Evening star., 1937-08-29
By JOHN c. HENRY.

Labor's surge Of organiZational con-
sciousness. given its initial impetus
with the writing Of famed section IA
Of the national industrial recov-
cry act and carried along currently
under protection of the national labor
relations act, has opened for the lega,
profession one Of the most fertile fields
Of specialization.
That the flood of young attorney
graduated from the Nations law
schools each year is cognizant of this
fact is indicated by the number OF
applicants desirous of cutting their
labor law teeth as employees Of the
National Labor Relations Board, or OF
State labor relations agencies.
That the Nations law schools and
other sources of legal training have
not quite kept pace with this trend is
indicated with equal clarity by the
lack OF sufficient qualifications boasted
by many of the applicants.
Most of them have felt the urge OF
liberalism now current and have be-
come interested in the cause Of labor.
Many Of them, however, have received
their training in schools not yet giving
adequate emphasis to the social and
economic background of labor law.
That this deficiency on the part of
law school curricula will be adjusted
eventually is foregone conclusion.
Increase Scope Of Studies.
The law schools of such institutions
as Harvard, Columbia. University Of
Wisconsin, Yale, University of Pitts
burgh. Georgetown have been increas-
ing the scope of their studies in this
direction. Others must, if their grad
yates are to keep pace with the obli-
cations of the legal profession.
A real obstacle in the past has been
lack of labor law specialists among
those instructing the coming genera
tions Of attorneys, although real dis
tinction in this field has been achieved
by such. as James M. Lands, soon to
become dean of the Harvard Law
School and now chairman Of the S. E.
c.; Francis B. Sayre, fellowship teach
er at Harvard and now Assistant Sec
retary of State; Lloyd Garrison Of
University OF Wisconsin and former
chairman Of the National Labor
Board.
Other instructors known in the labor
field are Prof. Robert L. Hale of Co.
lumbia. Prof. Calvert Magruder of
Pittsburgh, Prof. Charles Gregory Of
Chicago, former solicitor of the De-
partment of Labor, and Prof. Harry
Shulman of Yale, former general
counsel of the Railroad Retirement
Board
Among those feeling very strongly
that labor law is field of opportunity
and responsibility for the legal pro-
fession Is Charles Fahy general coun-
sci for the present Labor Board.
Rights of Employees.
TT has been found" Fahy says,
that certain rights OF employees can
be protected by statute. Henceforth,
these rights will not be abandoned and
their legal protection must be con-
tinued. The circumstance opens a
very wide field to the legal profession "
Asked If he thought the profession
had been alive to its responsibilities in
this direction in the past, Fahy said
there has been a noticeable increase in
interest and appreciation of the issues
involved in laws pertaining to labor.
but added, "the legal profession could
contribute more from q social and
economic standpoint"
Another to feel that the profession
might profit by increased attention to
labor matters u Dr.. Walter H. Jaeger
of oeosgetown University. Dr.. Jaege,