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FOR . LEASE WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,1957 ; PAGE 2 I BY FULTON LEWIS,JR. - XX OX. \ Warren's appointment was, of course, in repayment of a political debt. He delivered the California delegation to Ike at the Chicago Attorney General Herbert Brownell, as figor manager, had agreed to let Warren name his own reward, The California Governor sat com- fortably in his Scaramento palace until the vacancy occurred, then Claimed it. But by the time the Brennan vacancy came along, Brownell should | have learned, Warren was already demonstrating the 111 wisdom of | political appointments to the supreme bench, and Mr. Eisenhower al- ready was muttering to friends that Warren waa far too left to suit hin, Brownell says now that he picked Willian J, Brennan because he wanted a Roman Catholic Democrat from New Jersey. The reason for these specifications is obscure. In any event, Deputy Attorney General 7" mnar . and aaia he was hirhlv up WwW hame, and 8810 Vas Bnly¥y the recommended by the late Chief Justice Arthur Vanderbilt of/New Jersey ay, a 4 i ee el ee Supreme Court, one of the most respected figures of the American bar. ! aoe eas 2 Actually, Vanderbilt had recommended Brennan not for a judgeship but for a position on Rogers! study commission on speeding up pro- rn a = cedures in the Federal courts, on which subject Brennan had made an Tim : entetanding “e2onntributrian in the New Tarpaoy Cnourta Rocerrsa found him Met Tah, WD WG a LE, ee i ee ee he ave Vwi wT Tet er a ed arose a ie Wk ; personable, hardworking, and helpful so far as the study was “a concerned, « As to Brennan's political and sociai philosophy, he made no ---acemdi | inquiries, A simple reading of the man's past speeches and statements | would have identified him, implacably, for what he turned out to be. j They blueprinted the whole story, This explains the series of "modernist" decisions, wrecking the existing structure of court procedures, threatening the effectiveness of the FBI, imperiling every informant who ever contributed to FBI files, and paralyzing the investigative processes of the Congress. Brownell frantically asks for legislative sorrections, with one house of Congress tied up in filibuater and the other eager to go home. Assistant FBI director Louis Nichols 4s dispatched to London to get the American Bar Association on heipful record, But the real trouble cannot be undone: two political appointments. HRA (fk)