REED PROPOSES TO BAN PAPERS PUBLICIZING SECRET SENATE SESSIONS FROM PRESS GALLERY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 29, 1925, The Evening Star reports that Senator David A. Reed* (R-Pennsylvania) has resolved to "discipline newspapers that print secret proceedings of the Senate."
His proposal comes as a result "of the publicity given to a recent executive session for discussion of the (Harlan F.) Stone** Supreme Court nomination."
The Senator's resolution would ban newspapers who publicize secret sessions of the Senate "from representation in the...press gallery."
*David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) was born in Pittsburgh & represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate 1922-1935. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, 1900 & University of Pittsburgh Law School, 1903.
DAR served in the US Army in WWI & was a member of the American Liberty League. He was co-sponsor of the Immigration Act of 1924. DAR lived at 2222 S Street NW in Washington, D.C.
**Harlan Fiske Stone, appointed by President Coolidge, served as an associate justice of the USSC 1925-1941 & as Chief Justice 1941-1945.
SOURCE
"Senate Is Asked To Punish Papers In Secrecy Breech," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 29, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
