| 词条 | Thomas Elliott (lawyer) |
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Thomas Elliott, AKA Tom Elliott, was a 20th-Century American lawyer who served as first general counsel to the Social Security Administration and was known as one of the Felix Frankfurter's "hot dogs," part of FDR's New Deal Brain Trust. CareerOn October 4, 1935, Elliott's name appears in the press as "general counsel to the Federal Economic Security Commission."[1] In 1936, his name appeared again as counsel for the "new Social Security Board."[2] Frankfurter's "happy hot dogs"On December 2, 1935, Elliott's name appears in the press as one of "50 or 60 members of the Roosevelt brain trust," former students of Professor Felix Frankfurter, then dean of Harvard Law School, placed by Frankfurter into "key positions in the Roosevelt administration," and known as Frankfurter's "happy hot dogs."[3] They included: Some of the "better known" of Frankfurter's "happy hot dogs" in 1935 were: Hiss Case involvementIn August–September 1948, he was one of many prominent lawyers who advised Alger Hiss on whether to file a defamation suit against Whittaker Chambers after Chambers stated on NBC Radio's Meet the Press that Hiss had been a Communist.[4] Writing to his lifelong friend and fellow Harvard lawyer William L. Marbury, Jr., Hiss wrote on August 31, 1948: I am planning a suit for libel or defamation... Tom Elliott has just recalled that this man attempted to borrow small sums from him at about the same period that I knew him as Crosley. Tom cannot recall the name under which he knew him... The number of volunteer helpers is considerable: Freddy Pride of Dwight, Harris, Koegel & Casking (the offshoot of young Charles Hughes' firm), Fred Eaton of Shearman and Sterling, Eddie Miller of Mr. Dulles' firm, Marshall McDuffie, now no longer a lawyer; in Washington Joe Tumulty, Charlie Fahy, Alex Hawes, John Ferguson (Mr. Ballantine's son-in-law) and others–but the real job is get general overall counsel and that fortunately is now settled, but we must move swiftly as so far the committee with its large investigating staff and considerable resources has been able to seize the initiative continuously and regularly. Everyone has been most helpful...[4] References1. ^{{cite news| title = Trenton Facts| publisher = The Courier-News of Bridgewater, NJ| url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/220445136/| page = 21| date = 4 October 1935| accessdate = 18 August 2017}} {{law-bio-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Thomas}}2. ^{{cite journal| title = Inferiority Complex| publisher = Review of Reviews| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-0qAQAAMAA| page = 29| date = 1936| accessdate = 18 August 2017}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news| first = Arthur Sears| last = Henning| title = New 'Hot Boss' Fears High Courts: Laws So 'Learned' They Defeat Purpose| publisher = Chicago Tribune| url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1935/12/22/page/4/article/new-deals-hot-dogs-fear-high-courts-rulings#text| page = 21| date = 4 October 1935| accessdate = 18 August 2017}} 4. ^1 {{citation| first = Alger | last = Hiss| authorlink = Alger Hiss| title = (Letter to William Marbury)| publisher = Maryland Historical Socity| url = http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/alger-hiss-collection-1934-1979-ms-2504| date = 31 August 1948| accessdate = 29 September 2017}} 3 : American lawyers|Year of birth missing|Year of death missing |
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