Thirteen Members of Law School Faculty Give Support to Landon

Thirteen members of the Faculty of the Law School including former Dean Roscoe Pound came out for the election of Governor Alfred M. Landon, and the entire state Republican ticket in Massachusetts it was learned yesterday.

Ralph J. Baker, professor of Law, W. Barton Beach, Joseph H. Beals '82, Royall Professor of Law; Henry B. Cabot '17, assistant professor in the Institute of Criminal Law; Morton C. Campbell, professor of Law; George K. Gardner '12, professor of Law; Livingston Hall, assistant professor of Law; John A. Macguire, professor of Law; Pound; Warren A Seavey '01, professor of Law; James B. Thayer '21, professor of Law; Edward H. Warren '95, professor of Law; and Samuel Williston '82, Dane Professor of Law, composed the group who sent a statement to the Republican State Committee, telling of their intention to support the Kansas Governor.

The statement follows: "The undersigned, members of the faculty of the Harvard Law School, express the intention of voting for Alfred M. Landon for President and for the Republican candidates for United States Senator and all state wide offices in Massachusetts.

"We feel constrained to make this statement because it has already been publicly announced that several members of our faculty intend to vote for Mr. Roosevelt, and we would not have our silence misunderstood. In doing so we speak for ourselves."

In a separate letter to Sinclair Weeks '14, chairman of the State G.O.P. Committee, Williston, Seavey, and Campbell stated that "a clear majority of our faculty favor the election of Landon and nox. A few of the majority are reluctant to make a public declaration. More of us believe however that the constitutional and economic issues of this campaign are so important as to justify the enclosed statement."

Before the Faculty letter to Republican headquarters was released, the Harvard Democratic Club, climaxing a hectic day for Langdell Hall, issued a statement claiming the University was for Roosevelt, on the basis of the Law School poll figures, published yesterday. The statement follows:

"On the basis of the result of the Law School poll announced in the CRIMSON this morning together with those of the poll two weeks ago, the Roosevelt Club is justified in the assertion that Harvard is for the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

"In the CRIMSON poll of October 14th, the Republican candidate complied a plurality in the entire university of 165 votes. The small vote of the Law School, however, did not indicate its voting trend."