Evening star., 1938-08-22
M|NTONRUMORED
FOR COURT POST
Some Officials Believe He
Has Inside Track to
Succeed Card0zo.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The name of Senator Sherman
Mnton of Indiana, New Deal cham
pion, received mention anew today in
speculation over President Roose-
velts probable choice to succeed the
late Justice Ben jamin Cardozo on the
Supreme Court.
Some persons highly placed In the
capital expressed the opinion that
Senator Minton had the inside track"
for the appointment. although they
conceded some factors might weigh
against his chances.
Questioned in his home State about
the reports that he might be chosen,
the Senator declared there was moth
ing to them Such reports were wish
full thinking on somebody's part" he
said
The President conferred with the
Indiana Senator at the White House
recently.
Senator Minton has been militantly
loyal to the administration. In the
front of the unsuccessful fight for
President Roosevelt's Supreme Cour,
reorganization bill, he has repeatedly
demanded liberal Interpretation OF
the Constitution A lawyer, Senator
Minton is ~ years old.
Associate of Black
When Justice Hugo Black was q
member Of the Senate Senator Min
ton was one OF his closest associates
And when President Roosevelt NOM
mated Senator Black for the Supreme
Court Senator Minton was one OF the
Alabaman's staunchest defenders in
the subsequent controversy.
Among the elements regarded by
some as tending to make Senator Min
tons appointment unlikely. however
Is the strong demand in the Senate
for the selection Of justice from west
Of the Mississippi River.
Senator Adams, Democrat. of Colo.
rado said, after talking to the Presiden,
on his recent transcontinental trip
that Mr.. Roosevelt had agreed II
would be fitting to appoint a West.
erner to the bench.
The present members Of the court
are all from the East or South, except.
ing Justice Butler of Minnesota.
Mr.. Roosevelt has given no indica
ton publicly Of his intentions with
regard to the court vacancy. 1t |.
still an open question whether he will
make the appointment before Congress.
meets in January. He could do so Il
he desired, bnt it has been customar,
In the past fC- nominees to await Sen.
ate confirmation before taking thei,
seats.
Bratton Supporters.
There is some sentiment in the
Senate in support Of Judge Sam G
Bratton, former Senator from New
Mexico, who is now a member of the
10th Circuit Court.
Other Westerners who have been
mentioned frequently in the specula-
ton include Senator Schwellenbach OF
Washington Thurman Arnold OF
Wyoming, Assistant Attorney General
in charge Of antitrust cases: Joseph
c. Hutcheson, So, Of Houston, Tex
judge OF the 5th Circuit Court;
William Denman of San Francisco
judge of the 9th Circuit Court; Bert
E. Haney of Portland Ore, a member
of the 9Th circuit bench; Albert Lee
Stephens of Los Angeles of the 9th
Circuit Court; Harold M. Stephens
former Utah judge who is now on the
Court cot Appeals here, and Justin
Miller of California, also a member
OF the District of Columbia Court oi
Appeals.
Senator Minton himself has ex-
pressed preference for the appoint
ment Of Felix Frankfurter, Harvard
Law School professor.
If the President were to ignore
geographical considerations and choose
another member from the East, Sena.
tor Wagner of New York, author OF
housing, social security and labor
legislation, undoubtedly would receive
consideration.