Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-22
FAVORABLE SENATE
REPORT EXPECTED
ON JUDGE PARKER
Close Study of His Record
Likely in View of Fight
Made on Hughes.
BY r. GOULD LINCOLN.

The nomination of Judge John j.
| Parker of North Carolina to be an as
Sociate justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, sent to the Senate
late yesterday by President Hoover, is
expected to be confirmed by the Senate.
In the light of the recent attack made
by progressive Republicans and some of
the Democrats in the Senate on the
appointment of Chief Justice Hughes.
it may be expected that the Senate
judiciary committee will scrutinize
closely Judge Parker's record, par
ticularly as it applies to economic ques-
tons. The nomination, Senator Norris
Of Nebraska, chairman of the judiciary
committee, said today, viii be referred
to subcommittee for consideration.
That course win be followed when the
committee meets Monday, it Is under
stood.
Supporters of Judge Parker insist
that he cannot be considered reaction
ary'' by the widest stretch Of imagina-
ton. At the same time he is regarded
as a sound lawyer and jurist, and the
opinions which he has handed down
while a Judge of the fourth judicial
circuit are cited in support Of these
contentious.
Ran for Governor in 1920.
Judge Parker is a Republican. He
was at one time Republican candidate
for attorney general of his State and
in 1920 he was the Republican nominee
ff
the Democrats of his State, however,
and both Senator Simmons and SEN
ator Overman have commended his ap-
pointment to the Supreme Court.
Other Southern Democrats in the Sem
ate have also expressed their approval
of the Presidents latest selection for
membership in the highest court. It
appears, therefore, that Democratic OPP
position to his confirmation is not like
~ to materialiZe.
Progressive Republicans in the Senate
who fought the appointment of Chief
Justice Hughes on the ground that men
of more liberal views on economic prob
lens of the day should be appointed to
the Supreme Co lrt have not indicated
what their course will be with regard
to Judge Parker's appointment. They
are awaiting an inquiry by the judiciary
committee into the qualifications of the
North Carolinian.
Both Senator Norris and Senator
Borah, who led the fight against the
Chief Justice in the Senate, say, how
! heard Of Judge Parker they are in
clined to vote to confirm his appoint
ment.
When the nomination of Chief Jus
| tice Hughes was sent to the Senate by
President Hoover, it was generally ac-
| claimed and there seemed no prob
ability Of opposition. But before the
vote on confirmation of his appoint
ment had been reached the opposition
had rolled up 26 votes among the Re-
| publican progressives and the Demo-
Gratis, and the nomination was debated
tor three days in the Senate itself.
Judge Is Al Years Old.
Judge Parker is the youngest man to
| be appointed to the Supreme Court In
| a hundred years. He was born in Mon
! roe, N. c., November 20, 1885, and Is
only A years old. The first Chief JUS
tice, John Jay, was A years old, too
when he was appointed. The youngest
man ever to be appointed. to the Su-
preme Court was Associate Justice
Story, who was 80.
| One of the most important cases with
which Judge Parker has had to deal,
says his supporters, is the lake cargo
coal rate case, reported as Anchor Coal
Co. ct al. VS.. United States. That case
| involved the right of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to forbid vol
untary reduction of rates in cases where
the reduced rates would admittedly yield
a fair return upon invested capital, the
reduction being forbidden because OF
economical conditions prevailing in q
competing section enjoying lower rates
.he action of the commission being based
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