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10 Oyez Oyez Bull. Sec. Jud. Admin. 1 (1967)

handle is hein.journals/oyzoyz10 and id is 1 raw text is: The Bulletin of the Section of Judicial Administration t) VOL. 10, NO. 1 FEBRUARY. 1967 yez! oyez! CHAIRMAN'S COLUMN To the Members of the Section of Judicial Administration: Our Section's yearly work can be readily classified into two principal divisions: one, our concern over the prob- lems always with us (which we seek to meet and solve through our standing or regular committees); and two, our concern over the many problems that arise from time to time - which are not necessarily always with us, but which require extraordinary efforts at par- ticular periods. These we attempt to solve, or at the least attempt to learn as judge Stanley N. Bames much as we can concerning them, through the work of special or temporary committees. Last year's Com- mittee on Fair Trial and Free Press (Chairmaned by our distinguished Past-Chairman, Justice Reardon of Massa- chusetts) immediately comes to mind as an example of what can be done. That battle is far from won - as is evidenced by the differences of opinion, not only between the press and the bar, but within the bar itself. News- paper predictions as to the content of the exhaustive study undertaken by a committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, if true, promise to run counter to Justice Reardon's report. It seems likely that our Section will be called upon to participate with the Section on Criminal Law (Chairmaned by Judge Levin of San Francisco) and the newly created Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities (Chairmaned by Professor Fordham of Philadelphia) in arranging a meeting or Institute where all sides can be heard. And of course, many actions or proposed actions, by the Congress require detailed analyses and study from our membership. If we of the judiciary do not take the interest or time to seek the best solution to such problems, we can blame no one but ourselves if that aim is not achieved. This brings me to the fact that your Council has au- thorized the setting up of three special committees - each chaired by one of our most active members. The first is to consider the possibilities of one joint publica- tion representing the Section as a whole, the Appellate Judges Conference and the National Conference of State Trial Judges. William B. West, III, Esq. of Dallas, Texas is Chairman of this Committee. In 1966, as a result of President Johnson's Civil Rights message, the Congress considered at some length a pro- posed Civil Rights Act of 1966, which in Title I proposed certain reforms in the federal jury system, and in Title II proposed to eliminate alleged discrimination in the picking of grand and petit juries in state courts. The Judicial Conference of the United States has an active committee working on these subjects (made up largely of noted members of our Section), but your Council felt a need for a small committee to make a study of various studies and reports, including any anticipated Civil Rights Bill at this coming session of Congress, so that our Council and perhaps our entire membership could intelligently act in the matter. The Hon. Gilbert H. Jert- berg of Fresno, California, has been asked, and has consented, to head this special committee. Likewise, the National Court Assistance Act, intro- duced in the last session of Congress, must be studied, both as to its form and content, and in its operation. I am happy to announce that the Hon. William M. McAllister, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon, has been asked, and has consented, to act as Chairman of this small special committee. Fortunately for the welfare and the future of our S-c- tion we have the ability to create new committees, spec al or standing, as the need arises; and what is sometimvs more important, to terminate the operation of others when the need has disappeared. Your officers welcome suggestions as to both matters. Do you think we need new committees? Or do you believe we have some that are not needed? Your opinion is solicited. JOINT PUBLICATION STUDIED Chairman Stanley Barnes has appointed a special com- mittee to study the feasibility of a joint publication by the Section, the National Conference of State Trial Judges and the Appellate Judges' Conference. At the present time the Section publishes Oyez! Oyez!: The Bulletin of the Section of Judicial Administration and the Na- tional Conference of State Trial Judges has its own pub- lication, The Trial Judges Journal. The Appellate Judges' Conference at the present does not have a sepa- rate publication, but is given space in Oyez! Oyez! The members of the three man committee are W. B. West, III, Editor of Oyez! Oyez!, Judge Albert Tate, Jr. of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, and Judge Alfred T. Sulmonetti, Chairman-Elect of the National Conference of State Trial Judges. The committee will consider whether a combined pub- lication would result in significant economies, and whether a single organ can serve effectively the needs of the Section and the two Conferences. Also to be dis- cussed by the committee is the possibility of establishing (Continued on page 4)

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