day of the 42
years" he has spent on the board
of health.
Since Jan. 1. there have been
1.057 polio cases, including 33
deaths. During a similar period
of 1955. there were 286 cases
including eight deaths.
Wednesday. September IS. 1958
Moforship Freed
From Columbia Mud
St. Helens (U.PJ The Nor
wegian motorshhip Bonneville
was pulled free from a mud
bank in the Columbia river near
here about 4 a.m. today after
being stuck since early Tuesday.
The 9.200-ton ship, on its first
visit to Portland, was freed
through efforts of the stern-
wheeler Portland and tugs from
Shaver Transportation company
and Western Transportation
company.
An earlier attempt to free the
vessel at high tide yesterday
failed.
The Bonneville proceeded up
stream to Terminal No. 4 in
Portland where she will load
and discharge cargo.
Arab Oil Nations Stand
If Suez Boycotted by the West
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
President Gamal Abdel Nas
ser of Egypt probably is watch
ing the London conference on
mp Suez with con
siderable anx
iety. Nasser still
is talking big.
He claims the
support of the
Arab coun
tries in his at
tempt to seize
the Suez
Charles M. McCann Canal
The political committee of the
Arab League, in fact, has just
voted approval of Nasser's na
tionalization of the canal. It has
denounced Great Britain and
In The Day's
Still more on Suez
Secretary Dulles tells the re
porters in Washington this morn
ing the United States is prepared
to help finance through the
Export-Import bank, rather than
directly through the treasury
increased exports of oil to West
ern European nations.
THAT is to say:
If
As a result of Nasser's seizure
of the canal
Our friends and customers in
Western Europe find themselves
short of oil, we will sell them
what they need. Since our oil
will cost them more than they
have been paying for Middle
East oil coming through Suez,
we are prepared to help them
finance their oil needs during
the emergency period.
Thus a simple business pro
posal is substituted for a pro
posal that smacked of threaten
ing FORCE to compel Egypt to
open up the canal ON OUR
TERMS or else.
WHERE will we get the oil
" without limiting ourselves
and thus upsetting our own
economy?
That, too, is an Interesting
story. Most of our oil-producing
states have laws limiting the
amount of oil that can be pump
ed out of the ground within a
certain period. The federal gov
ernment is conferring with these
states as to the advisability of
RAISING THE LIMITS during
the period of the Suez crisis in
order to take advantage of this
unexpected increase in the ex
port market for oil.
The result of that would be a
considerable increase in business
activity in the . oil-producing
states.
TUT, you say, that would tend
- to DRAIN OFF our oil re
serves, threatening scarcities in
the future.
Well, we aren't as scared of
that as we once were. Among
other things, we have fabulous
oil reserves in the form of oil-
bearing shale. Development of
Klamath Indians
Ask Longer Control
Portland (U.R) Klamath In
dian tribal leaders here yester
day asked the federal govern
ment to keep its control over
the tribe for several more years.
Termination of federal control
had been scheduled for 1958.
Boyd Jackson, who told the
Bureau of Indian Affairs here
that he spoke for a majority of
the Klamaths, said if termina
tion were not delayed "it will
throw the Klamath tribe into
chaos and put the members in
the poor house."
Jackson spoke at a two-day
conference between Northwest
Indian leaders and Glenn L.
Emmons, commissioner of In
dian Affairs. Delegates from the
Klamath, Warm Springs, Uma
tilla, and Yakima tribes attend
ed. At the tfme of the Portland
meeting. Interior Secretary Fred
A. Seaton announced in Wash
ington that he had ordered a
review of the termination pro
gram for the Klamaths, particu
larly in regard to protection of
Indian timberlands.
Jackson, in the conference
with Emmons, blamed the dole
system for the economic prob
lems of the Klamaths. He said
the tribe should have been given
"a sense of responsibility . long
ago."
Emmons said he would return
to Oregon Oct. 29 for further
discussions of the Klamath prob
lem.
Floriculturist Says
Store Seed Air-light
Champaign, 111. U.R Want
to save your vegetable or flower
seed to plant next year?
A University of Ulinois flori
culturist, G. M Josler, recom
mends storing the seed in an air
tight jar, with a two-inch layer
of anhydrous calcium chloride
on the bottom, separated from
the seed with a loose-fitting disc
of heavy wrapping paper.
The seed should be stored at
temperatures between 35 and 50
degrees. The calcium chloride
takes up the moisture.
France for sending troops to
the Middle East.
There is talk that, if the Suez
dispute ever reached the fight
ing stage, Arabs would cut the
pipe lines which carry oil to
Arabian seaports.
Oil Big Business
- But that oil situation, while
it has not received as much at
tention as some other aspects of
the Suez situation, is a very big
one to some of the Arab coun
tries. The less trouble Nasser stirs
up. the better it is for them.
Some of the Arab countries in
cluding Iraq and Saudi Arabia,
both prominent members of the
Arab League, just about live on
their oil revenues.
About 850.000 barrels of oil
News
By Frank Jenkins
these reserves awaits only a suf
ficient market to make extrac
tion of oil from shale profitable.
Extraction of oil from shale
would greatly stimulate the
economies of the areas where
the shale deposits are.
Besides, atomic power offers
immense possibilities in the not
too distant future.
NYWAY, this simple business
proposal to supply our
friends and customers in West
ern Europe with oil enough to
tide them through if a power-
hungry demagogue in Egypt is
foolish enough to close the Suez
canal to the profitable Middle
East oil traffic beats going to
war even if we do have to lend
our friends some more money
while they are adjusting their
economies to the use of our high
er-priced oil.
War is terribly costly.
It is terribly wasteful.
In a few short years war
would use up more of the world's
oil including ours than would
be required for GENERATIONS
of peace-time progress.
Bulganin Willing
To Join in Talks
On Suez Dispute
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin said in an
interview released today he is
willing to join a summit confer
ence of the Big Four plus India
and Egypt to setUe the Suez dis
pute. Bulganin made the statement
in answer to questions submitted
by J. Kingsbury Smith of Inter
national News service. The So
viet news agency Tass released
the text.
Opinion Expressed
Bulganin was asked whether
the Soviet Union would favor a
meeting of the heads of govern
ment to settle the Suez problem.
He replied, "The Soviet gov
ernment has already expressed
its opinions of a just and peace
able settlement of the Suez prob
lem by negotiation.
In order to facilitate such
settlement the Soviet govern
ment is prepared to participate
in a conlerence of the heads of
government of Egypt, India,
France, Britain and the United
States and the USSR."
Ready at Any Time
In reply to a question of how
soon the Soviet government
would be prepared to participate
in such a conference, Bulganin
replied:
The government of the USSR
is prepared to participate in such
a meeting at any time conven
ient for the participants and at
any place if the other partici
pants express their agreement to
such a meeting.
Such place could be, for ex
ample, Geneva, of course if the
government of Switzerland re
gards this favorably."
'RighiWorV
Laws Condemned
..Portland (U.R) So-called
"right-to-work" laws at the state
level are soundly condemned by
Veterans of World War I of the
U. S. A. in a resolution adopted
unanimously at their national
convention here yesterday.
The resolution won the full
support of the delegation from
Washington state where a right-to-work
initiative measure will
appear on the November ballot.
The resolution declared that
the 16 states which have right-to-work
laws have the lowest
average incomes and living
standards in the nation. Labor
organizations have branded the
laws as simply anti-union.
Another resolution would ask
the federal government for a
charter for the veterans' organi
zation similar to those already
held by other veterans' groups.
Miami Beach, Fla., appeared
to have the inside track for the
1957 convention with a $15,000
offer for convention expenses.
The bid of Memphis, Tenn., for
the convention site was rejected
when it was learned that city
would not permit Negro dele
gates to sit with white members
in the convention hall and would
not grant them hotel accommo
dations along with whites.
To Lose
flow each day through the two
big pipelines. This oil, from
Saudi Arabia and Iraq, goes di
rect to the Mediterranean and
Is independent of the canal.
About 1.2 million barrels have
been moving daily through the
Suez Canal, including some from
Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Saudi Arabia Would Lose
If the pipe lines were cut, the
biggest losers would be Saudi
Arabia and Iraq.
Other Arab oil producing
countries would be hit hard if
the Western countries boycotted
the Suez Canal.
That boycott threat, of course,
lies behind the attempt in to
day's London conference to form
a Suez Canal Users' Association.
If the association is formed.
and Nasser refuses to cooperate
with it, a boycott of the canal is
in prospect.
There are credible reports
that some of the Arab countries,
despite their expressed support
of Nasser, are not too happy
over his ambition to become Mr.
Big of the Arab world. That is
notably true of Jordan. But it
is reported that King Saud of
Saudi Arabia also is worried
about Nasser.
Countries Gti Millions
King Saud gets more than
$250 million a year in royalties
from the American-owned Arab
ian-American Oil Co. Iraq gets
about $160 million a year from
the Iraq Petroleum Co., jointly
owned by American, British,
French and Dutch interests.
Tiny Kuwait on the Persian
Gulf, incidentally, gets $280 mil
lion a year in oil royalties. Its
population totals 200,000.
Regardless of the pipe line
situation, there will be some big
and lasting changes in the oil
industry if there is a boycott
of the Suez Canal and oil pro
duction in the Western Hemis
phere is stepped up to replace
Middle Eastern oil. The changes
will be made at the expense of
Middle Eastern oil producing
countries.
Nasser has no oil to worry
about. But his neighbors have
and he is playing diplomatic
poker for enormous stakes with
their money.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear me name and address ot the writer, although
under certain circumstances the use ot a pen name or Initial for publication
tl permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation.
not exceed 400 words.
The South and Democracy
To the Editor: The growth of
democracy In America has been
gradual. In the colonies the
franchise was restricted by
property qualifications.' When
the states were organized this
restriction held good in some
states for 50 years. The first
Democratic President, Andrew
Jackson, was the first president
elected by full manhood suff
rage. Alexander Hamilton wanted a
government of the best -people,
but the people adopted Thomas
Jefferson's idea "that all men are
created eqflal."
There have been 22 amend
ments added to the constitution.
In 1913 the election by the peo
ple of senators was approved,
and in 1920 the women's suf
frage amendment.
Before the Civil War the south
accepted the Democratic slogan
"All men are created-equal,
with the exception that Negroes
were born to be slaves. The Dix-
iecrats of today seem to also
believe this.
In the last presidential elec
tion the state of Mississippi cast
only 285,000 votes, but had six
congressmen. The state of Ore
gon in the same election cast
695,000-votes, yet were allowed
only four congressmen. The Dix
iecrats count the Negroes in the
population when they want con
gressmen, but do not allow the
Negroes to vote.
The great Democratic party
will live and prosper when all
other parties have gone and
passed away.
Charles W. Sherman
Kerby, Ore.
Al Sarena
To the Editor: The Sarena
mine political buildup by the
so-called Democrats is also bog
wash. They had the mine, they
got the patent, and the patent
gave them the right to cut the
timber to sell. So what. That's
the law. As the real Americans
made the law, when we had
law instead of the way the legal
pinkos are now twisting the con
stitution and the laws Karl Marx
style to destroy and communize
the United States by law as the
Kremlin said it would be done
without firing a Russian shelL
McKay believes in the people to
develop their own state Ameri
can style, so does Harris Ells
worth. Both of these men nave
followed American methods and
the citizens should be proud of
them for doing the best they can
with so many pinkos throwing
rocks at them.
G. S. Reilly
338 North Laurel, st.
Ashland. Ore.
(All America Constitutional
Party)
(From their fruit you shall
know the seed.)
About 14 of the Latin Ameri
can countries are commercial
coffee growers.
Appointment to High
Court Tried
Times by 'Lame Duck'
Washington (CQ) Will
President Eisenhower name a
successor to retiring Associate
Supreme Court Justice Sherman
Minton before Nov. 6?
The odds are against it, but
the question suggests some in
teresting possibilities. Justice
Minton is leaving the Court Oct.
15, which means the President
could make a recess appointment
anytime before Jan. 3 when the
85th Congress will convene.
Such an appointment, howev
er, would then have to be resub
mitted to the Senate to secure
confirmation. If meanwhile the
President were to lose his bid for
reelection to Democrat Adlai E.
Stevenson, would the Senate con
firm his appointee?
Seven Such Cases
Congressional Quarterly comb
ed the history of Supreme Court
appointments all 122 and
found seven instances in which
Presidents whose parties had
been defeated in November nev
ertheless attempted to fill va
cancies on the Court before their
opponents took office the follow
ing March 4.
In the first such instance, iron
ically, the President's initiative
placed on the Court the man who
almost single-handedly was to
shape its destiny. John Marshall,
who presided over the Court as
Chief Justice for 34 years, was
named to the post Jan. 20, 1801,
by the outgoing Federalist Presi
dent, John Adams, and confirm
ed the next day. Democrat Thom
as Jefferson, whose election was
won in the House of Represent
atives Feb. 17, also found that
the Federalist Congress had re
duced the number of Justices
from six to five, in a maneuver
to deprive him of an appoint
ment. Jackson Fails
Following his defeat by Dem
ocrat Andrew Jackson in 1828,
President John Quincy Adams
tried to fill a vacancy on the
Court, but the Democratic-con
trolled Senate voted Feb. 12
1829, to postpone action on the
nominee, John J. - Crittenden.
President Jackson took office on
Letters submitted for publication must
Nixon "Gift" Is Defended
To the Editor: The most
enjoyable part of the day for me
is past supper-time, when my
tired body finds rest in the old
leather rocker, and when, with
my feet up comfortably high.
the evening paper can be per
used for what it has garnered
locally and from lands beyond
the sea. But a sour note intrudes
that wearies me beyond words
to tell. It is the steady sabotag
ing of a young Quaker, who like
former President Hoover, has
been making remarkable pro
gress in public life and is get
ting quite the same treatment
for his acknowledged fine serv
ice in behalf of his homeland.
Much abuse was heaped on
me for refusal to go along with
the popular pastime of condem-
mtng and ridiculing then Presi
dent Hoover, and at the very
time when he was laying firm
foundation policies for the
depression recovery for which
FDR and Truman reaped the
credit. And it is good to know
my faith in the orphan boy to
president was justified by the
public acclaim that is his today.
So it is with Richard Nixon.
going now through the fiery mill
of hate and denunciation but
sustained, as he must be, by the
all time high level of the vice
presidency now, criticaLmissiorn
abroad given him by the presi
dent and fuilfilled humbly but
with better results than anv
'striped - pants delegation," as
reported by news correspond
ents.
Right or wrong, in accepting
the goodwill money of friends in
the start of his hard climb up.
is not for me to say, being no
Solomon. But it surely did help
later on in his lone stand of
digging up evidence that could
not be denied and that clapped
traitor Hiss into jail. This mind
you when said Hiss was the fair
haired darling of the Roosevelt
and Truman administrations and
brought all the hatred and red
herring slurs on Nixon's head.
Had there been more Nixons,
there would have been less of
the Hiss stripe and we would
not now find ourselves behind
the Russian nuclear eight ball
as we are.
It is perfectly all right to
open a man's record in public
service and point out his faults
but also acknowledge his suc
cesses. But when it comes to
calling names like "Slick Dick,'
"phoney" and slurring a man's
honest friendly smile, it surely
wearies me beyond words to tell.
F. J. Clifford
1211 West Main st.
Medford, Ore.
Manila, P. I. (U.R) D i s c
Jockey Bill Blackburn claimed
a world "airathon" record of
more than 72 hours today, as
his fund raising stunt over radio
station DXMY entered its third
day:
Seven
March 4 and made his own ap
pointment. President Martin Van Buren
was mqre successful when, aft
er his defeat by the Whig candi
date, William Henry Harrison, a
vacancy occurred on Feb. 25,
1841, a week before his term
ended. Van Buren named Peter
V. Daniel who was confirmed
March 2 by the Senate, 22 to 5,
after Whig Senators walked out
in disgust.
Four years later, President
John Tyler made several at
tempts to fill two vacancies on
the Court. A Democratic Senate
stalled pending the 1844 elec
tion, won by Democrat James K.
Polk. In January 1845, Tyler
withdrew his nominations and
submitted two others. Samuel
Nelson was confirmed Feb. 14,
but the Senate refused to act on
the nomination of John M. Read.
Polk filled the post.
Poorer Luck
In 1853. President Millard
Fillmore had even poorer luck
following the election of Demo
crat Franklin Pierce. Fillmore
Jan. 10 nominated George E.
Badger to a vacancy, and the
Senate voted Feb. 1 1 to postpone
consideration until March 4 when
Pierce would be inaugurated.
Fillmore then sent up the name
of William C. Micou for the post,
but the Senate took no notice.
President Pierce then nominated
John C. Campbell.
Eight years later, the shoe was
on the other foot. Following the
election of Republican Abraham
Lincoln, the outgoing Democrat
ic President, James Buchanan,
nominated Jeremiah S. Black to
a vacancy on the Court on Feb.
5, 1861. On Feb. 21, the Senate
rejected Black by one vote, 25
26. President Lincoln filled the
post but not until the next year.
- The last instance of a "lame
duck" appointment to the Court
ended more happily. After Dem
ocrat Grover Cleveland had won
his second term by defeating the
Republican Incumbent, Benjamin
Harrison, the latter nominated
Howell E. Jackson to the Court
the first Democrat named by
a Republican' President since
1861. Jackson, a U.S. Circuit
Court Judge, was confirmed Feb.
18, 1893.
None Since
No appointments to the Court
since then have involved the is
sue of changing Administrations.
As a practical matter, the oppor
tunities for "lame duck appoint
ments were sharply reduced
when the inaugural date was
moved forward to Jan. 20, leav
ing only a period of about two
weeks in which Congress can
act on the nominations of an out
going President (barring a spec
ial session after the November
election).
If President Eisenhower were
to be defeated, however, he
would be under strong pressure
from his party to nominate a
Republican to the Court, since
the departure of Justice Minton,
a Democrat, leaves the Court
with five Democrats and three
Republicans Chief Justice
Earl Warren and Associate Jus
tices John M. Harlan and Harold
Burton. Whether the Senate
in all probability under Demo
cratic control in the event of
Stevenson's victory would con
firm a Republican appointee 's
doubtful. Precedent at least, fa
vors rejection.
(Copyright 1956."
Congressional Quarterly)
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