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4 Young Law. 1 (1947-1948)

handle is hein.journals/ynglwr4 and id is 1 raw text is: A.B.A Coll. THE Vol. IV. No. 1 Junior Bar Conference -:- American Bar Associi LAWYER October, 1947 afion -:- Chicago, Illinois Record Attendance at JBC Convention Stassen and McNutt Discuss Aid for Europe Speeches of Harold M. Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota, and of Paul V. McNutL, former Governor of Indiana as well as Ambassador and High Commissioner for the Philippine Islands, and Consultant to the State Department, highlighted luncheon ses- sions of the Convention. Mr. Stassen spoke before an overflow crowd at a luncheon sponsored jointly by the JBC and the Section on International and Comparative Law, on Tuesday, September 23. He was preceded by John Foster, M. P., former Counsellor to the British Embassy in Washing- ton, D. C., who gave an interesting and witty description of The Lawyer in Parliament. Mr. Stassen devoted himself to the (Please turn to page 8.) Public Information Program to be Foremost Project Next Year; Co-operation with Junior Bar Groups and Law Students Also Will be Stressed The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the JBC, held at the Hotel Hollenden, Cleveland, Ohio, September 20-23, was attended by more members than any other meeting in the history of the Conference. The program adopted at the Convention for 1947-1948 includes the continued highlighting of the Public Information Program, and continuing activity in the fields of relations with law students, inter-bar co-operation, aid to the small litigant, traffic court im- provement, legislative drafting, and procedural reform. Skinner Elected JBC National Chairman Keaton Chosen Vice-Chairman and Burton, Secretary T. Julian Skinner, Jr., Jasper, Ala., Walter B. Keaton, Rushville, Ind., and Charles H. Burton, Washington, (Please turn to page S.) National Chairman Receives Congratulations The new National Chairman, T. JULIAN SKINNER, JR., Jasper, Ala- bama (left), receiving congratulations on his election at the annual meeting in Cleveland from the last retiring National Chairman, JAMEs D. FELLERS, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Public Relations The Public Information Program which is designed to acquaint the pub- lic with matters pertaining to Amer- ican citizenship and civil rights, the United Nations and the International Court of Justice, the objectives and programs of the ABA and the legal profession, and the value of profes- sional legal services as such, will con- tinue full force next year. Emphasis will be placed on radio programs, in- cluding programs designed to inform the citizenry of the states whose legis- latures are in session, how their legis- lature operates and what it is doing. W. Carloss Morris, Jr., of Hous- ton, Tex., will continue as National Director of the Public Information Program, assisted by four associate Directors and an Advisory Board composed of past National Chairmen of the Junior Bar Conference and past National Directors of the Public Information Program. Inter-Bar Activities The Conference approved the rec- ommendation of the Committee on Activities, headed by C. Keating Bowie, Jr., Baltimore, Md., that one of the most important projects of the Conference next year be the full in- tegration of existing Junior Bar groups into the Conference structure and the promotion of new State and local Junior Bar groups. This work will be handled by the Committee on Co-operation with Junior Bar Groups which last year was under the Chair- manship of Walter Keaton, new Na- tional Vice-Chairman. (Please turn to page 2.)

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