Show APPOINTED TO HAWAIIAN POST george W woodruff named for district judgeship by president but may be transferred washington george W woodruff has been named by president taft to be united states district judge for hawaii but some objection having arisen the appointment la Is being reconsidered and may be withdrawn mr air woodruff was a noted football player at the university of pennsylvania and hla his strenuousness in athletics recommended him to president roosevelt so greatly that he was appointed to a position in the bureau of forestry and later became assistant attorney general for tile the interior department part ment when the department of justice was waa reorganized president taft appointed some one to take mr air woodruffs place bilt mr air woodruffs friends brought pressure to bear and tho the president named him to the judicial position in hawaii the appointment I 1 george W woodruff met with strong opposition on the tha ground that mr woodruff had not had clont judic judicial lal experience to fit him for the place the fact that many of mr air woodruffs rulings in the interior department had been overruled by the courts was quoted and the president suspended action for the time and it Is thou thought gIft may transfer mr woodrun woodruff to some other position or withdraw hla his name entirely |