NOMINEE REJECTED
SETBACK FOR PRESIDENT ORGANISED OPPOSITION. FIRST REJECTION FOR 30 YEARS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 10.30 a.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, May 7. President Hoover suffered his first major defeat in Congress when the Senate, by a vote of 39 to 41, did not accept the nomination of Mr John Parker, the North Carolina jurist, for a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. . It was the first rejection of such a nominee in 36 years and was due chiefly to the bitter opposition of organised labour and negro organisations. Despite strenuous efforts by President Hoover’s lieutenants, the. Senate declined to accept the designation.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 8 May 1930, Page 5
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