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seen at social functions with Mrs
Clark and, on occasions, theil
subdeb daughter Mimi. A son
William, was married only recent
Ily. Annually Mr.. Clark is host
at a birthday party for President
Truman.
The Attorney Generals princi-
pal interest outside of office is
/ the development of programs tc
combat juvenile delinquency. Any
thing of this sort always gets his
warm support.
Mr.. Clark was born at Dallas on
September %, 1899. and received
his education at Virginia Military
Institute and the University OF
Texas. He was in World War !
and his first Federal appointment
was that of special assistant to
the Attorney General in the anti
trust division, in 1887. Successive
assignments in the department
finally brought the rank of Assist
ant Attorney General and super
vision of the antitrust and then
the criminal division.
In one of President Truman's
first cabinet appointments Mr.
Clark was named Attorney Gen.
eral on May %, 1945. succeeding
Francis Biddle.
Rayburn Behind Appointment.
House Speaker Rayburn was
largely instrumental in that ap-
pointment, and he joined with
other members of the Texas Con-
gressional delegation in applaud
ing Mr.. Clark's promotion last
night.
In selecting Senator McGrath
for a cabinet post. President Tru-
man chose the successful manager
of his spectacular fight for re-
election. and. as in the case of
Attorney General Clark, staunch
Trumanite at all stages of the
bitter campaign in which the
Democrats had as much trouble
with factionalisn as with the Re-
publicans.
Born in Woonsocket. r. l., on
November %. 1908. he was edu-
Gated 2 in CATHOLIC schools and
took his law degree at Boston
University.
Appointed United States Dis
trict Attorney for Rhode Island
in 1884, Mr.. McGrath held that
post six years. then won the gov
ernorship from Republican William
H. Vanderbilt. Reelected in
1912 and 1914, Gov. McGrath re-
signed in the middle of his third
term to become Solicitor General
of the United States, charged with
presenting the Governments side
in Supreme Court litigation. In
1916 he resigned to run for the
Senate. and that fall, while the
Democrats were taking a beating
all over the country. he led his
ticket as Rhode Island stayed
Democratic.
A year later. when Robert E
Hannegan resigned as National
Committee chairman, the New
Englander took over.
With the party split three ways
Chairman McGrath tried to keep
Dixiecrats and Wallaceites in line
to no avail. Outwardly he never
gave up hope. and on election eve
confidently predicted the victory
that materialized the next day.
| Once the issue was decided, the
chairman expressed willingness to
forgive and forgotten everybody
but Henry Wallace. Whimsically
he told newsmen at Key West,
Fla, where he vacationed with
the President, that all would be
we'll with the "venial'' sinners
Former Vice President Wallace, he
said, had read himself out of the
Democratic Party so far as he was
concerned.
| Since coming to the Senate Mr.
McGrath has taken a deep inter-
est in District affairs and has
worked energetically in behalf OF
home rule. Since the Democrats
organized the 81st Congress he
has been chairman of the Senate
District Committee.
When Justice Murphy died last
week Senator McGrath was among
those named Immediately as pos
sible successors, but he did not
figure as cabinet prospect in the
speculation about Mr.. Clark get
ting the judicial post.
The Senator said last night he
was highly gratified" that Mr.
Truman had rendered the ap-
pointment.
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