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cranks." Mrs Caudle also re-
ceived a coat-hanger in the mail.
after the testimony about her
mink coat.
Mr.. Caudle was born June %,
1904, in Wadesboro, Anson Coun-
ty, in the heart of the textile
country in the southwest part of
North Carolina. His father, T. l..
Caudle, ST., was a prominent
lawyer.
In an impassioned answer on
the House floor last month to
charges against Mr. Caudle, Rep
resentative Boykin. Democrat. of
Alabama, declared it was 'un-
thinkable that men should drag
the name of Caudle through the
mud and besmirch a man whose
family and kinfolk are a tradition
in the great State of North Caro-
lima"
Never Held Elective Post.
Lamar Caudle attended high
school in Wadesboro, Mr.. Boykin
related. and was president of his
class each of the four years."
After obtaining his law degree
In 1926 at Wake Forest College.
where he was president of the stu
dent council, he entered Wades-
boro law firm in which his father
was senior partner and conducted
general country practice"
In 1882. the State legislature
created a general court in Anson
County to prosecute misdemean-
ors and hold preliminary hearings
In felonies. Mr.. Caudle was ap-
pointed county solicitor by the
county commissioners and for the
next eight years devoted "one, two
or three days a week" to the new
Office.
While he never held an elected
post, either then or later, the
young attorney became interested
in politics, becoming especially
active in Young Democrat clubs.
In 1888, he campaigned for Rob-
ert R. Reynolds, who was re-
elected as Senator.
Recommended by Reynolds.
Mr.. Caudle said he had known
Senator Reynolds since 1882, and
had asked him to help a lot of
my friends" In the 1888 cam
paign. he said. he supported the
Senator against Frank Hancock,
the brother-in-law of one of his
law partners.
Two years later. on the recon-
mendation of Senator Reynolds,
Mr.. Caudle was named United
States Attorney for the WESTERN
District of North Carolina. Of
ficially, he was recommended toI
the President on January Is, 1910.
by then Attorney General Robert
H. Jackson. Mr.. Jackson had
taken over his post only nine
days before.
Under long standing custom, ]
Senators from the Eastern and
Western sections of the State each
handle appointments in their re-
spective Federal districts.
Nc Personel Friendship.
The Caudle appointment made
by President Roosevelt, was con-
f1rmed by the Senate February 8,
1910, after the death of the in
cumbent. Marcus Erwin, in late
1899.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Erwin's first
assistant. w. r. Francis, had been
appointed acting United States
Attorney and, Mr.. Francis told a
reporter, had the support of 27 of
the % county bar associations in
the district for the attorneys job
when MIR. Caudle was appointed
to the post.
Former Senator Reynolds,
reached at his home in Miami,
told The Star he never had a
real close personal friendship"
with Mr.. Caudle, and that he
could recall no strong personal
reasons for his support. He
thought he had first met Mr..
Caudle. he said, after the 1888
elections.
Mr.. Reynolds said he did not
clearly recall the details but his
recollection" was that Mr.. Caudle
had served under Mr.. Erwin.
Then when the vacancy oc-
Cured" he added. Il recon-
mended Mr.. Caudle because Il
had understood through those in
the know that he had made a
very good record"
Mr.. Reynolds said he had
understood the attorneys office