Scenes in the Life of Jackson, Possible New Chief Justice

Washington D.C. - Since the announcement of the retirement July 1st of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, reports that Attorney General Robert Jackson would succeed to the Chief Justiceship have been rampant. Here is a picture of Robert and Irene Jackson at a capital function early this year.

Washington, June 12 - Family of New Justice --

Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, nominated today as Justice of the Supreme Court, sits with his family. Left to right: Mary M. Jackson, a daughter; Mrs. Jackson; the Attorney General; and William E. Jackson, a son.

Mentioned for nomination Lehman Rejects

Among the prominent Democrats mentioned as possible nominees for Governor of New York is Robert H. Jackson, Assistant U.S. Attorney General. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, the incumbent, stunned Democratic circles when he announced that he would not be a candidate for the office. His great vote-getting ability was expected to carry the state for President Roosevelt in the National election in November.

Tax advice to Mrs. Roosevelt routine Treasury precedent, Congressional Committee told. Washington D.C. July 28. In ruling that a radio contract did not result in taxable income for Ms. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Treasury merely followed precedents, Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General told the Congressional Tax Committee today. Jackson is shown chatting with the Co-Chairmen, Rep. Robert L. Doughton, (left) and Senator Pat Harrison, following his appearance on the stand.

Says Congress Can Curb Court -- Pictured as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee is Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson. The first witness at the hearing today, March 11, Jackson charged that only by the addition of new Justices to the Supreme Court could "harmony in government" be achieved. He also stated that Congress previously changed the size of the Court and is thereby empowered to change it again if it so wills.

"Nuremberg in ruins, along the Pegnitz River"

Nuremberg was severely damaged in Allied strategic bombing from 1943-45. On January 2, 1945, was systematically bombed by the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces and about ninety percent of it was destroyed in only one hour, with 1,800 residents killed and roughly 100,000 displaced. In February 1945, additional attacks followed. In total, about 6,000 Nuremberg residents are estimated to have been killed in air raids. Despite this, the city was rebuilt after the war and was to some extent, restored to its pre-war appearance including the reconstruction of some of its medieval buildings.

Supreme Court Justices pay respects to Roosevelt--Led by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes seven members of the Supreme Court of the United States paid their respects to President Roosevelt at the White House today for the first time since 1935. Justice Pierce Butler, who is ill, and Justice James Clark McReynolds were absent. Shown as they left the executive mansion they are, left to right: Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson; Associate Justices Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black; Court Reporter Ernest Kneel (in background); Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone; Chief Justice Hughes; Associate Justices Owen J. Roberts; Stanley F. Reed; William O. Douglas and Attorney General Frank Murphy.

Jackson Says Business "Strikes" Against the New Deal--

Philadelphia, Penna. -- Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, as he declared in his address before the American Political Science Association meeting here that in this business recession the government was facing "the first general strike in America"; a strike of business "against the Government."

At the Capital-- Robert H. Jackson, appointed Assistant Attorney General, will defend himself before the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating his nomination for U.S. Solicitor General. Photo shows (left to right) -- Robert H. Jackson, shaking hands with Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, as they met in the Senate office building today.