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Show LANDIS CASE TO BE THROWN : OUT, IS BELIEF flany Members of House Think Palmer's Opinion Settles Controversy WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 Impetreh-i Impetreh-i nient pre.-, tidings instituted In the j house by Representative Welty. Democrat, Dem-ocrat, of Ohio, against Federal Judge ; Kenesaw Mountain Lafhdls, of Chi-I Chi-I cago. remained at status quo today ! pending the fixing of a date by the Judiciary committee for ;i hearing on the charges preferred against the Jurist Jur-ist by the Ohio representative Chairman Volstead announced that ' Representative Welty and such other 1 witnesses as ho may desire to call would be asked to appear before the committee probably within a week. Reading his charges against Judge Landls'on the floor of the house yesterday, yes-terday, Representative Welty moved I his Impeachment because of his ac-j ceptanca of the office of supreme arbitrator ar-bitrator of baseball while still serving ! on ihe bench. Many member expressed the belief that the case would be thrown out by the Judiciary committee III view of the attorney general's opinion that , Judge Landla was within the law in accepting the outside duties in uues-i uues-i tlcn. |