Evening star., 1921-10-03
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT
SWORN INTO OFFICE
Judicial Oath Given With Age
Old Ceremony-Supreme
Court Opens.

Administration OF the judicial oath
to William Howard Taft, the new
Chief Justice of the United States.
marked the reconvening today of the
Supreme Court for the regular fall
term.
The oath was administered to Mr..
Taft, who thereby became the first
Chief Justice to have previously oc-
cupied the highest executive Office in
the nation. by the senior associate
justice, Joseph McKenna. The oath
taksn,soday by Mr.. Taft supplement-
efeSns& ionxf oatir sldnfhts-
tered July IL soon after the appoint
nisait Of the former President BY
President Harding.
The, administration OF the judicial
oath, the final step in the induction
Of q new Chief Justice. was attended
by all of the age-old ceremony at
fached to the nations highest trfbu-
nal. The oath binds the Chief Justice
"to administer justice without respect
to persons and do equal right to the
poor and the rich"
The Induction of the Chief Justice
accomplished, James N. Beck. the
new solicitor general of the United
States, was presented to the court
and then the various attorneys whose
court had been approved since che
courts adjournment last June.
The Chief Justice and the associate
justices at the conclusion OF, these
ceremonies followed the custom es-
tablished years ago and went to the
White House to pay their respects to
the President.
Antitrust Cases Waiting.
In addition to the half dozen anti
trust cases awaiting decision by the
Supreme Court there are pending sew
era1 boundary and irrigation disputes
between states as well as cases be-
tween states alleging trade discrimi-
nations, numerous questions arising
out of government operation of rail-
roads during the war, a railroad mer-
ger case, several cases testing the
rights Of organized labor during
strikes, as we'll as its responsibility
for losses resulting from acts of vio-
lence during strikes: large number
of cases in which railroads and other
common carriers seek to have deter
mined their liability for injuries suf-
fered by employees, several challenges
by states OF the powers of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in rate
making and railroad control, the con-
stitutionality of the prohibitory tax
imposed by the federal government
upon child labor, numerous issues
arising out of the enforcement Of ma
tional prohibition and many land.
patent, admiralty, bankruptcy, immi-
grafton, Chinese exclusion and mis-
cellaneous cases.
The court has under advisement
and may give its opinion at any time
a. a.
ing control of the Central Pacific; the
Coronado case. brought by the United
Mine Workers, arising out Of violence
during a strike, In Arkansas and in
volving the liability Of organized
labor for losses caused by acts of
violence; the Wisconsin case, In
which forty-one other states Joined
to test the right. of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to authorize
interstate railroads to raise their
rates within a state, and the West
ern Union case, in which the gov
ernment sought to prevent the land.
ing of a cable at Miami
Other Important Cases Up.
Some important cases are to be re-
argued before a full bench. These
include the. United Shoe Machinery
case, brought under the Clayton act
to test q contract prohibiting 1essees
from using other machines in the
manufacture OF shoes: the. American
Column and Lumber Company, pro-
ceeding in which the government
contends monopoly and restraint OF
trade is obtained by agreements
under q so-called "open competition
plan; the Atherton Mills case, from
North Carolina, testing the act i'm.
posing q prohibitory tax on the
products OF mills using child labor
the American Steel Foundries and the
Truax cases, the former from Illi-
nois. and the latter from Arizona, in
which the right of labor to picket
during a strike is involved: Wyo.
ming's effort to prevent the diversion
by Colorado Of water from the Lar
annie river; the Standard Fashion
case. involving the question wheth-
er dealer can by contract be re.
Quired by producers to handle their
products exclusively, and the Dahnke.
walker Milling Company case. In
which. state laws requiring persons
and corporations engaged in busines.
to register. are being contested a,
restrictions to fnterstate commerce.