JUDICIARY: Even Hand

Eight days after he ascended to the U. S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice Frank Murphy dashed to Palm Beach "for his health." At a cocktail party the evening before he left Washington, he seemed no more pallid than usual. His acquaintances in Washington therefore deduced one more bit of evidence that Frank Murphy would rather be almost anywhere than on the Court. He never did like to read law books; while he was U. S. Attorney General, he read as few as possible.

In his anxiety to get off the bench, Justice Murphy...

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