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5 Util. Sec. Newsl.: Periodic Rep. Members Sec. Pub. Util. L. A.B.A. 1 (1964-1965)

handle is hein.journals/infrastr5 and id is 1 raw text is: UTILITY SECTION NEWSLETTER A Periodic Report to the Members of the Section of Public Utility Law of the American Bar Association Page 1 Vol. 5 No. 1 October 1, 1964 The Chairman's Statement On August 1Z, 1964, with sincerest pleasure and appreciation, I assumed the office of Chairman of your Section of Public Utility Law. Under the new bylaws, having acted as Chairman-Elect for the past year, I had the opportunity of watching and learning under the able guidance of the retiring Chairman George R. Perrine, who led the Section through one of its most active and successful years. As the result of Mr. Perrine's generous and thoughtful help, I came to the chairmanship with current knowledge of the many interesting and fascinating problems which will face our group during the coming year, and I am indeed happy to look forward to a similar relationship with Theodore F. Brophy, the new Chairman-Elect. As this Newsletter is written, I have just been advised of the passage of the new Administrative Conference Act which was finally approved August 30, 1964. The representatives of your Section co-operated actively with other groups from the American Bar Association in supporting this legislation and its passage marks another step forward in the improvement of administrative procedure before fed- eral agencies comparable in importance to the original Administrative Procedure Act. Under the terms of this act, not less than one-third nor more than two- fifths of the total members of the Conference are to be appointed by the Chairman and are to be selected from members of the practicing bar, scholars in the field of administrative law or government, or others especially informed by knowledge and experience with respect to federal administrative procedure. It is to be hoped that at least several members of this Section would be invited to serve on the Conference since there are many in our group having the qualifications pro- vided in the act. In a subsequent portion of this bulletin, you will find a list of the newly appointed Section committee chairmen to serve during the 1964-65 term. Under our prac- tice, these committees report to the Council at the spring and fall meetings and, in addition, supply the editor of the quarterly Utility Section Newsletter with cur- rent information concerning important developments in their respective fields. Under this practice, the Council is able to consider and determine whether action should be taken by the Section on any legislative or other developments which may occur from time to time between annual meetings. These committees further provide a method whereby individual members of the Section may communicate with the chairmen of the respective committees as to new matters which such members feel justify Section action. In this manner, any member of the Section may assist the committees and the Council in consider- ing and formulating programs through advices from active practitioners or scholars in the many fields of activity covered by the committees. For example, at the present time the formation and initial organization of Comsat has given rise to a host of interesting prob- lems in the field of space communications; the impor- tant Telpak case before the Federal Communications Commission has opened up a whole new field of activ- W. James Macintosh ity and controversy in the telephone and wire services Chairman, 1964-65

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