The Washington times., 1934-05-21
JUDGES To SHED
ROBES AND DON
BALL MASKS

District Supreme Court Justices
Jennings Bailey and Peyton Cor
don will shed their robes next
Wednesday at the Congressional
Country Club and don baseball.
caps and plus-fours to umpire the
baseball game between the Con-
StitutionaliSts and the New-Deal.
ers. which will be just one of the
entertainment features at the an.
nual spring outing of the District
Bar Association when the bar
feteS the bench.
Ball Code to Rule
Both juriStS have agreed that
the game will be played strictly
according to the baseball code
the District Code, equity rules.
law rules and District Supreme
Court rules being temporarily sus.
pended.
However, they reserve the right
to take under advisement all
close decisions and their opinion
will then be final-no exceptions
TAKEN or allowed.
That official set-up is for the
regular game. Another entertain
ment has been provided for the
still athletically inclined old
timers who can't take the more
strenuous pastime of the young
SterS.
Soft For the Oldsters
A Softball game will be played
for these oldsters who have
grown a little soft themselves
and j. Bruce Kremer, Soft-spoken
Montanan who once headed the
Democratic organization in his
State, will be the umpire.
Throughout the day, George
O'Connor will be mastering cere.
monies in the hot-shine about the
grounds and in the cool rooms
within where the celebrants will
quaff stems of beer provided by
Abner Drury, himself, as group
of entertainers amuse the trench
ermen.
John J. Carmody's entertain.
ment committee arranged the fea'
lures.
More than so distinguished
guests will attend the fete. They
include Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat of the District Supreme
Court and Associate Justices Jen-
nings Bailey, Peyton Gordon, Jesse
c. Adkins, Oscar r. Luhring, Jo-
seph w. Cox, James M. Proctor,
F.. D. Let's, Daniel w. O'Donog-
hue and Wendell P. Stafford. Chief
Justice William j. Graham of the
Court of Customs and Patent Ap-
peals, Chief Justice Fenton w.
Booth of the Court of Claims, AS
sociate Justices Charles H. Robb
and D. Lawrence Groner of the
Court of Appeals and James CraW'
ford Biggs, solicitor general.
William Stanley, assistant to the
attorney general, Hon. Hatton w.
Summers, chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee; Representa-.
tive Vincent l.. Palmisano, U. s.
Attorney Leslie C. Garnett; Bald.
win B. Bane, director of the secur-
tiles division, Federal Trade Com.
mission; Presiding Judge George
C. Aukum of the Municipal Court,
and Judges Robert E. Mattingly,
Nathan Cayton; Presiding Judge
Gus A. Schuldt of the Police
Court with Judges John P. McMa-
hon, Isaac R. Hit, and Ralph
Given.
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman, Richard Eyre, presi-
dent of the Federal Bar Associa-
ton; Webster B. Burdette, presi-
dent of the American Patent Law
Association; Ralph G. Cornell,
president of the Federal Bar Asso-
citation; Webster B. Burdette,
president, Baltimore Bar Associa-
ton: Frank Key Green, Marshal
of U. S. Supreme Court; Moncure
Burke, deputy clerk. District Court
of Appeals; Frank E. Cunning
ham, clerk of the District Supreme
Court; John B. Colpoys, U. S. Mar
shall; Theodore Cogswell, Register
of Wills; A. Leftwich Sinclair, au-
ditor, District Supreme Court:
Fred j. Eden, referee in bank
ruptcy; Fred C. O'Connell. assign
ment commissioner. District Su-
preme Court, and R. L. Polio,
manager of the Mayflower Hotel,