07/19/1931
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"As you probably already know, I have sent the name of Circuit Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to the Senate for the Associate Judgeship in Justice Sanford's place."
"Although fitness is, of course, the primary requisite for selection to the Supreme Court, it is interesting to note that that particular circuit has not been represented in the Court for 70 years."
"And that is all that I have on this occasion."
"I may say that they are very extensive and embrace very large sections of the judiciary as well as the laity of lawyers."