Evening star., 1938-01-20
SENATE UNIT GIVES
REED UNANIMOUS
BACKING FOR POST
Favorable Report Is Due
Monday, Confirmation
Likely Tuesday.
ENDORSEMENT IS VOTED
AFTER HOURS HEARING
Only One Dissenting Voice Heard
but Questions Raised Receive
Scant Attention.
BY JOHN H. CLINE.


Except for one dissenting voice, the
nomination Of Solicitor General STAN
ley Reed to the Supreme Court en-
countered smooth sailing today in a
hearing by a Senate Judiciary Sub
committee appointed to determine the
qualifications of the nominee.
At the conclusion Of the one hour
hearing, the subcommittee voted
unanimously to report the nomination
favorably to the full Judiciary Com
mittee. Chairman Logan Of the sub
committee said prior to the hearing
that the report would be made Mon
day and that the Senate was expected
to confirm Mr.. Reed on Tuesday.
Should that course be followed, Mr..
Reed will be ready to take the seat
vacated by the retirement OF Justice
George Sutherland when the court
meets week from Monday. That will
enable him to participate in the
decision of an important suit by the
Electric Bond & Share Co. attacking
constitutionality of the 1885 act
regulating public utility holding COM
panies unless he should decide to dis
qualify himself because of his past
connection with the case as solicitor
general.
One Dissenting Voice.
The only person at the hearing not
unreservedly in favor Of Mr.. Reeds
nomination was Robert Gray Taylor.
chairman of the Philadelphia Court
Plan Committee. The questions he
raised received scant consideration
from the members Of the subcommit-
tee.
Mr.. Reed was present. but made
no statement and no questions were
asked of him.
In addition to Chairman Logan,
Subcommittee Members Norris. in
dependent, of Nebraska: Van Nuys.
Democrat, of Indiana McGill, Demo-
crat. of Kansas; Borah. Republican.
of Idaho. and King. Democrat. of
Utah, were present.
Chairman Logan opened the hear
ings with the assertion no protest
against the nomination had come to
him. with one exception-a letter from
a william w. williams of New York.
The chairman said:
"Mr. Williams admits he doesn't
know Mr.. Reed, but is just against
the Government generally" Senator
Logan said Mr.. Williams questioned
the fitness Of the nominee because he
had advocated unconstitutional
laws in arguments before the Supreme
Court.
Attorney General Cummings was
then called. He reviewed Mr.. Reeds
experience and submitted a statement
Of the cases the Solicitor General had
argued before the Supreme Court in
behalf of the administration.
Praises Nominee.
Il would like to say Mr.. Cum
miiigs added, that the Solicitor Gen.
eral conducted these cases with vigor
and skill. His services with the
department have been Of the highest
type. 1t is a great personal satisfac-
ton to me that he has been nominated
to the Supreme Court
Chairman Logan then announced he
wanted to make q statement in Mr.
Reeds behalf.
Il first knew Mr.. Reed, ,"Sthe chair
man said, when he was in the Ken
lucky Legislature Is years ago. That,
I might say" he added facetiously,
lis barred by the statute OF limitations
and Is not to be held against him at
this time. If have the capacity to
judge, Kentucky has never produced
finer lawyer than Stanley Reed. II