The evening world., 1922-09-04
RESIGNS
TO BRING j. s. INTO
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Junior Supreme Court JUS
tice Will Quit Sept. 1S to
Work for Great Cause" "
THINKS IT IMPERATIVE.
President Will Accept and
Name Sutherland, Utah,
for Vacancy.

WASHINGTON, Sept 4.-The resiE.
nation OF Associate Justice Clarke has
been received by President Harding,
it was announced to-day at the White
House.
The President, it was stated, will
| accept the resignation and intends to
nominate former United States Sena-
tor George II. Sutherland of Utah to
take Mr.. Clarke's place on the Su-
preme Court bench.
The letter of resignation sent by
Justice Clarke read:
II shall be sixty-tive years old on
the 18th day of this month. For a
long time have promised what I
think is my better self that at that
age l would free myself as much as
possible from imperative duties to the
end that | may have time to reach
many books which 1 have not had
| time to reach in a busy life, to travel
and to serve my neighbors and some
public causes in ways in which I can
not serve them while holding i'm
portant public office.
"As a beginning of what l hope,
may at least be a partial realization of
this philosophy of my later life, I
hereby resign as of Sept. IS, 1922, the
office of Associated Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States
which | have held during the past six
years. With grateful appreciation, my
dear Mr.. President, of the many cour-
tesies you have shown me through
many years. I am, Sincerely yours,
JOHN H. CLARKE"
Justice Clarke mailed his resigna .
ton to the White House from his
home in Youngstown. Ohio He was
nominated to the Supreme Court
bench in 1916 by former President
| Wilson and, in point of service is the
Junior Associate Justice.
| YOUNGSTOWN, o., Sept. 4.-Dc-
sire to further American participation
in the League of Nations ranks first
| among the public causes" mentioned
in Justice Clarke's letter to President
Harding as one of the reasons for his
resignation, according to close friends
| of the Justice here Mr. Clarke is
President of the Nndicator Printing
Company, which publishes a daily pa
per here.
Justice Clarke went to Atlantic city
| Friday evening. Before leaving hC
told a friend his plans were as yet in
definite, but thai he hoped to be able
to make a voyage around the world
leaving New York in January or Feb
ruary next. He also said he had ac
cepted several invitations to delivc
addresses about Christmas time, tn,
most important of which will be ol
the League of Nations.
1t is well known to the friends o
the Justice who have seen most o
him in recent years that he is pro
foundly convinced the future pOliuca
and business welfare OF our COUNT
are dependent to a very great degre
upon the American Government join
ing the League of Nations on som
terms at an early day. and 1t is be
lieved by many of them that one d
the chief reasons for his resigning hl
high office was the desire to render i
a non political way more service
what he called that great cause,
than he thought it possible for hlr
to render while member of the 81
premc Court.
Justice Clarke will probably estat
/ lish his permanent home in Clevelan
or New York. He does not intend
resume the practice of law.
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