Opposes judgeship for former Governor James V. Allred of Texas. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Rep. Martin Dies today told a one-man subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee that popular sentiment is 'overwhelming against appointment' of Former Governor James W. Alred as a District Judge for the southern district of Texas. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming, was the only member of the committee present to hear Dies express his opposition, 1-27-39