Evening star., 1930-06-21

Oscar r. Luhring, Assistant At
torney General of the United
States, and Joseph w. Cox, promi-
nent Washington attorney, are
understood to have been selected
Tor appointment to the two addi-
tional judgeships on the Supreme
Court of the District, provided by
the bill signed by the President
this week.
1t was learned at the White
House today that their names
have been placed before President
Hoover and that the nominations
probably will go to the Senate
Monday.
Both Assistant Attorney General
Luhring and Mr.. Cox were recommend
ed by Attorney General Mitchell. 1t
Is known that Mr.. Mitchell made these
recommendations only after he and his
assistants had carefully studied the
qualifications and records of the score
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gested for these two bench appoint
ments.
Mr.. Luhring. who is a native of In
diana, has been a resident of Washing
ton since 1919, when he came here as
q representative in Congress from the
frst district of his State.
Cox Is Virginia Native.
Mr.. Cox is a native of Grayson coun-
"a caNnf h. a-&-
ana has been resident of this citv
Tor 80 years, having come here in 1900
70 enter the George Washington Law
School, which was then the Columbian
University. He was a member of the
law flrm OF Fulton & Leckie and later
of Leckie, Cox & Sherier. He prob
ably Is best known for his work as a
special assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral during the war in the enforcement
OF antitrust laws, particularly in the
cases of the International Harvester
case. He also gained considerable
prominence for his work in connection
with the litigation to establish the con-
stitutlonality of the Federal employees
= liability laws in which cases Mr. Cox
was the representative of several groups
OF employees.
The two additional members of the
Court of Appeals for this district also
pAOfA1N0 AOl Al Oil dCb VI NOIlBI COS
signed by the President early in the
week have not yet been decided on, and
it is doubtful If the President will be In
position to reach decision regarding
the appointment of these two members
TO the higher court for at least two
weeks.
Political Complexion Unchanged.
The selections of Mr.. Luhring and
Mr.. Cox will not change the present
political complexion of the local Su-
preme Court. The former Is a Repub-
1ican and the latter a Democrat Mr.
Cox, however has never been active in
his party's politics, and is described as
a Democrat more by inheritance than
anything else.
Mr. Luhring is 81 years old. He was
born in Gibson County, Ind, and after
receiving education in the public schools
of his State was graduated from the
Law School of the University of Vir-
g1nia in 1900. He began the practice
of law the same year in Evansville,
Ind. Three years later he was elected
to the House of Representatives of In
diana, where he served for one year
In 1904 he was elected deputy prose-
cutting attorney for the first judicial
circuit of Indiana, serving in that ca
pacity for four years, when he was
elected prosecuting attorney in the
same circuit and served Tor four years.
Mr. Luhring was elected to Congress
in 1919, serving two terms. During
that short period he won for himself
a place among the rlore prominent
members of that legislative body
After leaving Congress he became spe-
cial assistant TO the Secretary of La
Dor, and personally handled a number
of important immigration cases. In
1925 he was appointed Assistant At
torney General, which position he has
held since.
Mr. Luhring in the past few years
of his connection with the Department
of Justice has been i'll charge of vir-
tually all of the important criminal
prosecutions
Mr. Luhring is well known to the
President and many others prominently
identified with the official life of Wash
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