South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-29
DR.. Moore, Noted Legal Ex-
pert, Believes Jurists Will
Benefit World.
By EDWARD THIERRY.
lSnrclaI 10 The Newk-TlmesN

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-There ~
at least one man indispensable TO
Uncle sam.
Every time Uncle sam gets IN a
pickle no presses a button and says:
Boy, page John Bassett Moorei"
And John Bassett Moore, who has
been committing between New York
and Washington mora than 80 years.
hurries down and unravels the latest
international tangle.
That's his Job. He's a sort Of legal
family physician 20 Uncle sam.
DR.. Moore's newest Job is serving
as one OF Il judges on the perman-
cnt court OF International Justice.
the world court created by the
League Of Nations. He will sit at its
organization at The Hague Jan. 80
Official Washington probably
would be greatly worried were II not
that Moore VIII be back within a
couple OF months. His tenure OF
office as world judge is nine years.
but he will not be at The Hague all
the time.
L. S. Still Can Use Him.
This Will make It possible for
Uncle sam TO call on him for expert
advice now and then.
Or. Moore has served under six
presidents, Cleveland, Harrison, Nc
Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.
He started off as a law clerk in the
Department OF state IN 1855 and
from 1886 TO 1891 was third assistant
secretary of state.
In 1891 he became professor OF
international law and diplomacy az
Colum bia University. but he has had
so many leaves of absence so he
could run down and straighten out
the State Department that tots of
students went through Columbia law
school without encountering him.
Mckinley made him an assistant
| secretary OF state in 1898 and then
sent him TO Paris as counsel for the
spanish-American Peace Commits
sion.
! IN between he was a United State:
/ delegate to all kinds Of international
meetings and boards of arbitration
! And in 1913 Pres't Wilson made hin
| counselor of theState Department
Man Behind Throne.
Official Washington whispered that
Moore did most of the work of the
department.
Anyway. precedent was upset two
ways, for during Bryan's absences
from Washington, Counselor Moore
instead of the first assistant. wa,
acting secretary of state and he FIRE
quently sat in cabinet meetings.
Dr. Moore IL 81 years old. He is
big man physically He wears Z
mustache and a full beard, neatl,
trimmed, sort If halfway between
flowing beard and a Van Dyke. Hi
hair is thin on top of his head. Fl,
wears eyeglasses.
He was born in Delaware and is
graduate OF the University OF Vir
ginia. lie is married and has tire,
daughters.
College Honor Him.
SO many degrees have been con
ferred upon him and he has been
member of so many internationa
bodies and has written so man,
books that II requires two-thirds OF
column I'm who's Who to describ
him.
He is still a member Of the Perma
uent Court Of The Hague, havinl
been appointed in 1918 and has beei
a leading figt re in the Pan-America1
Union.
POnderous tones are TO his credit
n whole shelf Of volumes on inter
national law. arbitration and diplo
macy
In spite OF these heavy subjects
DR.. Moore has the knack of MAXIM
friends rapidly and his remarkabl
memory is not so cluttered with in
ternaf onal facts and dates that h
cannot remember funny stories an,
anecdotes.