AMERICAN SUPREME COURT
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE BLACK TAKES SEAT WITHOUT FORMALITY Pres* Association—By Telegraph-Copyright WASHINGTON, October 4Judge Black took his seat in the Supreme Court without formality, and listened inscrutably to the presentation of Mr Levitt’s motion, and to the motion of the Boston attorney, Mr Patrick Kelly, asking for the appointment of » commission to investigate the legality of Judge Black’s seating. The court took the motions under advisement. Crowds packed the court and overflowed into the corridors and on to rain-swept steps. Strong precautions prevented the anticipated demonstrations. Another dramatic touch to the situation has arisen from the announcement that Judge Black’s staff consists of a newly-appointed Jewish youth for a law clerk, a Catholic young woman as secretary, and a negro as messenger. [A previous message stated that Mr Albert Levitt, a former Assistant Attor-ney-General, intended to ask the Supreme Court for permission to file a suit for the purpose of unseating Judge Black on the grounds of a legal technicality not related to his Klan affiliations.]
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Evening Star, Issue 22772, 6 October 1937, Page 13
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