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Felix Frankfurter,‘The Lillie Justice
I Lis His Finders In Many Pies
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WASHINGTON The entire British Empire was set
just a bit agog last winter when the Australian Minis
ter in Washington announced that Justice Felix Frank
furter had advised him to take a post in the British
cabinet. The Australian Government was especially
agog and its prime minster said so publicly.
To a lot of other people also it seemed queer that a
justice of the IV S. Supreme Court should be dipping
his fingers into vital affairs of the British Empire. But
to those behind-the-scenes in Washington this was no
surprise at all. For now. as the Supreme Court winds
up its current term, it is a fact that second only to
the President himself, Justice Felix Frankfurter has
more to do with guiding our destinies of war than any
one in Washington.
He does this through having put his own men in
three key cabinet posts; through being on intimate
terms with the British Ambassador Lord Halifax and
the Chinese Foreign Minister T. V. Soong; and through
having one of his old students. Dean Aeheson. sit at
the right hand of Secretary of State Hull. Almost no
move of major importance is made these days without
Frankfurter having his finger in it it the President
is sending a mission to India to help the British settle
their independence problems. Justice Frankfurter sits
in on discussions If an investigation is to be made of
Pearl Harbor. Frankfurter recommends his friend Jus
tice Owen Roberts — who is appointed. If a federal
judge is to be named in Massachusetts. Frankfurter
recommends his old pupil Charles Wyanski, and Wy
ar.sk; s appointed.
I'ncle In term'd By Hitler
\n a.idti.n to ail reasons for bo mg zealous about
the war: Frankfurter has special, personal incentives.
Ho a , - a •• n Y enna. a country taken in one gulp
b> H For And wh, v. he swallowed it. Hitler threw
Frankfurter’s aged ancle ;r.t a concentration camp.
Those 'act rs. plus the pollution of his race, long
hob r. Fear . 1 larbo; made Frankfurter one of the most
merge:., .aid effect,ve promoters of Intervntion.
Sect ... times his friends ha\a suggested that Su
\ enn Court just ces should not meddle in the exec
utive branch of the government: that the Constitution
created the judiciary as a cheek on the executive, not
a cellab rater, that he should net be quite so open in
c.ish,.ng ixaek and forth between the British Embassy
and the War Department
H never, nothing has daunted Frankfurter Justices
D . - Levanter and Sutherland were criticized when
i e> were consulted regarding Republican politics in
Wyvr.t -g and Utah But the blithe-some, passionate,
tea ii -s Mr Ftankfurter <.< "s.ders himself in a differ
ent category.
Close Friend of Stimson
T t to roe key cabinet members indebted to Frank
furn • their jobs are Attorney General Biddle. Sec
War Stimson and Secretary of the Navy
Kr.ex In addition. Frankfurter put Dear. Aeheson in
. s As* slant Secretary of State with an eye to taking
Hu Fs place when he retires
iv x was urged on Roosevelt by Frankfurter as a
g t.-u p. atical stroke to swing the Republicans into
• .m -an. a .so the Middle Wes' The President, accord
ing to Wane House intimates, did not want Knox at
first L; had been too bitter a critic while running for
vice tv o s dnt But finally he yielded to Felix.
B always has beer. .1 protege of Frankfurter's,
‘out a-.- 100led toward him recently, “remarking to
f; ends mat he was “too indiscreet to be trusted."
H. •• ( »e;. Felix’s greatest influence is in the War
Department. There two close and very dear friends
are me Secretary of War and Undersecretary of War,
v hi’ic tv of his students. John J McCloy and Robert
Lovett are assistant secretaries of war. This great
influence m the War 1 Department probably was why
"the .m o Justice.’’ as he is called by old students,
won so tar as recommending the court-martialing of
v.n army officer. Col Truman Smith, because he was
supposed To be writing Lindbergh's speeches.
Fro sfuvter and Stimson have >een intimate friends
for th tty y ear*. When Stimson was district attorney
of New York m 1 JOfi, he brought Frankfurter in as his
assistant.. Later when Stimson became Secretary of
War under Taft, he gave Frankfurter a job in the
War Department During the hast war. both men at
first were n the judge advocate general’s office of the
reserve 00 p? Then when Stimson became Secretary
of State under Hoover Frankfurter staffed most of the
high-rar.K u. offices in the State Department for him.
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So it is not surprising that on occasion, cabinet of
ficers have walked in on the Secretary of War unan
nounced. and found him with a little pad of paper
taking down notes as Frankfurter talked.
No Love On Court
Despite all these activities. Felix manages to spend
some time at t.he Supreme Court: though his relations
there are not the happiest. His closest friend, strange
ly enough, is the Court’s only remaining conservative.
Owen Roberts, who ha* become especially intimate
since Frankfurter got h:m the Pearl Harbor assign
men* Frankfurter also gets on reasonably well with
Store, whose appointment as Chief Justice he engin
eered with Roosvelt. He is also on good terms with
Justice Jackson, who would like to be chief justice
after Stone retires, and is fully aware that Fel.x could
help get the position for him.
But with Justices Douglas. Black, and Murphy.
Frankfurter has been engaged in so many backstage
fights that they merely keep up the amenities.
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A Proclamation
WHERAS. I have sent the following wire to the mayors
of all incorporated towns in the Territory o4 Alaska:
•‘After consultation with the Alaska Defense Command
it appears desirable to abstain from the use of fireworks of
all hinds in connection with our Independence Day celebra
tion next month. Under cover of the nose and exploding
firecrackers, sabotage would be facilitated. Rockets, roman
candles, and pin wheels could conceivably be misused by
saboteurs as incendiary devices and fireworks in general
add to the risk of conflagration. Therefore 1 request you
and your oouncil to adopt the appropriate ordinance for
bidding the sale and use of fireworks until further notice.
This will be a disappointment to our youngsters and entail
a sacrifice on the part of merchants who may have stocked
fireworks, but I feel sure that all .Alaskans will be glad to
forego this form of celebration under the circumstances.
Fourth of July celebrations in Alaska this year can take
other forms such as competitive games for the children and
by next year we doubtless shall be able to have a real cele
bration without restrictions. 1 feel confident that by that
time the American people will have many victories to cele
brate on land, sea and in the air."
NOW. THEREFORE, I. ERNEST GREENING, Governor
of Alaska likewise request the people, including the author- '
ities. outside of the incorporated towus similarly to conform j
to the request contained therein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have !
hereunto subscribed my hand
and caused the seal of the Terri- '
tory of Alaska to be affixed.
B.v the Governor. Done at the City of Juneau this
13th day of June in the year of
our Lord, nineteen hundred and
forty two.
E. L. BARTLETT ERNEST GRUELING
Secretary of Alaska Governor of Alaska