Senator COLT had no patience with those who sought to lessen the authority of the courts. The assaults made in the past few years upon the Supreme Court were despised by him. as he endeavored to engender respect for the Federal Constitution. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. he has directed a legislative program of great intricacy and difficulty. and he has been a genuine factor in the handling and the solution of delicate immigration problems. He was one of the few Senators who protested and voted against the discourteous treatment of Japan in the present immigration law. ith his knowledge of law and the science of government. he attained a prominent place among the Senates highest authorities on constitutional and international law. At times he was formal and eloquent. at other times he confined himself to a concise presentation of the facts in hand. but he always displayed a mastery of his subject. He expended his energies in the hard work and drudgery of the committees on which he served. and was as industrious as his most youthful colleagues.
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