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ey sere ee: : ‘BIDDLE MENTIONED FOR JACKSON POST : Solicitor Ceneral Believed a Fa- . '| oortte for Attorney Generalship “ i Special to Tas Nw Yorn Towas. WASHINGTON, June 22—The ac- _} cession of Attorney Genvwral Jack- t son to the Supreme Court means that a new chief law enforcement officer of the Federal government | ' must soon be chosen and today Speculation centered ground the name of Francis Biddle, now Solici- tor General. An ardent New Dealer, and a faember of a famous American family, Mr. Biddle was expected by many to be the Administration's choice. In official circles it waa widely ‘i thought also that Charles Fahy, fort mer general counsel of the Nation- |. al Labor Relations Board and now assistant solicitor general, would step Into Mr, Biddle's place. + | Ben Cohen of the celebrated team |- of Gorcoran-and-Cohen alec waa mentioned as a possible choice for Solicitor General as was Dean Ache- son, now in the State Department. The speculation followed the dis- closure of Mr. Jackson's elevation , to the court in which the only two! surprises were thoae of rank and | date. . When the news reached the de’ partment, Mr. Jackson was show- ered with congratulationa by his staff. In a formal statement he said: “Tam glad, the Senate willing, to turn to work of an exclusively legal character, Iam alao glad to go on a bench over which Harlan Stone presides. Hig experience, his rec- ord, and his character make his ehgice so obviously fitting that {t yo ar Meet with universal “ap oval." tA we er gpk: ee rom ee ee ee os CLIPPING FROM THE . : (- - - f 7 a JUN 3 31941 ror IDED BY N. ¥. Div