JUDICIARY: Parker Week

All week long the Senate debated the nomination of U. S. Circuit Judge John Johnston Parker of North Carolina to be an Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. All week long Senate sentiment for and against confirmation of this appointment divided so evenly that the result seemed to fluctuate within the narrowest margin of votes. All week long critics of Judge Parker flayed him for his Red Jacket coal case decision upholding a "yellow dog" labor contract, for his political animus toward Negroes. All week long his friends lauded his...

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