James M. Landis, professor of Legislation at the Harvard Law School, has been appointed by President Roosevelt a member of the Federal Trade Commission in supervision of the Securities Act, which he helped to draft. In order to accept the appointment Professor Landis announced his withdrawal from candidacy for the Cambridge City Council.

Professor Landis is a graduate of Princeton and the Harvard Law School. After his graduation from the latter he served as secretary to Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and later as assistant professor and professor of Legislation at the Law School, one of the youngest men ever to hold such a position.