Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
CONTEST.
DELAY SOUGHT BY
SENATOR OVERMAN
Supreme Court Nominee De-
tends Self in Letter
to Supporter.
BY the Associated Press.


Delay until late in the week of the
debate on the nomination of Judge
John j. Parker of North Carolina to
the Supreme Court will be sought when
the question of confirmation comes be-
fore the Senate late today.
Senator Overman, Democrat, North
Carolina, will seek to have the Senate
delay debate until Thursday at the
request of his colleague, Senator Sim
mons, who has been called out of the
city.
Unanimous Consent Needed.
Unanimous consent will be required
for this deferment, however, and leaders
believe the Senate will insist upon going
ahead with the debate.
Meanwhile, there was some discus
sion of referring the nomination back
to the judiciary committee to permit
inquiry into complaint sent TO Chair
man Norris by Ralph Hays, former Sec
rotary to Newton D. Baker, former Sec
rotary of War.
This complaint relates to the ham
| ding of war claims case by Parker
as a special assistant to the attorney
General. The case was lost, but the
Government later recovered damages in
| equity court.
Senator Norris said he had lacked
| opportunity to study the complaint by
! Hays and had reached no decision on
seeking recommital of the nomination.
Foes of Parker, led by Senator Borah,
! Republican, Idaho, were confident they
| had sufficient votes to defeat confirma-
ton.
Parker Defends Himself.
Judge Parker himself took issue with
his critics in letter to Senator Over
man of North Carolina, which the latter
made public last night. He asserted
that IN the labor case he was bound to
| follow previous decision of the SUI
preme Court, and that the colored pro-
| test was based upon miSinterpretation
| Of his campaign address.
The Senate Judiciary committee a
week ago voted an unfavorable report
| upon the nomination, and at the same
time defeated a motion that Judge
Parker be invited to appear and reply in
| person to the charges that have been
raised against hiy~'
Specifically, the labor protest was
based upon Judge Parkers decision as a
member of the Circuit Court of Appeals
unfolding an injunction which re.
strained the United Mine Workers from
| attempting to organize the employees Of
! the Red Jacket Coal & Coke Co. of West
Virginia. The workers had signed the
so-called yellow dog" contracts, under
which they agreed not to affiliate them
selves with any union while in the en-
| ploy of the company.
On the racial protest Judge Parker
wrote that in his campaign address
! he was seeking to answer his oppon-
| ents, who, he said, were attempting
to inject the race issue into the cam
! paign under charge that the Repub-
lican party in North Carolina intended
/ to organize the colored people and re-
store the conditions of the reconstruc-
ton era" At the time, Parker was the
Republican nominee for governor OF
the State.
| Tried to Be Fair.
"I endeavored to conduct my cam
| paign for governor on a high plane
and with fairness to all classes of peo-
| pie, and, while l made it clear that
my party was not seeking to organize
| the colored people of the State as @
f, class, at no time advocated denying
them the right to participate in the
election in cases where they were quail
fed to do SO, nor did I advocate deny
ing them any other of their rights un.
der the Constitution and laws of the
United States"
Senator Allen, Republican, Kansas
last night defended Judge Parker and
announced that the nominee has his
support. He said that Parker's recent
decisions have shown a full judicia
fairness to the colored race and that hi:
decision in the Red Jacket case wa.
the only one possible after the rulings
of the Supreme Court.