The Judiciary: A Political Process

From the White House to Capitol Hill went the nominations of two first-rate Missouri lawyers—Floyd R. Gibson of Kansas City, and William H. Becker of Columbia—for a pair of vacant district judgeships in the western half of the state. Since both men have earned the approval of the American Bar Association—and, more importantly, the political backing of Democratic Senators Stuart Symington and Edward Long—the Senate was expected to pass quickly and approvingly on the appointments. Thus one of the most important domestic problems confronting the New Frontier last week moved a small step closer to solution.

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