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...Kelsen, regarded as probably the outstanding jurist of continental Europe, will give a series of public lectures in English in January and February on the general subject of the theory and substance of international law today...
Trustee No. 1, of A. G. & E.'s top company "Co.," is a meticulous, retiring lawyer's lawyer named Walter Pollak. His background: special assignments from such a top-notch reorganization jurist as Judge Robert Patterson in the job of unraveling the I. R. T. He also defended the Scottsboro boys in the U. S. Supreme Court. Relatively free from political complications is Co., really just a set of very complicated books, made to order for bookish Trustee Pollak...
...Thomas Dewhirst, head of the famed House of David. Male members of this U. S. cult neither shave nor trim their locks, eat no flesh, in the stout belief that thus they will be among the 144,000 elect when Gabriel blows his horn. Judge Dewhirst, rich onetime California jurist, bearded the Appeal Board to beg his sect off from Michigan's unemployment-compensation taxes. He admitted his colony was in business, but protested against the tax on the ground that the House of David is "religious, charitable and educational." The Board was impressed by his appearance but reserved...
Henry L. Stimson, Elihu Root Jr., and Dean James M. Landis of the Law School paid tribute to the life and career of Elihu Root yesterday as they spoke at the dedication ceremonies of the new room in Langdell Hall which has been donated in memory of the great jurist and statesman...
Dilliard has settled down in Associate Justice Frankfurter's former home in Cambridge, which he hopes will add inspiration to his studies of law at Harvard. The present occupant of the famous jurist's home reports that, "Frankfurter's home is a fine place to live...