BOY TRAIN-JUMPER
RISE TO JUDGE'S BENCH ,NEW YORK, -April 10.—A saiul.vhaired nuyi who, as a youth, made Ids way to New York by getting litts on, goods trains, and arrived with Jd in Ids pocket, became to-day one of the nine justices of America’s Supreme Court. ... ■ Mr. William . Douglas. JO-year-olit ex-chairman, of the Securities and Exchange Cojnmission, widely acts in tlie interests cf >v the lias been appointed by President Roosevelt to fill the vacancy on the Bench caused bv the retirement of Justice Louis Brandeis. He is 'the youngest man ever to- be a member of 'the supreme Conit. Mr. Douglas, sou of a Presbyterian nbsHoiiary ;* washed \andc\Vs tc p:;v for his legal education, and was so poor that during three years at the iinivei sity lie lived *n a tent. After reaching Ae'yv’Vork he harrowed -Cl 2 ffor.. t tei’irhr ci.ro,:.M’V. then wrote a’ legal Itext hook which netted 'him £200.\ vAYith that—a tortune in Ids eyes—lie married.
Scon he was recognised as one of the most brilliant young lawyers in. Now York.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 194, 14 June 1939, Page 4
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175BOY TRAIN-JUMPER Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 194, 14 June 1939, Page 4
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