The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-15
|RRANDEIS WON'T ] TAKE PLACE AS
 J. s. MEDIATOR


 Washington, Aug. 15-Justice Louis D. Brandeis of the Supreme Court has declined President Wilson's tender to < be . member of the joint high com
 mtnsion which is to endeavor to ad- 5unt the difference between Mexico and 'tthie United States. Justice Brandeis 'ifefsirned to Washington yesterday and Ina q talk with President Wilson, later fconferring with the Attorney General. IIhe Justice afterward wrote letter l16 the President, which was made Ibublic at the White House last night. 'f1ts reads:
 I My Dear MT. President: appreciate lthe opportunity for high service which IIxnembership on the Mexican Comm1s- (1d6n would present But upon the Rehabilitation with the Chief Justice I lima that the state of the business of {fhb Supreme Court at the present time {tos De such that it is my duty not to dufdertake this important constructive I Respectfully yours,
 LOUIS D. BRANDE1S. I 1rhis decision of Justice Brandeis 1eenfirms the dispatch from Washing 'i6tA pubiished yesterday. The Justice 1skine to washington from Lake Placid. n ". where he went to consult Chief 1j,mssce white concerning the Presi- 'I I1tnt$s wish that he become one or |I4H6 American members of the joint \ i6Sfnmission. While the letter or Jus I IF Brandeis to the President gives \ l{he impression that the sole reason fSHr his decision not to serve on the ISornrnission is the condition of business N S} fh{ {Fcourt. it fs understood here that /s1Inre was another and equally potent
 3G6son.
 Justice White is said to hold l{1a opinion that members of the court I<houlE not serve on commissions TOT I S<S .liuatment of pending questions 'I3thil& Justices have served on many {Sbrnrr2 2ssions for the settlement of dis }6Srfer.f the most recent instance being &7knf 6f the late Justice Lamar as a i1hember of the American commission ISf the Niagara Falls Mexican Media 'f11on Conference in 1914, the sugges- F116n has been made that the Mexican ' IGuestion in its present aspect had \ I6enrinR on domestic politics, and for 'ifhat reason a Justice should not be f16efnber of the commission.
 \ It is well understood here, however, fx&st the state of the Supreme Courts N Rneiness is such that 1t might prove v Efrfnental to have Justice Brandeis " 1S,.snf when the court assembled for
 Di October term The court has
 usral important casei set for hear |{ 7Sx. and 1t is thought as desirable that
 2kere should be a full bench when 1t
 ossembles.
 The only other American member of iks commission, so far chosen is
 &anklin K. Lane, Secretary of the I kerior. The declination of Justice Pandeis leaves two Commissioners to |1o nelected.
 1t was understood that the President Ind made a tender of the third place Ion the commission at the time he iasked d Mir. Lane and Justice Brandeis \ 3o perye, but the name of the person (1o whom this place was offered has not 1esn disclosed.
 1fcxico City Aug. 15-Carranza {(5overnment ofiicials today expressed A &onriosity over the delay by the United .fG1Skes In naming the American dele 4 <akes to the American-Mexican. con- |2srence on border difiiculties. Local q F}1ewspapers published the fact that < sIGScretary Lane and Justice Brandeis 51had been asked by President Wilson 40 eerve on the American delegation. z;
 The War Department reported vic tories by Government troops over ltandtts in small engagements in the |g<ates of Oaxaea. Zacatecas and