Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
BEHIND
The NEWS
BY Paul
MaHon

WASHINGTON, June l. In
" a very quiet way Mr. Tru-
man has started choosing Judges
on Democratic party basis
rather than for their New
DealiSm
If he has any intention of
reforming the federal judiciary,
however, it will require his life
time AT least In four terms,
Mr.. Roosevelt chose about So
per cent of the present judlc-
larry His appolnteeS were not
weighed so much IN strictly
judicial scales, FOR superior legal
minds or evenhanded sense of
Justice, but for their advocacy
of New DealiSm and its social
ideology,
NOU can begin 10 see a fresh
Il line being started by Mr.. Tru-
man. IN the facts down behind
his first three choices. These
set what seemed to he strictly
a party rule holding that where
the New Dealers are locally in
control ne will name their men,
but where Democrats WELD the
dominant influence he will NOM
mate theirs arbitratlng any
clashes with compromise selec-
tions of his own.
You can also see behind the
inS and outs of these first three
cases why Atty Gen. Blddle is
being uShered out of office so
hurriedly.
TrumanS first appointment
was Donald Gillian as federal
Judge of North Carolina. Gill
liam is not reactionary and
not New Dealer, hat was
recommended hY-a- southern
anti-New Deal Democrat, SEN
atOr Bailey.
Gillian has good reputation
As lawyer, yet Baileys effort
to get-,fiHf nominated was
blocked in the Justice depart
ment by Biddle for months be-
fore Truman came in Biddle
wanted TO dispense ideologies
IS we'll as Justice from the
bench. says Bailey The senator
trotted down 10 the White
House, saw Mr. Truman. and
Biddle was overruled.
nor the Minnesota federal
Il iudgeShip the inside story is
that Democratic National Chair
man Bob Hannegan intervened
between factions to name an
other man against a Biddle
candidate.
At any rate, Mr.. Truman
nominated DaenniS Donovan of
Duluth, who was attorney for
the Oliver Iron Mining Co,
although organized labor is
friendly TO him He also is a
qualified man. and flanagan
Complimented Duluth for going
10 Roosevelt in the last cleo
tion-if compliment" is the
proper word At any rate Bid
die wanted District Attorney
Victor Anderson, although labor
did not.
The third appointee for the
eastern district of Michigan.
Arthur A. KoScinski, Detroit,
was charged with being a Com
muniSt although the charge
seems 10 have been false, Judged
by the evidence here
koscinski once presided al
banquet Of a Slavic organiza-
tion which is pro-CommuniSt,
but the chief speaker al the
same banquet was Biddle him.
self.
More convincing proof how
ever IS that KoscinSki is
Catholic and member of the
board Of a Catholic institution.
4 T any rate. Biddle held up his
u appointment many months.
Tor one reason or another. al
though II bore the backing Of
the Polish congressman Of De-
trolt and had Tie support Of the
state party rganiZation AS we'll
as the national committeeman.
KoScmSki is CIO and New
Dealer, but his naming can be
accurately characterized as a
party appointment.
These three all have in COM
mon the backing Of their state.
senatorial or congressional or
ganlzation. although strictly
only one Is New Dealer. They
also have in common the oppO-
Sition Of the departing attorney
general
This change Of judicial line
has proved popular in Congress:
nevertheless. H. must he re-
ported tho honeymoon is about
over. When the new President
followed the Roosevelt pathway
and rebukcd- the House rules
committee for blocking the Fair
Employment Practices bill for
Negroes. one southern Dcmocra-
tic leader "a SENATOR privately
propheSied the South would not
stay with Truman as long As il
dad with Roosevelt IF sharp
sectional issHeS, like this de-
velop.' 1t IS his view the South
took much from Mr. Roosevelt
for his lifting Of the cotton price
and other anti-depresSion meas
ureS.
In any event. IL must he re-