Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
TARIFF LAW ISSUE
BEFORE HIGH COURT.
Riuht to Review Reports Un-
der Flexible Provision TO
Be Decided.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court consented today
TO pass on the question whether the
United States Court of Customs Ap-
meals had the right to review reports
made to the President by the Tariff
Commission under the flexible tarlf1
law. The question was raised by the
Bakelite Corporation Of New York CITY
The Tariff Commission, upon com
plant of the corporation that unIan
methods of competition we're resulting
from the importation of articles used
by 1t in the manufacture of its prod
ucts. recommended to the President
that he place an embargo against the
importation of the merchandise. Inc
Customs Appeals Court, over the pro-
test of the Bakelite Corporation, assert
ed 1t had jurisdiction to review the rec
concentrations of the commission.
Other Reviews Granted.
The other following reviews also wer.
granted by the court:
To the Government in cases IRON
New Orleans. La, questioning the righ
OF Marco Nicolich and o. E. F. Perssor
10 American citizenship. During mos
Of the five years residence period re-
CURED by the naturalization act. Nlco'
Itch had been employed on board vessels
of foreign registry American owned.
To Allie E. and William L. Lewis
convicted of falsifying the records o.
the Liberty National Bank Of Tulsa
Okla. of which they were respectively
president and vice president; to deter,
mine whether they were deprived OF
certain rights.
spokane and Whitman Counties
wash. in case in which they
sought priority over the United States
in the payment of their tax bills out
of the assets of acknowledgements Reilly
Auto Co. Of that State, but In which
lower courts held that United States
had precedence, assets Of insolvent COM
pany being insufficient to pay both.
Chinese Case Included.
Chin Mon, a native-born citizen Of
Chinese descent. residing at Boston. TO
test out whether he had adopted Chm
Yuen as a son before passage OF present
immigration act, and whether as ADOPT
ed son he was entitled to admission.
Public National Bank of New York
was granted permission by the Supreme
Court today to file petition Tor writ
of mandamus to compel consideration
and decision by statutory three
Judge Federal Court in New York City
of its challenge of the constitutionallty
Of the State banking law under winch
national banks are taxed. Attorney
General Ottinger of New York sup
ported the motion, stating that 1t was
highly important to have a three-judge
court sit so that the controversy could
be expedited for final decision by the
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court refused today TO
pass upon the validity of the organiza-
ton OF the Homochitto Swamp Land
district of Adams County. Mississippi.
and the taxes levied by the board OF
commissioners of the county in April,
1924. to retire a $4,000 bond issue,
challenged in a case brought by the
Norman Breaux Lumber Co. as the
owner of 1880 acres of land In the
district, dismissing the appeal on mo-
ton of the tax collector on the ground
that there was no Federal question
presented.
A review was refused to Paul Schaln-
man. who purchased four lots of furni-
ture from Isidore Lichtenberg OF San
Francisco, Calf, and was directed by
the lower Federal courts to return II
to the trustee in bankruptcy for Lich-
fenherg, on the ground that the trans
action was in violation Of the California
bulk sales law.