NOMINATION OF FELIX FRANKFURTER. HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON THE NOMINATION OF FELIX FRANKFURTER TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. JANUARY 11, AND 12 1939. PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1939. 128pp, with original staples. Reinforcements at head and foot of spine. Tape repair to blank outer margin of title leaf verso. Some red pencil marginalia. Except as noted, Very Good.
The Hearing elicited numerous expressions of anti-Semitism. "In many quarters the Jew has been fostering movements that are subversive to our Government. In the larger cities it has grown to an alarming degree. To place, at this time, upon the highest court another one of that race is not only a political mistake but a social one. This appointment would do more than any occurrence for years to intensify this spreading anti-Jewish feeling."
Frankfurter's role in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and his support for various economic reforms, also stimulated opposition to his nomination. Item #38382
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