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...District of Columbia bar admitted 350 new lawyers, including Frederick Moore Vinson, 26, son of the Supreme Court Chief Justice. The fledgling lawyers ot a welcome from District Court Judge Dickinson Letts, who had a note of cynicism for those who aspired to the bench. In these days of high taxes, he said, "it takes a peculiar damn fool to be a judge. The pay is like the old gray mare-t ain't what it used...
...implications of the Russian blockade of Berlin, strongly backed the Berlin airlift as a counterchallenge. A few months later he saved Harry Truman from a major diplomatic blunder. The President was all ready to go on the air and announce that he was sending Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow to reason with Stalin. Lovett heard about the plan, telephoned General Marshall in Paris, and confronted Truman with a joint ultimatum that both of them would resign if the plan went through...
...least, the new Harvard man must wonder and worry about what his venture into highest education will-bring him. After all, learning and frustration often cross. At the same time, he is terribly aware that his future depends on the unpredictable actions of Major General Hershey and Congressman Vinson of Georgia and, of course, Premier Joseph Stalin. No, this is not a beginning to crow about, hardly a start to the supposedly leisurely, satisfying process of learning...
...Washington, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson had a hearty greeting for a new lawyer: his son, Fred Jr. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, he had just passed the District of Columbia bar exams and was ready to hang out his shingle. His mother hoped that he would stick to private practice. Said Mrs. Vinson: "He was considering going into Government for experience, but I hope he won't. I've had enough of Government service in our family...
Lesser guessers think that if Harry Truman decides not to run again, he will swing the Democratic nomination to his good friend United States Chief Justice Fred Vinson. If he did, the Gallup poll reported this week, today's voters would give Vinson more support (43%) than the Republicans' Taft...