The Washington times., 1916-01-29

is neat, but unpretcntioua His gait
! IS slow, revealing naught cf his physi-
| cal and mental tirclcssness.
Man of Broad Vision.
The face of the prospective new jurist !
/ Us withal study of man of broad
vision. the perfection of training and
high ideals. His forehead is high. his
| check homes prominent. his eyes deep |
set and coolly observing when an issue
is at stake.
volunteer attorney general for the
public interest," is the way a writer |
described AIR. Brandets nearIy ten years !
ago. lie has nNcd up 10 that reputa-
/ Uon. The very 1hct that he has ue-
come recognized as q usaoer Ipr
| broader justice. as volunteer lawyer
, Tor the pubic interest. has already
raised the cry in certain quarters that
| he isn't of the judicial temperament.
, and that his very leaning toward tho
! side OF the relatively new doctrine rf
social Justice may render it difficult
! Tor him 10 become an inipnssive jucBc.
wanted its big men on the bench, and
there can be no doub: that NJ.
! Rrandcis has been a dOcr If big things.
complete review of his career NSuld
| require volumes. but a summary here
| will afford some idea of tie wide range
| Of his activities.
Appeals To Public Opinion.
| Inc branuelS TletnOu mas always Deen
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 and engaged another hall.
| Public interest increased, and then Mr..
| Brandeis knew the time had arrived to
take the fight to the legislature. 1t was
| a NJ nd 40
| chusetts law for the control of gas COM
| panies Is regarded az a model.
Next he headed movement for the
| reform of the Industrial insurance field
| the elimination of expensive methods of
| collecting small premiums. He demand
ed and obtained a 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
practical altruist. Folks realized 'that
Brandeis could be hired without 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 case.
Another fce-less case was that won bv
Mr.. Brandeis when he fought the Ore
gon ten-hour law through the courts.
Oregon passed a law prohibiting en-
ploNers from working women more than
ten hours a day. 1t interfered with the
sacred right OF contract" according to
its opponents. and Brandeis WAS sent
for to combat them. His brief was
UNIQUE. 1t covered l04 pages. Three
pages were devoted to law and IOl to a
recital OF the effects OF long working
hours-the sociological and medical side
CLEANED from the history OF the world
He said nothing about the right OF con-
tract He followed that case to the Su-
preme Court and won II.
When Illinois passed a similar law for
women workers ii was again assatled
Mr.. Brandeis was ready. In the mean
while he had prepared a brief some eco
pages in length. with three pages devot-
ed tC law and the balance devoted to
medical and SOCIOLOGICAL experience and
information. This law stood and the
Sunreme Court. in both instances. paid
tribute in its decision to man who had
rendered social service-and without a
retaining fee. at that.
Many Activities in 191.
A biographer has cited the year 1910
as sample of the activities of Mr.
Brandeis. He was attorney for Louis r.
CLAWS in the famous Balinger- -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 gar
mentmakers strike involving 0.Oo0 en-
ployes. and soon afterward he was call
ed into the case of the Seaboard Ship
pers Association in fighting the ad-
Nanced rate cases.
The public service of Mr.. Brandes
called him to wage also successful
fight for better traction service in his
home city. HIS talents have been en-
ployed In behalf of the individual. the
city. the country, and no case has
him IL It appealed as a pol ular cause.
The committees of Congress have
known him for years witness able
to cope with the brightest minds in
the legislative field After his arGu-
, ment several years ago on the trust
question before a Senate committee.
Senator Cummins is quoted as saving:
This has been the greatest, demon
. stration I have ever seen of the pos
sible achievements OF the human intel
lect."
, Mr.. Rrandeis, a youthful prodigy was
i graduated from Harvards law school at
= twenty, and a special dspensation was
; obtained to permit him to obtain his
degree while under the age of twenty
one. From the outset. his hobbies have
= heen scientific management. legal serv-
= ice rendered for the good of the great
+ est numbers. Justice for the wage-earn-
i ers, and a promotion of a partnership
between labor and cap!tal.
$ Recognized As Lawyer.
e In an address some years ago. when
y he spoke OF the functions of a lawyer
+ Mr.. Brardeis said
: II we are to solve the i'm
;. portant economic. social. and industrial
= questions which have now become polit-
8 ical questions also it seems to me clear
that the attitude of the lawyer in this
I respect must be materially changed
: The great opportunity of the
! American bar is and will be to stand
: as II did in the past-ready to protect
D also the interests of the Deop'e."
=. As lawyer Mr.. Erandeis has hcer
I, recognized AZ one Of the most sICtllfu
r cross miners in the country. IIn ma.
:. the faculty OF never Hn'agoniZing a
=; witness althuuch that Wit"oss o., n.
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