A report from Washington announced the impending resignations of Associate Justices Joseph McKenna and Oliver W. Holmes of the Supreme Court. The report is credible on its face since Justice McKenna is 81 and has served in the court for 26 years, and Justice Holmes is 83 and has served for 22 years.
If the two Justices resign, it will give President Coolidge his first chance to make appointments to the Supreme bench. Mr. Harding made four such appointments (Justices Taft, Sutherland, Butler, Sanford) and Mr. Wilson three (Justices McReynolds, Brandeis, Clarke).
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