Congress which severely cut veterans benefits. Byron B. Harlan, a strong New Deal activist, strongly supported education through funding of the New Deal National Youth Administration (NYA) that provided student aid to higher education. The college student-aid program proved to be politically successful in Ohio, drawing broad support from college students and administrators alike. College student-aid programs instituted under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the NYA convinced college administrations that the federal government could be an ally. New Deal student aid programs led to the expanded role government would play in American higher education after World War II. Representative Byron B. Harlan was an outspoken supporter of Roosevelt's plan to pack the Supreme Court in 1937. Taking issue with suggestions for a constitutional amendment to address the intransigence of the existing court, Mr. Harlan said such a course might delay essential legislation fifteen years. He took to the floor of the House to speak: Harlan went to the airwaves to talk about the judiciary program, appearing frequently on the national radio networks of the time. However, he was defeated as a candidate for reelection to a fifth term in 1938. Judge Byron B. Harlan returned to Dayton where he resumed the practice of law. He remained active in Democratic politics and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940. He was appointed United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio from May 1944 until March 1946 when he was appointed by President Truman to fill a vacancy on the United States Tax Court. He was reappointed to a full twelve-year term in 1948 but died November 11, 1949. Death Byron Berry Harlan died of a heart attack in 1949 while on a visit to his two sons in Cogan House, Pennsylvania. He is interred with his wife and parents in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. References "Poll Of Congress Indicates Wet Gain", New York Times, November 15, 1931; pg. N1. Associated Press, "Veteran, Pension Lost, Kills Home Official; Planned to Slay Ohio Member of Congress", New York Times, July 1, 1933, pg. 30. Catledge, Turner. "Roosevelt Drives For Court Reform As Congress Waits", New York Times, Feb 12, 1937, pg. 1. "Humane Society Celebrating 100th Anniversary." Dayton Daily News, January 13, 2002, Page 2E. Bower, Kevin P., 'A favored child of the state': Federal Student Aid at Ohio Colleges and Universities from 1934 to 1943. History of