Evening star., 1937-08-11

last year, ana he WILL be accompanied by
six other men
Uncle Sam has set up a new "law
trm, composed entirely of Government
attorneys. to take care of the congestion
OF war risk insurance suits pending in
the District of Columbia courts. Other
United States district courts have iuris-
dlctlon in these cases only of plaintiffs
residing within the district, but, regard
less of residence. any case may be filed in
the Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbla. On this account the docket here
has more pending cases than any other
single district in the country. This has
resulted in serious court congestion, with
many cases remaining untried for years.
Realizing this situation. the Bureau of
War Risk Litigation of the Department
OF Justice, by agreement with United
states Attorney Leslie c. Garnett, has
organized this new law firm" to care
Tor the preparation and defense of these
suits. Col. Allen Crenshaw, attorney in
the Department of Justice, himself
World War veteran, with eight years ex-
perlence devoted exclusively to this spe-
cialized litigation. has been placed in
charge OF the new organiza ton. -Four
attorneys of the Department of Justice
have been assigned to assist him in this
work, and space in the Justice Building
has been allotted to them.
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An important contribution to the sub
ject of international law has Just been
made by Miss Marjorie M. Whiteman,
assistant to the legal adviser of the De-
partment of State. This consists of two
large volumes of 1549 pages, published
by the Government Printing Office, en-
titled Damages in International Law"
third volume, in course of preparation,
Will go to press shortly. One of the Off
clalS OF the department, in commenting
on the work. said that, while giving due
consideration to the mass of theory
evolved on this subject, Miss Whiteman
has been eminently successful in present.
Ing the material in practical manner"
graduate OF Ohio Wesleyan University,
then taking her law degree at Yale in
1927, Miss Whiteman has been connected
with the State Department for eight
years past, having been appointed an
assistant to the solicitor and when that
Office was superseded in 1881 by the legal
adviser remaining there in the same
capacity She was research assistant in
1880 to the conference at The Hague on
the codif1cation of international law.
With farm legislation to the fore and
now receiving degree of attention which
it has seldom attained in the past, one
matter that will be Of great interest to
farmers is covered in report received
here from Gordon P. Boals. assistant ag-
rlcultural attache to the United States
Embassy in Berlin. He says that long
range weather forecasting has reached a
practical state in Germany, particularly
with reference to agriculture. This is
true" he adds, with respect not only to
the apparent accuracy OF the present
forecasts, but also to the periodicity and
timelineSS of their issuance" He re-
ports that one group of forecasts now
issued for Today periods during the
Summer months, when they are of spe-
cial value to farmers, has achieved a de-
gree OF accuracy according to local OBJ
servers, comparable with the one and
two day forecasts in most other coun-
tries. With increasing experience and
technical facilities, he states, the long
range weather forecasting activities OF
the German Weather Bureau are ex-
pected to be further extended, not only
over longer period but in their scope
and type.
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Progress being made by the railroads
of the United States in improving their
equipment and in bettering conditions
for the travelling public is evidenced by
new step which has just been taken by
the Association of American Railroads.
This Is the establishment of q Division OF
Engineering Research, the purpose Of
which Il to expand and coordinate such