Bar guild head backs plan of FDR." Washington, D.C., March 12. Judge John Patrick Devaney, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and now President of the National Lawyers Guild, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and urged Congressional acceptance of the President's Ju

N.Y. Supreme Court Justice elected President of National Lawyers Guild. Washington, D.C., Feb. 22. Ferdinand Pecora, New York Supreme Court Justice and former Counsel of the Senate banking committee, today was unanimously elected President of the National Lawyers Guild at the close of the annual con

NLRB heads defends agency before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Defending the National Labor Relations Board today before the senate judiciary committee, Chairman J. Warren Madden Asserted that demands for Congressional investigation by Senator Burke are based on "misinformation, half-t

NLRB Chairman tells Senate that restrictions on Wagner Act will deprive labor of liberties. Washington, D.C., April 18. NLRB Chairman J. Warren Madden, declared today before the Senate Labor Committee that restrictive amendments to the Wagner Act would deprive labor of formerly enjoyed liberties. He

Before Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., March 20. Irving Grant, St. Louis editor, told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that "it is disastrous to leave the destinies of the United States" in the hands of five Supreme Court Justices "who have usurped the policy making functions of th

Former Van Swerigen counsel appears before senate railroad financing committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. John P. Murphy, General Counsel for the Van Swerigan Brothers during the years in which they expanded modest real estate holdings into a vast railroad empire, was the first witness today as the

Urges change in security dealings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. John K. Starkweather, representing the Investment Bankers Association, today urged the Senate Banking and Currency Committee to make far-reaching changes in the Maloney Bill for Regulation of Over-the-Counter Security Dealings. Chairman of

Admits destroying records. Washington, D.C., March 10. Mayor Daniel J. Shields, of Johnstown, PA., today told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee he had destroyed the records concerning the payment of approximately 500 special officers sworn in during the "Little Steel" strike last summer. Asked wh

A.F. of L. Head urges amendment to Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., March 22. American Federation of Labor President William Green today urged the Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee to amend the Wagner Bill guaranteeing collective baragaining in federal contracts to curtail the "discretionary powe