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James Montgomery Beck, 63, officer of the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), corresponding Member of La Societe de Gens de Lettres, resigned from the post of Solicitor General? of the U. S. which he had held since July 1, 1921. Previous to that he had been head of Beck, Crawford & Harris, Manhattan law firm. Before that he had been 14 years a member of Shearman & Sterling, one of the most powerful law firms in the history of Manhattan. Previously he had been Assistant Attorney General of the U. S. (1900-03) and a District...
During the last four years, it has been my great privilege to be the Solicitor General of the United States. ... I have had charge for the Government of 983 cases in the Supreme Court during the last four years and have, at times, through force of circumstances, performed the double duty of Acting Attorney General and Solicitor General. . . . The work has meant a very great strain to my eyesight which has never been of the best...
...writing to tender my resignation as Solicitor General of the United States...
Fifteen minutes remained before the U. S. Supreme Court closed for the day. Solicitor General Beck, a bit snappish, a trifle overworked, was ready with another case. On behalf of the U. S., he appealed against the decision of the Federal District Court of Western Missouri which upheld the right of the Kansas City Journal-Post to publish lists of income-tax payments...
...first three instances the decision has been against the Lampoon, at first on the grounds both of indecency and desecration of the flag, and by the postal authorities, on the ground of indecency alone. Last Friday after the seizure of copies mailed here. Horace J. Donnelly, acting solicitor of the post office department issued an order for their confiscation...