Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...politicians winked and the lawyers shuddered when Herbert Brownell Jr., as professional a politico as ever there was in the U.S., was appointed Attorney General of the U.S. in 1953. But Brownell dropped from politics and public sight, went to work with a tough will and a legal flair. By now the legal eagles across the land rate this least-known member of the Eisenhower Cabinet as one of the best Attorneys General in U.S. history. See NATIONAL AFFAIRS, Back-Room Man Out Front...
...Human Link. As a personality, Herb Brownell is probably the least-known member of the original Eisenhower Cabinet; yet none has greater impact on the daily life of every man and woman in a nation of law under the Constitution. Brownell represents the legal arm of the Administration. He passes on almost every action the Government takes or would like to take. All legislation sent to Congress is reviewed by his office. Government contracts involving new policies are screened by him. Agreements with foreign nations go through his hands. His is the responsibility for ensuring a free economy by enforcing...
...halve their traditional summer-long vacations. ¶Won more criminal tax convictions than in the previous twelve years (2,272 against 2,260). ¶Built up an outstanding antitrust record, based not on penalizing growth but on protecting the right of all to grow. ¶ Attacked Communists with such legal skill that Communist Party Boss William Z. Foster was moved to say: "The attack by the Government upon the party has been directly responsible for the bulk of its losses." ¶Launched a many-pronged assault on civil rights restrictions. In his proposed civil rights program Herbert Brownell is moving...
...shape that record, schools and offices and courts of law across the U.S. began to realize that Herbert Brownell. 62nd Attorney General, may very well turn out to be one of the best-and the one who will leave the most lasting impression upon his nation's legal history. The process of realization was slow and painful: Herbert Brownell, longtime master political planner, had to prove the hard way that he was worthy of being Attorney General Brownell...
...turn in progress reports only once a year-and even then there was little reason to believe that anyone read them. Brownell instituted an elaborate IBM index system to tabulate reports-required monthly-so that Washington can now keep close track of every case at every stage of the legal game. Brownell himself reads the reports on all important cases and investigations, pencils notes in the margins, fires off brief memos typed on blue paper, e.g., "Please brief me a little more on the item on page 28 of your report." U.S. attorneys get higher salaries than before...