Word: goldberg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then the President went into the Rose Garden for a routine ceremony. That done, he went back to the White House, shouting over his shoulder to reporters, "I'll be back in a moment." He returned with Goldberg, his wife and son, Robert, 24, in tow. The President briskly told reporters that Goldberg was his man for the U.N. Then, as his wife stood by, her eyes sad, Arthur Goldberg made a moving acceptance speech. "I shall not, Mr. President, conceal the pain with which I leave the court after three years of service. It has been the richest...
After the initial surprise wore off, Goldberg's selection was widely applauded. More difficult to understand was why Goldberg had agreed to leave his lifetime job in the calm prominence of the court for the turmoil and uncertainty of the United Nations.* Among other things, Goldberg's move entails a salary cut-from $39,000 on the court to $30,000 as ambassador-although the U.N. post carries such perquisites as an embassy apartment in the Waldorf Towers ($33,000 annual rent), a limousine and a big expense account...
...Arthur Goldberg is first and foremost an activist-a man who thinks on his feet, enjoys the storm centers of conflict. Less than a year after President Kennedy had named him to replace the late Felix Frankfurter, ex-Labor Secretary Goldberg said a bit wistfully: "The Secretary's phone never stops ringing. The Justice's phone never rings-even his best friends won't call...
Vigor, Strength & Anger. The son of Jewish emigrants who had fled czarist Russia, Goldberg grew up in poverty: his father used a wagon drawn by a blind horse to cart produce. Arthur went to Northwestern University Law School, where in 1930 he got a doctorate in jurisprudence and ranked No. 1 in his class. He got into the rugged world of labor law, in 1948 became general counsel for the C.I.O. and the United Steelworkers, helped plan the A.F.L.-C.I.O. merger. On Capitol Hill he met John Kennedy; they became good friends. Later Goldberg became one of Kennedy...
...Supreme Court Justice, Goldberg has been ardently liberal-always favoring the fullest use of the court's power in behalf of civil rights and civil liberties, willing to override a state law, a congressional act or a previous court ruling if he felt that they encroached on an individual's constitutional rights. He was an insistent, spirited questioner of lawyers arguing before the bench...