Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-26
JUR|STS STOP HERE
FOR FOUR-DAY VISIT
British and French Delegates
to Bar Association to Be
Capital Guests.

One hundred and fifty jurists and
attorneys Of the British Isles and
France, returning to their homelands
from the sessions of the American Bar
Association ut Chicago. stopped on in
washington today to begin four-day
stay which viii be filled with gayety,
official calls and sports.
ofhcial and legal washington will
be hosts to the jurists throughout their
stay. beginning with an ofi1cial recep-
ton held for them at IL o'clock this
morning In the palm garden OF the
Mayflower Hotel their headquarters
during their stay; q luncheon shortly
after noon at the Chevy Chase Club,
where they were guests of the Lawyers
Club q garden party at Thea White
House beginning at ( o'clock this aft
ernoon, and q dinner and reception at
the Pan-American Union this evening,
at which Attorney General william D.
Mitchell viii be host.
High Point Tonight,
The dinner and reception tonight
will be the high point of the visit.
The principal addresses will be de-
livered by Sir William Jowitt, attorney
general of Great Britain, and Maitre
Henri Deougis, president OF the French
delegation. Their addresses, and the
Washington attorneys, by Col j. Miller
Kenyon, will be broadcast over Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. chain. Thomas
d. Thatcher, solicitor general, will pre-
side over the dinner.
The delegation arrived In the Capt.
tai early today, were met at Union
Station by a delegation of Washington
attorneys and jurists who are handling
the arrangements for the visit, and were
70 knp an cfUf1f cnninn rolIfn frouY the
station to the Mayfiower, seeing Po-
tomac Park, the White House the Lin
coin Memorial, the Washington Monu-
ment and other sights of the city en-
route. The early part of the morning
was given over to getting the juristS
settled in their rooms at the hotel and
in readiness for the program of the
day.
Tomorrow morning there will be
sightseeing parties, with one delegation
going to Arlington Cemetery, where
homage will be paid st the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, followed by lunch
con at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
e. Hamilton, at Stone Ridge, on the
Rockville pike. beginning at o'clock.
Busy Program Tomorrow.
At 430 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
| the distinguished visitors viii be guests
at reception at Woodley. the home of
Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry l..
! Stimson. Tomorrow evening the party
will split up for informal dinner parties
| with lawyers about the Capital. At 10
| O'Clock they will be the guests of the
| British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lind
say, at the British Embassy. at recep-
| ton.
On Thursday, the morning again win
| be turned over to sightseeing, with a
second delegation visiting Arlington,
with golf and tennis parties at the va
| rious country clubs about the city.
At 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon
the visitors will embark on the u. 8. s.
Porpoise, and take q trip down the
Potomac to Mount Vernon, where, at
4.30 o'clock, they will be given re-
ception by the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association.
The Federal Bar Association, made
up Of attorneys in the service of the
Government, will be host to the jurists
at a dinner at the Carlton Hotel, fol-
lowed at 10 O'Clock Thursday night by
a reception at the French embassy.
VIII Visit Annapolis.
Friday the party will leave the Cap
ital for Annapolis. where they will look
over the historic capital city Of Mary
land, and the United States Naval
|
embark aboard steamer for Baltimore
and begin their journey back to their
honelands.
Some of the offlcial guests who viii
attend the reception arranged by At
torney General Mitchell tonight are
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Clyde b. Aitchison and Mrs. Aitchison
Thad Brown, general counsel OF the
Federal Radio Commission; Clarence
M. Charest, general couuseI of the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue; Stanley
r. Reed, general counsel OF the Federal
Farm Loan Board; Ernest H. Van Eos.
sen, of the Board of Tax Appeals; w
w. Warwick, general counsel of the
United states Employees Compensation
Commission; William Wolf Smith, gen.
eral counsel of the Veterans Bureau:
william r. Valance, assistant solicitor
of the State Department. Invitations
also have been issued to the members oi
the United States Supreme Court, the
Court of Appeals of the District, tho
, Court of Custom and Patent Appeals
the chief law officers Of the. Depart
ment of Justice and the members o.
: the various other legal department!
of the Government