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Perkins Would Have Deciding Vote on Committee Formed to Manage German Forces During Moratorium

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Paris, France, Sept. 30.--Due to the refusal of Mr. James A. Logan, special representative of the Department of State, to accept the vacant post on the Reparations Commission established in pursuance of the Dawes Reparations plan to administer the finances of Germany, it is reported in official circles that Mr. Thomas Nelson Perkins '91, prominent Boston lawyer, and member of the Corporation of Harvard University, will be invited to fill the post.

If Mr. Perkins' appointment as the fifth member is effected he will be placed in a position of unusual importance. He will be virtually in sole charge of the administration of the finances of Germany, since he will be the umpire of the Commission and will cast the deciding vote in almost every case. This is due to the fact that the French and Belgian members of the Commission have been in the habit of voting together, as have the English and Italian members.

After his graduation from the Law School in 1894 Mr. Perkins entered the law firm of Ropes, Gray, Boyden, and Perkins, of which is still a member. He has a son, J. H. Perkins, in the Class of 1927.

In financial circles yesterday the proposed naming of Mr. Perkins was well received, as he is believed to be especially qualified for the important post.

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