Nominated Solicitor General--Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division, who was nominated by President Roosevelt today, January 27th, to the position of Solicitor General. Mr. Jackson's appointment is expected to arouse comment in the Senate although there seems to be little doubt of confirmation.

"U.S. Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson leaves the courtroom following the morning session. Directly behind him is his son, Ensign William E., working with the American Prosecution Staff."- Ray D'Addario

Witness is Albert Kesselring, a German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall. After the war, Kesselring was tried for war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. A political and media campaign resulted in his release in 1952 for poor health.

Commander-in-Chief of German Forces in Italy and Military Commander of Italy.

Presented as a witness in Goering's defense.

Defendant Wilhelm Keitel talks with his defense in the free period after noon lunch.

Wilhelm Keitel was a German Field Marshal, head of the   Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) and de facto war minister. At the Allied court at Nuremberg he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a major war criminal October 16, 1946.

Roosevelt Holds Destroyer Parley

President Roosevelt returned to Washington on August 22, 1940 to set up the American part of the American-Canadian defense board, and pursue negotiations for naval bases in British Western Hemisphere possessions, and consider whether to transfer American destroyers to Great Britain. Four members of FDRs cabinet leave the conference together.
Left to right: Robert H. Jackson (Attorney General), Henry Stimson (Secretary of War), Sumner Welles (Acting Secretary of State), Frank Knox (Secretary of the Navy).

Photograph of Jackson taking the oath and officially becoming U.S. Solicitor General. Robert Jackson succeeded Stanley Reed.

Left to right: Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, Solicitor General Robert Jackson, Ugo Carusi (Executive Assistant to the Attorney General).

Jackson Named Associate Justice of Supreme Court.

President Roosevelt today elevated Harlan Fiske Stone to be Chief Justice of the United States. At the same time President Roosevelt nominated Sen. James F. Byrnes (D.) of South Carolina and Attorney General Robert H. Jackson to fill the two vacancies on the high court. Jackson technically succeeds Stone, who in turn succeeds Chief Justice Hughes, retired effective July 1.

Senate Committee Considers Jackson Nomination

Washington D.C. - A Senate Judiciary sub-comittee considering the nomination of Robert H. Jackson to be Solicitor General of the United States opened hearings her today. Photo shows left to right: Mr. Jackson; Senator George McGill, chairman; Attorney General Homer S. Cummings.

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Joint Committee Opens Hearings on Wage-Hour Bill.

Washington, D.C. -- The Senate and House Labor Committees today opened a joint hearing on the administration's new wage and hour bill. Photo shows the first witness, Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, discussion the bill with two chairmen. Left to right: Representative William P. Connery, Jr.; Robert H. Jackson; and Senator Hugo L. Black.

New Justice Proud of Son, Yale Grad

New Haven Conn - Attorney General Robert H. Jackson newly selected as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court shows his pride as he poses with his son William E. Jackson when William graduated from Yale University today, June 17th.