General Hugh Johnson--"He's pretty damned radical."
Frank Murphy said that Frankfurter "is the natural successor of Holmes and Cardozo . . . one of the most distinguished legal scholars of our time."
William Green -- "Heartily commended" the choice.
The appointment provided the controlled Nazi press with new fuel for its vituperative accusation that the President is under the domination of a Jewish clique.
Speaker Bankhead: "I feel sure that the appointment will be entirely satisfactory to the people."
Senator Ashurst, chairman of the Judiciary Committee: "Frankfurter in probably one of the most superb intellects in the country."
Governor Leverett Saltonstall: "Fine appointment."
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