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In Cincinnati, the American Bar Association adopted a resolution condemning Federal Judge K. M. Landis for accepting private employment as baseball commissioner while serving on the federal bench, following stormy debate where former Senator James Hamilton Lewis urged caution and a committee investigation.
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Bar Association Condemns Judge For Acting As Baseball Czar.
Cincinnati--The action of Federal Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago, national commissioner of baseball, in accepting "private employment and private emolument" while active on the federal bench was declared to meet with the "unqualified condemnation" of the American Bar association in a resolution adopted.
The resolution was adopted after stormy debate, in which former Senator James Hamilton Lewis counseled against hasty action and moved that the matter be referred to a committee for investigation. He declared that Judge Landis should be accorded a proper hearing before being condemned.
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The American Bar Association adopted a resolution condemning Federal Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago for accepting private employment and emolument as national commissioner of baseball while active on the federal bench, following stormy debate where former Senator James Hamilton Lewis counseled against hasty action and moved for committee investigation and a proper hearing.