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...Hello, Boss." Next morning in a Washington courtroom, the companies made their first legal move to regain possession of their properties. Their request for a temporary order to restrain the President from seizing the mills was promptly rejected by District Judge Alexander Holtzoff. He was not sure whether or not his court could issue an injunction against the President of the U.S. A glum collection of steelmen stalked into Secretary Sawyer's office. Cracked U.S. Steel's Ben Fairless, with a sour grin: "Hello Boss...
...Roger Slaughter went on trial, waived a jury. The Government produced only two witnesses and a skimpy skein of circumstantial evidence; the defense presented no witnesses and explained that the government's own testimony proved Slaughter was acting merely as a lawyer, not a lobbyist. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff briskly decided that the Government had no case, acquitted Roger Slaughter within about an hour...
...salary kickback scheme on orders from the boss. Helen Campbell, in a fit of conscience and disgust, turned on Thomas and told what she knew. Columnist Drew Pearson printed the full story, leading the Congressman to his downfall. For her "free, frank and full" confession, Judge Alexander Holtzoff let Miss Campbell go free...
Since the trial had already been postponed ten months, District Judge Alexander Holtzoff appointed doctors to check up on Thomas' health. They reported...
When Judge Holtzoff then ordered the trial to begin next week, Thomas' attorney warned that the Congressman had suffered "nervous reaction" just from the doctors' examinations. That, said the judge, seemed perfectly natural under the circumstances...