Word: becks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual dinner in honor of the Supreme Court took place last week at the White House. Guests other than the Justices and their wives were Attorney General Stone and?designate Warren, Solicitor General Beck and their wives, Representative Graham (Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee), ex-Governor and Mrs. Sproul of Pennsylvania; Princess Cantacuzene, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow of Manhattan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns...
...James M. Beck, Solicitor General of the U. S., recently published a second edition of his book on the U. S. Constitution bearing an introduction by Calvin Coolidge and a dedication, to "the Masters of the Bench of Gray's Inn [London]". A previous edition had been dedicated to "the Honorable Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney-General of the United States, a true and loyal friend, a fair and chivalrous...
...referred to the Judiciary Committee, the nomination of Attorney General Stone for Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, vice Joseph McKenna, resigned. Speculation as to whom the President would now draft into his Cabinet vice Stone, lingered longest on Attorney Silas Strawn, of Chicago; on James M. Beck, U. S. Solicitor-General...
...Pennsylvania Society of New York, desiring to convey an honor, invited U. S. Solicitor General James M. Beck to be its guest. It was incumbent upon Mr. Beck to make a speech, and he spoke on the Supreme Court. "Once again," he asseverated, "the Supreme Court has survived a real crisis in its existence. A distinguished Senator, leading a new party movement . . " In short, he recounted the history of last fall's campaign and declared that 28,000,000 voters supported the Supreme Court and 4,000,000 turned against it. He explained at length why he believed...
...Taft II, Cincinnati, attended his uncle's "Taft School" at Watertown, Conn., attended Yale College, where he played tackle on the famed football eleven of 1916, captained by "Cupid" Black. Later he attended Yale Law School. His name was presented to the Court last week by James M. Beck, U. S. Solicitor General...