The Washington times., 1921-03-31
CARTER TO Be
c. ?. 0. CHIEF
White House Shakes Plum Tree
for Party Workers in
District.
LAWYERS WIN RECOGNITION
Appointment of 7. E. Robertson
to Patent Office Approved
by Bar Association.

Several juicy political plums in
the form of recess appointments
were shaken from the White
House tree today.
The prize plum, the possession
of which is Of particular import
ance to big business interests of
the country, is the appointment of
Thomas K. Robertson, of Chevy
Chase, Nd, former president of
the American Patent Bar Associa-
ton, as Commissioner of Patents.
He succeeds Commissioner Robert
F. Whitehead.
Second in national interest is
the appointment Of George H. Car
ter, clerk of the Joint Committee
on Printing to succeed Cornelius
Ford.
NAMES HEAD FOR INDIANS.
Bitter dissension over the appoint
ment Of an Indian commissioners 10
succeed Cato Sells was ended with
the seiection OF former Congressman
Charles H. Burke. of PteYpe. g. D.
Burke was preaSntedF to President
Harding yesterday by Senator Star-'
derstood he was then told by the
President Of his forthcoming appoint
ment.
The appointment of Capt. william
A Monett y. s. N, as a member Of
the advisory committee on aero
| nautics. and OF Newton w. Miller; of
Columbus. Ohio, as collector Of inte.-
nal revenue for the Eleventh district,
also were announced at the White
Houes today.
The selection of Mr.. Robertson as
United States Commissioner of Pat
ents was welcomed by the District of
Columbia Patent Bar Association to-
day.
While Mr.. Robertson has been a
resident of Montgomery county, Mary
land, for slightly more than twenty
five Years. he is a native Washington
Ian and was educated in the Wash
ington public schools.
Mr.. Robertson was born here Nav
7, 1871, and has taken an active part
in District of Columbia affairs for
many years. He is a member of the
bar OF the United States Supreme
Court, the District Court of Appeals.
and the Court of Appeals of Mary
land. He has practiced patent law in
! Washington for many years, being
associated when a young man with
his father, T. j. w. Robertson, and
succeeding him in 1899.
| ACTIVE IN POLITICS.
| Mr.. Robertson has been active in
Maryland Politics. receiving the sup
port of the Maryland delegation in
Congress and of the national commit
teemen from tina tState.s He ia a
graduate of the National University
Law School and took course at CO.
lumbian University, now George
Washington. ..
| Recognized as one of the most promi-
nent patent law attorneys in the
country, Mr.. Robertson is a charter
member of the American Patent Law
Association and was it's president in
1918. He is also a member of the
University Club and the Washington
Board of Trade.
| He married Miss Mary Brackett. Of
Harpers Ferry, Nd, and has three
sons. one of whom Is a student at
| Western High School.
In the appointment of Mr.. Carter
as public printer. President Harding
| has selected one of the best informed
| men in the country on the business
Of the Government Printing Office.
Mr.. Carter was born at Mineral
Point, Wis, September 40, 1873, going
to Iowa when a youth. He Is q for
mer newspaper man. having served
In various capacities on Iov os~err.
and as Washington -spc-. ~ 80
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