Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

international cooperation.
Civic Activities Cited.
Mr.. Morris was senior mem
Der Of the law firm Of Morris,
Pearce, Gardner q Pratt, which
earlier this year succeeded the
firm Of Morris, KixMiller g.
Baar. He was active in nuIner-
GUS phases of life Of the Capital.
He was q member of the board
Of corporators OF the Episcopal
Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
The Morris home at 2401 Kali
Drama road NV. Is a pre-Revo-
lutionary New England house
that Mr.. and Mrs. Morris ad-
mired and had moved to Wash
ington, brick by brick and piece
by piece.
Pallbearers Announced.
Active pallbearers at the
funeral will be members of Mr..
Morris law firm, Frederick L.
Pearce. Allen H. Gardner, John
H. Pratt. David A. Fegan and
Albert F. Bietel, and his former
law associate Arnold r. Baar.
The following have been desig-
mated honorary pallbearers:
Chief Justice Warren and As
sociate Justices Robert H. Jack
son and Harold E. Burton of the
Supreme Court; Chief Justice
Arthur T. Vanderbilt of the New
Jersey Supreme Court; Chief
Judge Bolitha j. Laws of the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia; Judge Ben
jamin H. Littleton of the Court
OF Claims; Lloyd Wright, repre-
senting the American Bar AS
ISOLATION.
Also, William j. Jameson;
Robert E. Storey; Amos j. Peas
lee, American Ambassador to
Australia, representing the IN
ternational Bar Association; Sir
Hartley Shawcross; Sir Godfrey
Russell Wick; Thomas G. Lund;
DR.. Eduardo Salazar Gomez,
representing the Inter-American
Bar Association; President John
Sloan Dickey. Dartmouth Col
lege; c hancellor Lawrence
Kempton, University of Chicago,
and Kenneth c. Royal, repre-
senting the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity.
A native of Chicago, Mr.. Nor
ris received his ABB. degree at
Dartmouth in 1911 and his law
degree at the University of
Chicago in 1915. In World War
I he served in the Army, enter
ing as a private and reaching
the rank Of LIST lieutenant. He
began the practice of law in
Chicago but moved to Washing
ton in 1919. 49,.
He was long active in the bar
association. Before his election
as president he had served as
secretary and then chairman of
its Committee on Federal Tax
alton, chairman Iof it's general
council, chairman of the House
Of delegates and chairman of
its taxation section.
Member Of World Bar.
He was also a member of the
Inter-American Bar Association
and had been chairman of its
Executive Committee and of the
international Bar Association,
which he had served as speaker
Of its House of Deputies.
He was a member, also, Of the
District Bar Association, the
Washington Criminal Justice As
ISOLATION, the Illinois Bar Asso-
citation, the American Judicature
Society, the American Law In
stitute and the American Society
Of International Law. He was q
member of the Board of Cover
nors Of the Washington Branch
OF the English Speaking Union
and member Of the American
Peace Society.
Mr.. Morris was an honorary
member of the Institute dos Ad-
vogados Brasileiros. He was dec
Grated by Peru with its Order
Ell Sol, and Cuba conferred on
bring the principle of equal JUS
tice under law to the interna-
tional field. AS chairman of the
United Nations Commission on
international Jurisdiction he has
provided distinguished American
leadership in an uncharted field
him its highest honor, designat-