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In 1948, Congress codified the exhaustion doctrine in 28 U.S.C. § 2254, citing Ex parte Hawk as correctly stating the principle of exhaustion. The Reviser's Notes in the appendix of the House Report state: 'This new section [§ 2254] is declaratory of existing law as affirmed by the Supreme Court. (See Ex parte Hawk, 1944, . . . 321 U. S. 114 . . .).'

H.R.Rep. No. 308, 80th Cong., 1st Sess., A180 (1947); Historical and Revision Notes following 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See also Darr v. Buford, 339 U. S. 200, 339 U. S. 210 (1950) ('In § 2254 ...