"A POSTPONEMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE"

JFK'S PLAN OF ARBITRATION REJECTED BY RAIL UNION, STRIKE 'ALMOST INEVITABLE'

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On July 10, 1963, "railroad union leaders rejected President (John F.) Kennedy's proposal to prevent a Nation-wide strike at midnight tonight."

Although the union rejection of the President's plan makes a strike "almost inevitable" according to The Evening Star, a postponement remains possible.

Management accepted the proposal for arbitration submitted by Chief Justice Arthur J. Goldberg*, but the union rejection "killed the plan."

*Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) was born in Chicago, Illinois & graduated Northwestern University School of Law 1930.  AJG became a prominent labor attorney & served in the OSS in WWII, Sec of Labor 1961-62, Associate Justice USSC 1965-1968, UN Ambassador 1965-68.

SOURCE

"Rail Unions Reject Kennedy Plan," by Lee M. Cohn, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 10, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

Justice Arthur J. Goldberg

Photo by Yoichi Okamoto (1965)

LBJ Library

"WE ARE IN A FULL-FLEDGED RECESSION"

ELEANOR WANTS JFK TO SPEAK TO THE NATION ABOUT INFLATION

New York City (JFK+50) In her "My Day" column of February 13, 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote that President John F. Kennedy's labor secretary, Arthur J. Goldberg*, said we "are in a full-fledged (economic) recession" and called on government, business and labor to work together to end it.

Mrs. Roosevelt asked President Kennedy to "speak to the nation, explaining the real causes and the importance of avoiding inflation, but the need...for taking...action."

The 'First Lady of the World' wrote that a recent newspaper photograph of men at an unemployment center in Chicago reminded her of the drawing hanging in her cottage at Hyde Park of "unemployed youth sitting on a bench" during the Great Depression. 

*Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) was born in Chicago & graduated from Northwestern University School of Law (1930).

AJG served in the OSS during WWII & after his tenure as Secretary of Labor was a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court and U.N. Ambassador.

JFK+50 NOTE

President Kennedy spoke to the Nation as ER counseled on May 25, 1961.  In his address to Congress, JFK said...

"The recession has been halted.  Recovery is underway."  

SOURCE

"My Day, February 13, 1961," by Eleanor Roosevelt, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Digital Edition, www2.gwu.edu/

 

 

Arthur J. Goldberg

July 26 1965

Online Photo Archive Search

 

HE WILL EXCEL ON THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND

JFK+50:  Volume 7, No. 2206

JFK MADE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUPREME COURT

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) This evening, January 31, 2017, President Donald J. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch* of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to the United States Supreme Court. 

If confirmed by the Senate, Judge Gorsuch would fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia a year ago next month.  NPR describes Judge Gorsuch as "a solidly conservative judge with a record of strictly interpreting the U.S. Constitution."  

He is described as a proponent of originalism, or the interpretation of the Constitution as the Founding Fathers would and textualism, the literal interpretation of statutes.  At a relatively young age for a Supreme Court justice, 49, Judge Gorsuch could have a long-lasting impact on the Court and the Nation.

President John F. Kennedy made two appointments to the Supreme Court during his less than three years as POTUS.  Both were confirmed.

The first was Arthur J. Goldberg** who has served as JFK's Secretary of Labor 1961-1962.  Justice Goldberg was known for liberal views including standing for the unenumerated right to privacy and against the death penalty.

AJG resigned from the Court in 1965 to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.  He was replaced by Abe Fortas.

The second was Byron R. "Whizzer" White***.  President Kennedy said "he has excelled at everything and I know he will excel on the highest court in the land." BRW took a practical approach to the law supporting broad views expanding the power of government, and dissented in the Roe v. Wade decision.


*Neil McGill Gorsuch was born on Aug 29, 1967 in Denver, Colorado.  He earned his BA at Colorado University, JD at Harvard & PhD at University College, Oxford.  His mother, Anne, was head of EPA from 1981 to 1983.

**Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990) was born in Chicago, IL.  He graduated from Northwestern University & the Pritzker School of Law at NWU.  AJG was a labor lawyer & served in the OSS during WWII.  AJG served as JFK's Labor Secretary, & was a Justice of the USSC 1962-1965.

***Byron R. "Whizzer" White (1917-2002) was born in Fort Collins, Colorado.  He was a graduate of the University of Colorado & after college played 3 seasons in the NFL.  He then attended Hertford College, Oxford & Yale University.  BRW was in the US Navy in WWII & earned 2 Bronze Stars. He was Colorado chairman of JFK's 1960 presidential campaign. 

SOURCE

"Who is Neil Gorsuch, Trump's First Pick For the Supreme Court," by Carrie Johnson, January 31, 2017, NPR, www.npr.org/

Neil M. Gorsuch
10th US Circuit Court of Appeals