Justice of the United States and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the duties of that Office according to the Constitution and Laws of the said United States, and to Have and to Hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, unto Him, the said Fred M. Vinson, during his good behavior.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused these Letters to be made patent and the seal of the Department of Justice to be hereunto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth.

By the President:

TOM C. CLARK

HARRY S. TRUMAN

Attorney General.

DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE MCREYNOLDS.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1946.

Present: MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON, MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE REED, MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE MURPHY, MR. JUSTICE JACKSON, MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE, and MR. JUSTICE BURTON.

The CHIEF JUSTICE said:

I announce with profound regret the death on August 24, 1946, of James Clark McReynolds, a retired Associate Justice of this Court.

Justice McReynolds was an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1903 to 1907 under appointment of President Theodore Roosevelt. He served as Attorney General of the United States from March 1913 to August 1914 under appointment of President Woodrow Wilson. Then he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson, serving until his retirement, February 1, 1941.

He was an active member of this Court for twenty-seven years. He was a vigorous, capable, determined, and forthright member. His death brought to a close a distinguished career and a life of devotion to duty. At an appropriate time, the Court will receive the resolutions of the Bar in tribute to his memory.

RETIREMENT OF PRINTER.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1946.

Present: MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON, MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE REED, MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE MURPHY, MR. JUSTICE JACKSON, MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE, AND MR. JUSTICE BURTON.

The CHIEF JUSTICE said:

For seventy-five years the opinions of this Court have been printed by Pearson's Printing Office. Mr. Clarence E. Bright entered that establishment in his youth nearly fifty-six years ago. Later he acquired ownership of the business which he continuously has managed for over forty years in a manner of helpfulness far beyond contractual obligation.

For more than a half-century Mr. Bright has served the Court with complete fidelity, bringing to his important and confidential work the advantages of unique skill and ability. At times the demands, both in volume of the work and for speed in dispatching it, exceeded what might be expected or required of a much larger establishment. But under the greatest pressures his resources invariably were equal to what was asked. He met these pressures not only with extraordinary efficiency but always with patience and courtesy. What is equally remarkable, not once in his long service was there suggestion that by carelessness or otherwise the large confidence imposed in him had not been strictly observed. His name belongs in the roll of those who have given themselves through long

years to the service of the Court with absolute devotion to its interests.

The Court desires to record its appreciation of Mr. Bright's efficiency and loyalty and to acknowledge the effective contribution of his aid in its work. We trust that in his retirement from active service he will find renewed vigor of health and the abiding satisfaction which comes from the consciousness of arduous duties performed to the complete satisfaction of those he served so well.

The Clerk is directed to record these remarks and to transmit a copy thereof to Mr. Bright.