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begin with the chairman. I looked Madden up. I had him searched backwards and forwards for his record, his teaching record, his educational record, his standing among other professors of law, his standing at the university, his standing with the President of the university, his political relationships. I found that while he had never been an extreme partisan, he had always been a registered Democrat, which was a great advantage. He had never taken great part in political affairs, but he was a registered Democrat and he came from a Democratic family. He was a very level-headed person and he had a fine reputation, and other professors and deans of law school, even Bakke, knew him and thought he was good. Two or three other persons who were in the legal profession knew about him and thought he was very good indeed.

At any rate, he came to Washington and I canvassed the idea with him. He finally said he would accept. I wanted a lawyer for the first member if possible and so when I recommended it to the President he said all right, and he was appointed for the full term of five years.

In reading over my book, I see the following paragraph:

Lloyd Garrison, dean of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and Francis Biddle,





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