HOOVER’S NOMINEE

Grey River Argus, 9 May 1930, Page 5

HOOVER’S NOMINEE

For U.S A. Supreme Court REJECTED BY SENATE. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 7. Mir Hoover suffered his first major defeat in Congress, when the Senate by a vote of thirty-nine to forty-oire did not accept the nomination of John Parker. North Carolina jurist, for Justice of the United States Supreme Court. ’ ””*TW It was the first rejection of such nominee, in thirty-six years, and was due chiefly to bitter opposition, of organised Labour and Negro organisa* tions. Despite strenuous efforts by Mr

auuu L'v urvuiuiug v avail l. Hoover’s lieutenants, the Senate declined to accept the designation.