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Supreme Court — Part 28
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The routine denials by P:
highly regarded by all his colleagues for the
factual accuracy of his work and his scrupulous . {
fairness.
The fact is that what has long been talked
about and occasionally glimpsed has now been
brought out in the open. The fundamental source
of friction between the two men is the Presl-
dent’s refusal to do anything in a°co uctive,
forehanded way to help carry eut tne duoreme.
“‘Couri's school desegregation décision,
Warren waa early disillusioned by Mr, Elsen-
hower’s attitude on this problem. The President
has consistently refused to say he approved of
desegregation in principle; he has taken no steps
ta help make it work in practice. Aa recently aa
last year, he expressed the wish that desegrega-
tion night proceed more slowly,
. Donovan wrote that Warren regards this atti.
tude as being “too indecisive." Warren in fact
uses more vivid language to describe the Eisen-
hower position, He calls it “wishy-washy.” _
+ * *
Here are additional Instances thaé could be
cited to illustrate the ‘gradual deterioration in
relations:
Mr, Eisenhower was offended when the Chiet ;
Justice accepted.an htivitation to-attend the dedi .
cation of the Truman Memorial Library. Mr,
Eisenhower's feud with Harry Truman is very.
mauch alive and he regarded Warren’ 3 attendance
as #h act of disloyalty, - ~-
The. President has pook-peched Warren in
“conversations he has had with Southern Sen
ators, These Southerners, going down ta the.
White House fall ef fre and brimstone ta comm +
pista about the Iniquities of the Supreme Court,
have been surprised ta dizcnver Mr. isenhewer .
readily agreeing with them - .- nad
President Eisenhower has made ne secret. of -
his shock at the Supreme Court's Hberal deck
sions. in. the civil Hberties field Chief Justicg 3
Warren and the majority of his colleagues were
ot very popular In {ne
or ih the reactio
@ decisions in the.
By William v. Shannon
, —_—_— & Arf _ Washington,
residen Eisenhower _and Chief Justic
' Shaken the widespread conviction here that the story of the coolness
Robert T, Donovan, who wrote the story published in the Herald Tribune Herald Tribune : yesterday, &
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"PACT AND FRICTION"
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HW? FEB 18 1959
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