James Marshall, son of the late Louis Marshall, may become Solicitor General of the United States to succeed Charles E. Hughes, Jr., who resigned when his father became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The appointment of Mr. Marshall to this office has been recommended to President Hoover by Samuel S. Koenig, Republican country chairman of New York country, of which Mr. Marshall is a resident, and by Meier Steinbrink, Brooklyn Republican leader, who has become an adviser to the President on Federal appointments in New York City. William J. Maier, New York State Republican chairman, also favors Mr. Marshall’s appointment.
Mr. Marshall, who has a high reputation as a lawyer, is a graduate of Columbia Law School. He is 34 years old. During the World War he served in France as a First Lieutenant.
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