Evening star., 1926-04-25
LEGAL SOC|ETY'S
SESSIONS CLOSE
Hughes Reelected President
of international Law
Organization.

The twentieth annual meeting OF
! the American Society OF lnterna tioual
Law was concluded last night with ii
bs nquet AT the New Willard Hotel.
Charles Evans Hughes. former
Secretary of State. who MAS elect ed
To the presidency Of the society yes
terday, was POSTMASTER.
With Mr. Hughes. who already
has served TWO terms We're re-
| elected. without u dissenting vote.
virtually the entire list of the past
wears officers.
Elihu Root. d former president WAS
reelected honorary president and the
following were renamed honorary vice
presidents: Simeon r.. Baldwin. Charles
Henry Butler. Frederick K. Cou.
dert. Jacob NJ. Dickinson. cha rles
Noble Gregory. Harry Pratt Judson.
! Robert Lansing. John Bassett Moore.
Oscar :. Straus, George Sutherla nj
chief Justice William II. Taft. George
Grafton Wilson and Theodore :.
" uolseN. Secretary of state Frank
b. kellogg WAS chosen 10 hlI the
vacancy created by the death a
George Gray.
Active vice presidents are Chandler
T.. Anderson, David Jayne nm and
James Brown Scott.
Oncf UHhccfS Named.
George A. Finch Was again chosen
recording secretary; William e..
Dennis corresponding secretary and
Lester H.. Woolsey treasurer.
Edwin Il. Parker was elected chair
man Of the executive council. which
is comprised of the following mem
bers: James ". Garner. t.llery G..
StOweiI. Richard W. Flournoy. Fred
eric u. McKenney. Edwin NJ. Borch,
ard. Charles &. t'enwick, Arthur * .
Kuhn, Jessie ). Reeves, who viii
serve unIil 1923: Cephas -. AlIin
William {. Dennis. Manley q. lIud
son. John Ii. Latane, Frank l.. Polk
Henry W. Temple. Charles Warren
Lester ii. WooIsey, to serve unIil
1927; Hollis K. Bailey Harry A. Gal-
field, Frank T.. Hinckley, Charles
Cheney HYDE, Fred k. Nielsen, fil-
man b. Potter and W. W. VII
ioushbN, to serve until 1928.
Members OF the executive commit
tee are chandler +. Anderson. Charles
Henry Butler Harry A. Garfield
charles Noble Gregory, David Jayne
Hin. Ellery c. Stowell. Robert Ian.
sing. W. W. Willoughby, George
Grafton. Wilson and Frederic d. Nc
kenner.
The society. through its executive
council. rejected proposal that ii
adopt "a policy OF taking formal action
On matters affecting international law
and engaging in pushing legislative
programs in Congress. The sense Of
the society and VI its executive coun.
ell. 10 which the proposal was sub
mitted. with power to act was that
I no
group whose ultimate aims far tran
scended immediate ana present poiiLi-
cal questions. Fears we're expressed
that 10 depart from this position
would lead the association iniv that
ut Lobbying" Organization.
League Action Taken.
A far-reachins decision as leo ched
by the council in the appointment; Of
Jesse :. Reeves aS the chairman OF
special committee empowered to
negotiate with the committee Of eX-
perts OF the League q. Nations Ell.
gagged in preparing the way for codi-
ticatiOn Of internal tional law. Mr..
Reeves was given authority to ap
point members OF the society 10 the
committee ana 10 draft II list Of legal
topics a. subjects for co0itication
thus injecting an unVtficiai American
viewpoint into the actual efforts Of
the League OF Nations on c0ditica
tlon Of international laws
The society also decided to have
published the scientific studies Oh
cod:tication or international law which
have been made by experts Of the
committee of the League of Nations
and OF the committee which is work
inN Mo-. .,f
American Union.