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2. Toleun 4 Tae va . ot ee 2 UMMVI 2 ele ee- r. Late in Me. Michobe ol... By. Trecy 0. 0: Mr. Civeop .......- Ma. Coffey Mr. Hen Mae MeGutre .......-- Mar. ig le Tamm Mir. heave Byrnes immediately resigned as|tornmey General “is the logical step- associate justice of the court.(ping stone to a ‘Supreme Court ‘Bust of Brandeis Presented Judgeship:” “Two of Mr, Roose velt’s former attorneys general— The first order of business today Jackson and Frank Murphy—and "was the presentation to the court/s former solicitor general, Stanley of 4 bronze bust of the late Jus|F. Reed, now are merpbers of the th | Louis D, Brandeis. Presidenticourt. Shee M. Morris of the American] Others mentloned ‘in int ssociation made the presen-|speculation for Byrnes’ seat {yere tatiog on behalf of that organiza-/former ator Sam Brat! of tion. New Motico, now judge of‘ the _ Chief Justice Stone annotinced)Tenth Circult Court of Appeals; formally the resignation of Justice|Haroid M. Stephens, of Utah, now Byrnes. judge of the District’ of Colum- “Tt announce ‘with regret, in bia Court of. Appeals, and Sen- lenich my colleagues share, the|@t¢ Democratic Leader Alben W. resignation of Mr. Justice Byrnes Barkley, of Kentucky, lof his office as an associate jus| It was considered conceivable, fice of this court,” said the Chief/PUt not likely, that the President Justice. Might leave Byrnes’ seat vecant Bari wish Him Success” an during the war, and then re- “We are reconciled to his leav- ing us only by the realization that jhe is moved by a sense of duty to render a needed service of public importance in a time of great na- ‘Jttonal emergency. ‘| “We wish for him all success in his new and arduous undertaking ‘and that he may find in it that durable satisfaction which is the t reward for a great task greatly performed.” Meanwhile speculation in Con- areay’ was that Attorney General oe OK “A Lo. J appoint Byrnes, . This will be Mr.’ Roosevelt's eighth appointment to the Su- Preme Court—more than any other President except George Wash- ington. ~ . Most Senators were reticent about speculating on Byrnes’ suc- cessor. One said that “after the way Mr. Roosevelt Jumped op us about being 24 hours late fwith this anti-infiation bill, most [rf us are afraid to say anyth be- cause there's no telling what he'd fey if we s we so auch AS suggest any, y at al OT RECORDED ‘je Fie A CLIPPED FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD EDITION NUMBER 9 OCT 5 1942