Walter P. Stacy

Walter Parker Stacy (born circa 1885; died 1951) was chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1925 until his death in 1951.

Stacy was a 1908 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where a scholarship for law students was later established in his memory. [ [http://www.law.unc.edu/alumni/giving/endowedscholarships.aspx UNC School of Law Endowed Scholarships] ] He was president of the UNC General Alumni Association in 1925. [ [http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?SID=5616 Past Presidents and Chairs of the GAA] ]

Governor Angus Wilton McLean appointed Stacy chief justice after the resignation of William A. Hoke. In 1926, Stacy was elected to continue in the post over Republican James J. Britt.

While Stacy was serving as chief justice, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him to serve on key boards, including the National Steel Labor Relations Board and the Textile Labor Relations Board. According to Time magazine, Roosevelt considered Stacy for a potential opening on the U.S. Supreme Court. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747992,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Time: "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez," Oct. 15, 1934] ] [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883746-2,00.html Time: "Slum Prevention," Oct. 10, 1938] ] Later, President Harry S. Truman appointed Stacy to a fact-finding board to consider a labor dispute between General Motors and the United Auto Workers [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,886696,00.html?promoid=googlep Time: "A Policy Is Born," Dec. 31, 1945] ] and to a board on labor problems in government-possessed mines. [ [http://trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/viewpapers.php?pid=2158 Truman Library: Letter Appointing Members of Panel on Labor Problems in Government-Possessed Plants or Mines] ]

Quotations

*"...men have gone to war and cut each other’s throats because they couldn’t agree as to what was to become of them after their throats were cut.” [ [http://www.visualwriter.com/HumanCond/Peace-StayingStrong.htm Foundations for Peace] ]

References

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