A JUDICIAL LOBBYIST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600390002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 28, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

NEW YORK TIMES
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A ,Judicial Lobbyist
Elijah Barrett Prettyman
CPYRGHT
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lijah Barrett Prettyma
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he Central Intelligein,~
His Standing Reinforced
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Associated Prey
Recognized as an arbite
of delicate matters.
as long.
Judge Prettyman has als
been a successful advocate o
judicial reform.
A soft - spoken, courtl
courtly Southerner--he w
born at Lexington, Va., Au
23, 1891-Judge Prettyma
has often been effective i
lobbying with the largel
Southern membership of t
House District Committee.
When he announced his i
pending retirement as Chi
Judge in 1960, the Judici 1
Conference of the Unite
States gave him a standin
ovation. Typically, howeve ,
his announcement of what
called "this terminal point f
a lifetime in the law" w
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