Newspapers continued today to voice unqualified praise of the service of Louis D. Brandeis as Supreme Court Justice. The comment stressed that his 22 years on the bench had belied the fears of those who had opposed his confirmation on the ground that he was not judicially minded and agreed that he would be well-nigh irreplaceable.
General Hugh S. Johnson, in his column for the United Feature Syndicate, published here by the World-Telegram, said: “It is sad to see Justice Brandeis retire. He came to the bench in a storm of protest. He leaves it in a calm of universal affection and approval. He is one of the greatest jurists produced in either English or American law….It is a pity that this great intellect is gone from government. It will be impossible to replace him.”
The Daily News said editorially: “The high court has lost great man; a man whose career was a credit to his family, his university, his race and his country.” The Daily Mirror declared: “In the plain American phrase, we just hate to see him go, that’s all. We feel that Louis D. Brandeis is a great American.” The Post asserted: “To Mr. Justice Brandeis on his retirement we wish many more years of useful work. To his country we wish a deeper appreciation of what Brandeis represents.”
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