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SEC Abe Fortas ; the article to determine if it violated Canon 27 of the Canong: of Professional Ethics of the American Bar Association and alsoopinions 42, 62, 140 and 162. Canon 27 relates to Advertising, Direct and Indirect, and states it is unprofessional to solicit professional employment by circulars, advertisement, through touters or by personal communications or interviews not warranted by personal relations. The opinions mentioned state a lawyer may not pose for pictures, portray incidents of a case nor furnish pictures or material to a newspaper or a magazine. The opinions also state it is a lawyer's duty to bring about the discontinuance of advertisements in his behalf and state it is improper for a lawyer to inspire or furnish newspapers comments about cases in which he is engaged. The subcommittee investigated the matter and by letter dated March 2, 1952, the law firm of Arnold, Fortas and Porter was advised that a conclusion had been reached and the Subcommittee on Grievances would not be justified in taking any action on the grievance, Agency Checks The records of the following governmental agencies have been searched and no additional pertinent information was located concerning Mr. Fortas: United States Secret Service; Office of Security and Employee Conduct, Department of Agriculture; Bureau of Personnel Investigations, Civil Service Commission; Investigative Files, Public Works Administration; Office of Naval Intelligence; Central Intelligence Agency; the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. -17-