ABSTRACT
William E. Humphrey, the decedent, on December 10, 1931, was nominated by President Hoover to succeed himself as a member of the Federal Trade Commission and was confirmed by the United States Senate. He was duly commissioned for a term of seven years expiring September 25, 1938; and, after taking the required oath of office, entered upon his duties. The Federal Trade Commission is an administrative body created by Congress to carry into effect legislative policies embodied in the statute, in accordance with the legislative standard therein prescribed, and to perform other specified duties as a legislative or as a judicial aid. The legislative reports in both houses of Congress clearly reflect the view that a fixed term necessary to the effective and fair administration of the law. The debates in both houses demonstrate the prevailing view was that the commission was not to be "subject to anybody in the government but only to the people of the United States".
