1900 - 1974
(1900–74) (R, I, D-Ore.), dean and professor of law, University of Oregon (1931–44); member, NWLB (1942–44); U.S. senator (1945–69). An authority on labor relations, he was sympathetic to civil rights and supported FEPC and antilynching legislation, nonsegregation amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act, and desegregation of schools on military posts. Although he and Mitchell had their differences, Mitchell regarded him as one of the more progressive Republican politicians.