Whitton, John B., and Larson, Arthur
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [3], 305, [1] pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Table of Cases. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Published for the Rule of Law Center, Duke University. Lewis Arthur Larson (July 4, 1910 – March 27, 1993) was an American lawyer, law professor, United States Under Secretary of Labor from 1954 to 1956, director of the United States Information Agency from 1956 to 1957, and executive assistant for speeches for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1957 to 1958. In 1941, during World War II, Larson moved to Washington, DC, when he mostly worked as an industry regulator at the Office of Price Administration. Over the next seven years, he produced the legal treatise Larson's Workers' Compensation Law. The treatise is continually updated and is still used by lawyers and judges today. The treatise was the first publication to treat workers' compensation as a distinct area of law with its own legal doctrines and rules for injured and deceased workers. It is currently 17 volumes in length. In 1953, Larson was appointed dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh. Larson's status as an expert on the welfare state and his strong public speaking abilities led to appointment as Under Secretary of Labor in March 1954 in the Eisenhower administration. Eisenhower named Larson the director of the United States Information Agency in December 1956. After leaving the Eisenhower administration, Larson became a law professor at Duke University, where he specialized in international law, arms control, and disarmament. Professor Whitton was on the faculty of Princeton University. More