The Washington times., 1916-01-29

is neat, but unpretcntioug His gait
3 slow, revealing naUght Of his phySl-
cal and mental tirclcssness
Man Of Broad Vision.
The f1ce OF the prospective new jurist
is vithal a study of msn Of broad
vision. the perfection OF training and
high ideals. His forehead is high. his
check homes prominent. his eyes deep
ret and coolly observing when an issue
Is at stake.
~ olunteer attorney general for the
public interest" Is the way a writer
described AIR. Brnndeis neariy ten years
ago. lie has nYcd up 10 that reputa-
ton. The very lAct that he has oe-
come recognized as cIuEaoer Tor
broader justice. as a volunteer lawyer
Tor the pubic interest. has alreauy
raised the cry in certain quarters that
he isn't of the judicial temperament.
and that his very leaning toward the
| side OF the relatively new doctrine Cf
social justice may render II difficult
Tor him to become an inpussive juGge.
wanted It's big men on the bench, and
there can be no doubt that NJ.
Rrandeis has been a doer of big things.
A complete review of his career NOuld
require volumes, but a summary here
will AFFORD some idea of tie wide range
Of his activities.
Appeals To Public Opinion.
The Brandeis method has always been
to appeal first to public opinion. When
he entered the fight for cheaper and
better gas in Boston he hired hall and
announced he would talk on the sub
| Ject. Consumers came and were in
terested; then he went to another part
| OF the town ana engaged another hall.
| Public interest increased, and then Mr..
| Brandeis knew the time had arrived to
take the fight to the legislature. 1t was
carried there and won, and the Massa-
chusetts law for the control of gas COM
| panies Is regarded as a model.
Next he headed a movement for the
| reform of the Industrial insurance field
| collecting small premiums. He demand
| ed and obtained statute under which
| savings banks might receive these
| premiums, thereby saving the cost of
| collection, and relieving the insurance
| burden for the poorer classes.
He organized, led and populariZed the
peoples successful fight to prevent the
merger of the New York, New Haven
! and Hartford and the Boston and Maine
railroads. Then he turned round and
| became counsel for the organized en-
ployes of the New Haven in establishing
cooperative stores to reduce the cost OF
living. For neither service did he ac-
| Cept fee.
Recognized AS Altruist.
About that time Mr.. Brandels began to
be recognized in New England as a
practical altruist. Folks realized "that
Brandeis could be hired without a dol
lar II the case interested him. and it's
winning contributed to social better
ment. and that he couldn't be hired at
all II the case wasn't his sort of a case.
Another fee-less case was that won by
Mr.. Brandeis when he fought the Ore
gon ten-hour law through the courts.
oregon passed a law prohibiting em-
ployers from working women more than
ten hours day. 1t interfered with the
sacred right of contract" according to
its opDonents. and Brandeis was sent
for to combat them. His brief was
unique. 1t covered lN pages. Three
pages were devoted to law and 1Ol TO a
recital Of the effects OF long working
hours-the SOCIOLOGICAL and medical side
Cleaned from the history OF the world
lie said nothing about the right OF con-
tract. He followed that case to the Su-
Dreme Court and won It,
When Illinois passed a similar law for
women workers 1t was. again assailed.
Mr.. Brandeis was ready. In the mean
while he had prepared a brief some eco
paEeG in length. with three pages devot-
ed &c law and the balance devoted to
medical and sociological experience and
Information. This law stood. and the
supreme Court. in both instances. paid
tribute in its decision to a man who had
rendered a social service-and without q
retaining fee. at that.
Many Activities in 191.
A biographer has cited the year 1910
as a sample of the activities OF Mr..
Brandels. He was attorney for Louis r.
CLAWS in the famous BallinRer- Pinchot
controversy in that wear. In the midst
of that firing Investigation he had to
leave Washington to argue the Illinois
ten-hour case. When he returned he
was called to New York to settle a gar
| m n afH Hfk fnNyn
ployeh. and soon afterward he was call
ed into the case of the Seaboard Ship
pers' Association in fighting the ad-
The public service Of Mr.. Brandeis
called him to wage also a successful
night for better traction service in his
home city. His talents have been en-
ployed In behalf of the individual. the
been too large or too small 10 engage
> him II 1t appealed as a poTular cause.
The committees of Congress have
known him for years as a witness able
the legislative field. After his argu-
ment several years ago on the trust
question before a Senate committee,
Senator Cummins is quoted as saying:
This has been the greatest, demon
stration I have ever seen of the pos
sible achievements Of the human intel
lect" -..'
Mr.. Brandeis, a youthful prodigy, was
graduated from Harvards law school al
twenty, and a special dispensation was
; obtained to permit him to obtain his
degree while under the age of twenty.
one. From the outset. his hobbies have
, been scientific management, legal serv-
ice rendered for the good of the great
est numbers, Justice for the wage-earn-
ers. and a promotion of a partnership
between labor and cap!tal.
5 Recognized As Lawyer.
In an address some years ago, when
he spoke Of the functions of a lawyer
I Mr.. Brandeis said:
II we are to solve the i'm.
portant economic. social, and Industrial
I questions which have now become pollt.
; ical questions also. 1t seems to me clear
that the attitude of the lawyer in this
Z respect must be materially changed
The great opportunity OF the
: American bar is and will be to stand
: as 1t did In the past-ready to protect
p also the interests Of the peop'e."
. As n lawyer Mr.. Erandeis has hNeT
, recognized az one Of the most sISlIlfu
r tross-eNaminers i'm the country. tie mai
| the faculty. OF never nni aHOniZing a