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4 Am. B. News 1 (1959)

handle is hein.journals/ambrnw4 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar News 4 a monthly news bulletin of the .American Bar Association Vol. 4 No. 1 Jan. 15, 1959 Interest High In Midyear Meetings U NUSUAL interest attaches this year to the Mid- year meetings of the American Bar Association in Chicago Feb. 19 through 24. The events start with sessions of the Board of Governors and wind up with the semi-annual meetings of the House of Dele- gates. With the new Congress just getting under way in Washington there are certain to be many policy ques- tions related to legislation. Before the House of Delegates convenes Feb. 23- 24 there will be two day meetings of the National Conference of Bar Presidents and of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, in addition to the two day agenda of the Board of Governors. Other or- ganizations will be meeting too. They include the Conference of Bar Secretaries, the directors of the American Bar Association Endowment, and various committees and section councils. So much activity is on tap it's expected more than 900 lawyers will be in town, overtaxing the capacity of the Edgewater Beach Hotel on Chicago's north shore. For the first and probably only time, the elected state delegates will in effect nominate the next two presidents of the Association at their annual caucus. In addition to choosing the nominee for president who will serve during the 1959-60 term, taking office at the close of this year's annual meeting in August, the delegates will select a nominee for the newly created office of president-elect. That officer will be elected in August and serve a year before moving up to the presidency. A special program segment of the National Con- ference of Bar Presidents will be devoted to continuing legal education. Results of the recent successful three day National Conference on the Continuing Educa- tion of the Bar at Arden House, near New York City, will be discussed with a view to implementing the program through accelerated bar activity. ABA President Ross L. Malone will address that session on Sunday, Feb. 22. While the calendar for the House of Delegates hasn't yet been prepared, there are scheduled to be reports and recommendations for House action from several major committees. These include the Com- mittees on Communist Tactics, Strategy and Objectives, (Continued on page 3) WHITE HOUSE CALLER-Ross L. Malone, Roswell, N.M, president of the American Bar Association (right) as he called on President Eisenhower at the White House Dec. 8. He gave the Chief Executive a book of cqmmemorative clippings of the first LAW DAY celebration held May 1, 1958, which Presi- dent Eisenhower proclaimed. Mr. Eisenhower announced Dec. 31 the signing of a proclamation designating May 1, 1959, as the date for national observance of the second LAW DAY in the United States (United Press International photo). President Proclaims Law Day USA May 1 RESIDENT EISENHOWER has issued a procla- mation appealing to the nation to observe Law Day U.S.A. on May 1. Announcement of the procla- mation was made by the White House Jan. 1. The President's action clears the way for a 1959 observ- ance expected to surpass in scope the first nationwide Law Day last year, when an estimated 20,000 pro- grams were held throughout the nation. To facilitate planning of programs in schools, be- fore civic and service clubs and other organizations and in the courts, the American Bar Association has published a Law Day Information and Program Manual which is being distributed this month to presidents and secretaries of the more than 1,400 state and local bar associations. The manual is designed for general distribution to school officials and organizations of all kinds, as well as to the bar. (Continued on page 2)

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