Evening star., 1949-10-14
Baze|on, Bastian
AndFahyAmong
Six TO Be Judges
Washington, Kirkland
And Mclaughlin Also
Due to Be Appointed
By Joseph A. Fox

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United States Court of Appeals
here will be Charles Fahy, former
solicitor general in the Roose-
velt and Truman administra-
tions; David L. Bazelon, Assistant
Attorney General in charge Of
alien property, and George T.
Washington, assistant solicitor
general, it was learned today
from informed sources.
For the three District Court
judgeships, which also have just
been created by Congress. Presi-
dent Truman is expected to name
Walter M. Bastian and James r.
Kirkland, prominent members Of
the District Bar, and Charles F.
Mclaughlin, a former member Of
Congress from Nebraska. The
two former are Republicans.
Barring a last-minute switch,
which is not expected, President
Truman shortly will send the six
nominations to the Senate, as
he is anxious to submit these,
along with others elsewhere in
the country, before Congress ad-
journs.
Many Appointments Due.
The President has more than
two dozen judicial appointments
to make, including those for posts
just authorized, and others result
ing from deaths and designations.
The Star reported some time
ago that the Fahy, Bazelon and
Bastian appointments were in
prospect, although the last-named
was leading candidate for the
Court of Appeals. The name Of
Mr.. Kirkland also has figured in
speculation on the appointments.
Mr.. Washington and Mr.. Nc
Laughlin rate as dark horses.
Mr.. Fahy, who has fought many
New Deal battles in the courts,
and currently is serving as alter
nate American delegate to the
United Nations General Assembly,
is perhaps the best known of the
prospective appointees, because Of
his long public service.
Fahy Was Early Choice.
He was slated for the appeals
bench more than four years ago
while serving as Solicitor Gen.
eral, but a snarl developed over
selection of his successor, and
while the matter was pending
President Roosevelt died and the
appointment did not materialize.
He is 81 years old and a native
OF Rome, Ga. After graduation
from Notre Dame and GEORGETOWN
Law School he practiced here
from 1914 to 1924, when he went
to Santa Fe, N. Mex. In May,
1888, at the inception of the New
Deal, he entered Government
service as first assistant solicitor
of the Interior Department, served
for a while with the Petroleum
Administrative Board and then,
from 1935-1940, was general coun-
sci of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board-a period when the
Wagner Act was under bitter at
tack.
He was named Assistant Solicitor
General in 1910 and the following
year moved up to Solicitor Gen.
eral.
After the death of President
Roosevelt, Mr.. Fahy resigned to
take an assignment as director Of
the legal division of the Office Of
Military Government in Germany.
and then, he put in a year as legal
adviser to the State Department.
Aided Race Relations Study.
For the past two years, Mr.. Fahy
has been in private practice here.
but concurrently has headed q
special committee named by Pres
ident Truman to study the problem
of race relations in the armed
services.
A naval aviator in World War I,
Mr.. Fahy won the Navy Cross.
The family lives at $500 Chevy
Chase parkway. and there are
four children: Charles, jr., is a
sophomore at Notre Dame, and
his twin Anne. is at Trinity Col
lege here with another sister,
Sarah. A third daughter Agnes.
is at Georgetown Visitation Con-
vent. Mr.. Fahy is a Catholic.
Assisted in Saboteur Trial.
Mr.. Washington, Al, is a native
of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and has
been in Government service since
1912, when he Joined the staff Of
the Office of Emergency Manage
ment. He was one of the assist