Nomination of Simon E. Sobeloff

Herrick, Philip F., representing the Fairfax Citizens Council
Hogan, Thomas, representing Department of Justice.
Hospelhorn, John D., deputy bank commissioner, State of Maryland__
Johnston, Hon. Olin D., a United States Senator from the State of
South Carolina___
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Ketcham, Frank S., Esq., Washington, D. C.......

Laughlin, James J., Esq., Washington, D. C.

Lindsay, John V., executive assistant to the Attorney General of the

United States.

Oppenheimer, Judge Reuben, associate judge, Supreme Bench of

Baltimore City, and president, Maryland State Bar Association___

Parker, Rev. Harrison, Washington, D. C. ---

Radcliffe, Hon. George L., former United States Senator from the

State of Maryland_

Robertson, Hon. A. Willis, a United States Senator from the State of

Virginia

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Rome, H. Paul, chairman, judiciary committee, Baltimore City Bar

Association.

Schmidt, Mrs. Peder P., Washington, D. C.

Shankroff, Charles, Baltimore, Md..

Sobeloff, Simon E., Solicitor General of the United States, nominated

to be United States circuit judge for the fourth circuit__ 76, 135, 141

Soper, Hon. Morris A., Judge, United States Court of Appeals,

Fourth Circuit.

Stennis, Hon. John, a United States Senator from the the State of
Mississippi

Stephenson, William, president, the Virginia League, Newport News,

Va...

Stockbridge, Enos S., former president of the Baltimore City Bar

Association..

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EXHIBITS

Notice of hearing on Simon E. Sobeloff as printed in the Congressional

Record..

Documents attached to Senator Johnston's statement:

A. List of necessary witnesses_

B. Canons of professional and judicial ethics of the American Bar

Association..

C. Exhibits:

1. Court authorization for Simon E. Sobeloff to make an in-

vestigation or the affairs of the Baltimore Trust Co.___

2. Excerpts from Sobeloff's report re Baltimore Trust Building-

3. Letter of July 8, 1941 to Receiver John D. Hospelhorn,

from Wm. L. Rigger, offering $5,000 cash for 50 shares of

the capital stock of Baltimore Realty Trust, Inc., and the

petition of the receiver for an order authorizing him to

enter into an agreement of sale with Wm. L. Rigger.___

4. Petition of the receiver for an order authorizing him to

execute an agreement between the Baltimore Realty

Trust, Inc., and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,

holder of the mortgage..

5. Copy of letter of April 14, 1943, from Arthur W. Machen

to Simon E. Sobeloff in re claim for rent for space in the

O'Sullivan Building-

6. Petition to the court by Simon E. Sobeloff, solicitor for the

petitioner, O'Sullivan Building, Inc., for an order requir-

ing the receiver to vacate the rent-free office space in the

O'Sullivan Building-

7. The answer of the receiver to the O'Sullivan Building,

formerly Baltimore Realty Trust, Inc., praying said

petition be dismissed; and letters in re claims for rent

against receiver..

Resolution adopted by the Bar Association of Baltimore City on April 16,

1956, indorsing the nomination of Simon E. Sobeloff_

Editorial, A Hearing At Last, printed in the Evening Sun, Baltimore, Md.,

April 24, 1956_.

Letter dated May 5, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from
Jack Spain, administrative assistant, to Senator Ervin_

List of writers in opposition to the nomination of Simon E. Sobeloff to be

United States circuit judge, fourth circuit_

Letter dated April 30, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney
from James Bruce, New York, N. Y.........

Letter dated February 17, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney
from Simon E. Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the United States--

Attachments:

1. Editorial Sobeloff Quiz, printed in the Baltimore News-Post,

January 16, 1956-

2. Editorial The Sobeloff Nomination, printed in the Evening Sun,

Baltimore, January 14, 1956.

3. Editorial Why Delay Longer Mr. Sobeloff's Confirmation? printed

in the Sun, Baltimore, January 19, 1956-

4. In the Matter of the Receivership of the Baltimore Trust

Co., Question of Stockholders' Liability, printed in the Daily

Record, Baltimore, September 14, 1935

An address by Simon E. Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the United States,

before the Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit, Hot Springs, Va.,

on June 29, 1954, entitled “Early Impressions".

An address by Simon E. Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the United States

before the Ninth National Conference on Citizenship, Washington,

D. C., September 1954_.

Letter dated May 2, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from
John J. Parker, United States circuit judge, fourth circuit ___

Letter dated May 2, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Albert I. Kassabian, Esq., Annandale, Va___

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Letter dated May 1, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Albert I. Kassabian, Esq., Annandale, Va_ _ _ _

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Letter dated May 5, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Charles S. Rhyne, president, Bar Association of the District of Columbia

EXHIBITS-Continued

Letter dated May 3, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Philip M. Klutznick, president, B'nai B'rith, with attached speech

delivered November 8, 1955, by Mr. Klutznick, awarding the president's

medal to Simon E. Sobeloff.

Address by Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., prepared for delivery before the

B'nai B'rith board of governors' dinner, November 8, 1956, submitted

by Philip M. Klutznick

Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al..

Letter dated May 15, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Charles Shankroff, Baltimore, Md., an analysis of both the transcript of

the hearing on May 5, 1956, and certain records with respect to the

Baltimore Trust Co...

Letter dated May 18, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Julius A. Victor, Jr., Esq., Baltimore, Md., with enclosed copy of

transcript of meeting in orphans' court of Baltimore City in the matter

of the estate of Nicholas Hall, deceased_

Letter dated May 18, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from
H. Paul Rome, chairman, committee on judiciary of the Bar Association
of Baltimore City, with attached exhibits..

Letter dated May 20, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

John D. Hospelhorn, deputy bank commissioner and receiver of the

Baltimore Trust Co. with attached affidavit..

Letter dated May 20, 1956, addressed to Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney from

Simon E. Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the United States..

Mr. Sobeloff submitted the following documents for the record:

1. "Sobeloff's Final Report on Affairs of Old_Baltimore Trust Sum-

marized," printed in the Baltimore Sun, June 7, 1936.