2.KII.1940 D.L. was for many years a very mecenful luwyer in Vienna. His ability to deal both in a theoritical and in a practical way will the most difficult problems of mercautile law was generally acknowledged The clarity of his niculific contributions to the questions connected with foreign exchange regulation and international trude gave him a uriole reputation. [ had the opportunity to form au opinion of J L. g deep grash of economic problems as he used to employ his beinue in regularly attending my graduate Seminar, and where ky Rook an achiee pact in the research work. H is my conviction that the scholarly abililihis of T.L. would make him an excellently teacher an research worker. His personality and his character the make him worthy of entry any position to which may he allain in there fields.