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...Cabinet and other appointments. ¶To the Senate for confirmation as U. S. Radio Commissioners President Coolidge sent the names of Arthur Batcheller of Massachusetts, Cyril N. Jansky Jr. of Minnesota; for associate justices on the U. S. Customs Court of Appeals. Finis James Garrett of Tennessee, Irvine Luther Lenroot of Wisconsin; and, to sit on the bench of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Henry H. Glassie of Maryland...
...from the White House to the Senate with Mr. Garrett's went two other names that caused much less elation. One was Irvine Luther Lenroot, onetime (1918-27) Wisconsin Senator, to sit also on the Customs Appeals bench; the other, Henry H. Classic, Maryland Democrat and once a very much abused U. S. Tariff Commissioner, to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia...
...years, since his fall from politics, Mr. Lenroot has been flitting about Washington, Micawber-like. He had captained many a Coolidge Senate fight; he never lost faith in the ultimate bigheartedness of the White House. For $10,000 he successfully out-lobbied the Walsh Senate resolution for investigating interstate public utilities, transforming it into a toothless inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission. He distinguished himself last month by winning the so-called Mayflower Marathon: when Herbert Hoover, returning from South America, arrived the first morning at his hotel headquarters, it was Mr. Lenroot who, first of all comers, rushed...
Politics was more obviously and exclusively the news-burden borne by other visitors-Charles Beecher Warren, National G. O. P. Committeeman from Michigan; Assistant Secretary of Commerce Walter F. Brown, Ohio organizer; Senator Capper of Kansas; Irvine Luther Lenroot, onetime (1918-27) Wisconsin Senator...
...oilman, business adventurer in Mexico, millionaire. It was tendered to the President by Clay A. Pierce of Manhattan, a son. Clay A. Pierce had never met President Coolidge. The Pierce heirs are anxious to sell the place. The Coolidge occupancy, brought about by onetime (1918-27) Senator Irvine Luther Lenroot, of Wisconsin, will probably not lower the obtainable price...