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7 J. Mo. B. 1 (1951)

handle is hein.barjournals/jrmobar0007 and id is 1 raw text is: REMINDER R2 Ae' Pay 1951 Enrollment Fee of $12 To Your Circuit Clerk by January 20, 1951. JOURNAL OF THE MISSOURI BAR OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION OF ALL MISSOURI LAWYERS Vol. 7 January, 1951 President's Message WITH the First Annual Tax School held in Kansas City on Thursday, Fri- day, and Saturday December 7, 8, and 9, the Missouri Bar got off to a good start for the current year. There were 288 registrants who actually attended the sessions. The topics discussed were well chosen and all the speakers were well qualified and thoroughly prepared. The reception on Friday night was attended by an overflow crowd and it was readily apparent that everyone was having a good time. Our Tax School Committee, headed by Lance Watts, did a great job and we gratefully acknowledge our in- debtedness to that committee. I hope the program of the Tax School will set the pattern for our District and other meetings throughout the year. A Bar meeting is always worthwhile and almost universally successful when there is a lecture by a qualified expert, or a panel discussion by qualified lawyers on some legal subject of current interest to the Bar. This is especially true where the seriousness is relieved by a pleasant and satisfying social event. In other words, an opportunity to learn and be entertained at the same time has a double appeal and is certain to increase the at- tendance and add to the success of our Bar meetings. Most of the committees have been se- lected for this year. The membership of the various committees is published elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. We hope every member of the several committees will be in attendance at the Mid-year meeting in Jefferson City on Friday and Saturday, January 26 & 27, 1951. That will be the first time the new committees will have an opportunity to meet, discuss their problems, agree on their program for the year, and organize for work. Any committee member who does not attend the mid-year meeting will miss the inspiration and understand- ing which comes from attendance and participation in formulating the pro- gram for the year, and his effective- ness to his committee and to The Mis- souri Bar will be correspondingly im- paired. On Friday night there will be a dinner and some entertainment of a lighter nature to break the seriousness of the atmosphere for the time being. We have tried to make our commit- tees as representative as possible, beth as to localities and as to the various ele- ments which make up our Bar. First of all, we want, and must have, workers. To get them we have proceeded princi- pally along two lines. We have sought and obtained from the chairmen of last year's committees information on the in- dividual participation of members of last year's committees, and second we have asked for volunteers for the various com- mittees. We have put each volunteer on the particular committee requested wherever that could be done. Although the committees are largely made up, we will continue to welcome volunteers, and will place them on the committee re- quested whenever that can be done. The Missouri Bar is your organization, and we solicit the advice and help of every member at all times. We are looking forward to a busy sea- son during the coming legislative ses- sions. We shall sponsor some important legislation in the General Assembly. Of first priority will be a Judicial Retire- ment Plan to retire judges who have reached the retirement age or become in- eapacitated after the required term of service on the bench. The plan will ceall for payment of compensation to retired judges in an amount sufficient to reason- ably sustain them. Statistics show the financial burden of such a plan will be surprisingly light. It will help us get qualified men on the bench, and will re- tire the older and incapacitated judges. It is a necessary part of our Missouri Court Plan, and we should have it as soon as possible. A strong committee headed by Judge James M. Douglas, of St. Louis, is working diligently on the problem. I hope every lawyer in Mis- souri will get behind this program and help us improve our curts and do jus- tice to the men who have given the best part of their lives to public service on the bench. The new Evidence Code, as approved by a large majority when submitted to a vote of the membership, will be sub- mitted to the legislature with the recom- Walter A. Raymond mendation of The Missouri Bar that it be enacted into law. We hope each mem- ber of The Missouri Bar will work to help secure the enactment of this evi- dence code. The Missouri Bar is also urging the enactment of the Drivers License Law as recommended by our Municipal Law Committee and our Traffic Courts and Safety Committee; the bills prepared by the Administrative Law Committee pro- viding a system of uniform administra- tive procedure among the several agencies of the State; and the bills pre- pared by the Trusts & Real Estate Law Committee and by the Title Standards Committee. This recitation is not meant to be exhaustive, but merely to point out the breadth and importance of our pro- gram and the great benefit which will come, not only to our profession, but to the general public, in the enactment of the bills sponsored by The Missouri Bar. It is not too early to begin thinking about the programs for our District Meetings. Any suggestions as to how to make them more helpful and more inter- esting will be welcomed by your Board of Governors. Your Board of Governors earnestly solicits your suggestions and help. We are in trying times, and the legal profes- sion in Missouri must live up to its fine record of accomplishment and move for- ward in step with the needs of the times. WALTER A. RAYMOND, PRESIDENT Midyear eIeeting a All Committees at Jefferson City an January 26 & 27. LUs on pages 2-6. No. 1

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