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bag f For Dissenting Opinions in Trib nal Louis Dembite Brandeis was ap" pointed to the Supreme Ben 1016 by President Wilson, his nomination touched off an epic battle in the Senate during which William Howard Taft and seven fortner presidents of the American Bar Association attacked the cru: sading Boston lawyer as “a dan-, gerous radical” and foe of private, property. It was only after Wilson exerted all possible pressure that the Sen- ate confirmed the son of Bohe- mian Jewish immigrants who fed from Germany in 1848, along with: Carl Schurz, the grandparents of Wendell Willkie and thousands of other Germans of liberal convic- tions. . Brandeis, frail of physique and : with the sensitive face of the phil- ‘‘gsopher, was denounced by his foes in the Senate and throughout tile country as lacking the “judi- cial temperament.” . ‘His Dissents Famous Notwithstanding, he adapted so perfectly to the rare- Tied atmosphere of the supreme. bench that on his retirement fn) 1939 he was the subject of tribu from public men of al) parties ald political philosophies. With the ate Oliver Wendell Holmes, “he wag the co-author of dissents from the majority opinions of the con-|. servative block on the high court): which for so manygyears inter- preted ultimately the nation’s laws: dissenta which since have become milestones in the annals of American jurisprudence. Born in. Loulsville, Kentucky. November 13, 1658, Brandies was early exposed to liberal ideas in the home of his parents, and was named for’ an uncle who had voted for Lincoln at the Chicago convention in 1860. The son of well-todo parents, young Brandeis was sent to Dres- den, Germany, for two years to round out his educetion, and re- turned to this country to enter Harvard. While he was studying at Harvard, his parents lost their ‘fortun!, and young Bradeis worked his way through the unt- wersit;' by tutoring. j Of Liberal Causes in Court - Wilson Appointee Became Fama 1s ciel a Mr. Tolson...°7---.- My. FE. A. Tamm. .-.- Mr. Glavin ...--.----+ Mr. Ladd. ......-4-- Mr. Nirbele...¥....-- Mir. ‘Troi v¥-.-.-. +. {- War. Fleece l..--.--eee pic. Het ote eeee- Bor, Plaka ..----- Br, €)0,,10 Tenum-..- Miss Gundy....-...-. | Raves $1,000 at Age of 3@ successful was he that he usted at the age of relaxation of the a wilh the sum of $1,000 in the bank. ikrandets firat began to practice law in St. Louis, Mo., but the aus tere charm of New England cul ture had entered into his bqnes and hd returned to Boston to,set up the law firm of Warren ‘Brand¢is. t immediately he enftred upon pursul unpopular leauses, spurred on by his wife, the former Alice Goldmark, q woman of passionate liberal sympathies, Such trail-blazing social cru- sades as the mintmum-wage laws, antitrust legislation, opposition to freight-rate increases, public own- ferfaip of utilities, woman suf- frige, and workmen's compensa- tien found .n Brandels a doughty champion, At first the reorganized law firm of Brandeis, Dunbar and Nutter amassed a lucrative prac in corporation law. As its or partner began illting lané for the oppressed, however, big fees declined and more more Brandels began to take cases in which the fee was a secondary consideration to thé primary good of relieving the condition of the leg fortunate of his fellow men. 5 ring this period Brandeis w ier principal factor in the es ent of Massachusetts’ gs bank insurance system, w “miade life insurancé possible for WASHIN GTON T TWES-HERALD gor uv a 1944