U.S.A. SUPREME COURT

Grey River Argus, 19 August 1937, Page 6

U.S.A. SUPREME COURT

MR BLACK’S APPOINTMENT. SENATE OPPOSITION. [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.J (Received August IS, 11 p.m.) WASHINGTON, August 17. The Senate has confirmed Mr Black’s appointment to the Supreme Court by 63 votes to 16. The vote followed an hour’s bitter debate, m which Mr Black was attacked for his alleged affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan and for the anti-Al Smith campaign in the 1928 elections. It was intimated that his opponents, who included Senators Byrd, Tydings, Johnson (California) and Lodge are still not satisfied as to Mr Blacks elegibility for the Supreme Court membership, and the question may e taken to the Supreme Court itself.