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4 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1943-1944)

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BULLETIN
VOL. IV.   OCTOBfERI, 1943  No.

BASIC FREEDOMS

JOHN F. KILKENNY  FREE LEGAL AID

Pf   RII~TIflN TU~MP  HEADS STATE BAR

Preservation of the basic freedoms of the
constitution was the outstanding theme of
the principal addresses given at the annual
meeting of the Oregon State Bar in Port-
land September 2-3, a session well attended
by several hundred lawyers from all parts
of the state.
The convention was marked by the launch-
ing of a Liberty ship named in honor of
the late Federal District Judge Robert S.
Bean, a ceremony in which members of the
bar participated and at which Mrs. William
0. Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas of the
United States supreme court, was the spon-
sor. Federal Judge James .Alger Fee was
the principal speaker and paid high tribute
to the work of Judge Bean, while George
Birnie, attorney of Oregon Shipyard, was
master of ceremonies.
Acting Mayor William A. Bowes extended
the city's welcome to the bar of the state,
while President Hugh L. Barzee presented
a similar greeting from the members of
Multnomah Bar association.
Throughout the convention, discussions
of the speakers programmed by Charles R.
Spackman, Jr. and Robert 0. Boyd. co-
chairmen of the convention arrangements,
centered on the growing tendency of gov-
ernment control over the every day life of
the individual and on the effort that lawyers
should make to get back to the fundamen-
tals of the constitution. Post-war planning
also was an important theme of the session
and it was considered by several of the
speakers.
Principal talks were made by Colonel A.
E. Clark of Portland on Federal bureau-
cracy and the disappearing state; Dean
Victor P. Morris of the school of business
administration of the University of Ore-
gon, Political and economic problems of
the Northwest; Representative Harris Ells-
worth on Resources of the Northwest and
post-war development; Justice William 0.
Douglas on the task before lawyers to pre-
serve liberty for all and Ex-Governor Ralph
L. Carr of Colorado on the danger to basic
rights brought about by the growth of
boards, bureaus and commissions, which he
said are invading and violating individual
rights.
James T. Donald of Baker was the toast-
master at the annual banquet at which Gov-
ernor Carr and Justice Douglas spoke, while
Robert F. Maguire was toastmaster at the
luncheon at which the bar honored the
judges of the state supreme court and those
of the federal bench here. Frank Branch
Riley was toastmaster at the luncheon at
which Representative Ellsworth was the
speaker. Wives of the members entertained
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John F. Kilkenny, Pendleton attorney, be-
came the new president of the Oregon State
Bar at its Portland convention when he was
chosen to succeed Gunther F. Krause, who
retired this year.
Charles R. Spacknian, Jr. of Portland was
elected vice-president and Frederick M. Ser-
combe again was named secretary with
Arthur IH. Lewis re-elected treasurer. Both
are from Portland.
The new president of the state bar was
born October 26, 1901 at Heppner, his par-
ents being John and Roseanne Kilkenny,
early settlers of the area. le was reared
on a livestock ranch and attended the pub-
lic schools there, high school at Columbia
university and was graduated from Notre
Dame Wlith an LLB degree in 1925 and was
admitted to the Oregon bar the next year.
His first associations were with Raley,
Raley & Steiwer, but since 1934 the firm
has been Raley, Kilkenny & Raley. He
has been water commissioner of Pendleton,
vice-president of the Pendleton Chamber of
Commerce, director of the Rotary club and
otherwise active in civic affairs. His fam-
ily consists of his wife, a son 10 and a
daughter 6.
At the same meeting, John L. Foote of
St. Helens was installed as governor for
the first district; James T. Donald of Baker
for the second; Will H. Masters of Portland
for the third and James B. Bedingfield of
Marshfield for the fourth. Foote and Bed-
ingfield were re-elected. Their terms, with
those of Herbert P. Welch of Lakeview and
Gunther F. Krause of Portland expired this
year.
0
DEATH RAIDS BAR
Three prominent members of 0 r e g o n
State Bar-two judges and one famous at-
torney and author-died on the same day
in September, two of them in Portland and
one near at hand on his Washington farm.
The three were:
Federal Circuit Judge Bert E. Haney.
State Circuit Judge John P. Winter, re-
tired.
Rogers MacVeagh, attorney.
Judge Hney, who made his home in Port-
land before his appointment to the federal
bench in 1935, suffered a collapse some
months ago after the death of his son, Rob-
ert, and had been confined to his home most
of the time since then. lie had served as
a member of the United States shipping
board, as United States attorney for Ore-
gon, as chairman of the Port of Portland
commission and In other important places
and was the democratic candidate for United
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TO BE EXPANDED
Expansion of the free legal aid of the
war work committee to include appearance
in court in divorce cases under certain con-
ditions is contemplated by the committee,
Circuit Judge Walter L. Tooze announced,
following recommendations of the American
Bar association and the approval of a simi-
lar program by the Chicago Bar.
The free appearance would be made only
when the service person is unable to pay a
reasonable fee. He would have to pay the
costs of the case, but the legal service would
be given after an investigation of his fi-
nancial status.
Judge Tooze said this probably would
mean that a private on $50 a month less his
deductions might not be-able to pay a fee
for an attorney, unless he had some other
income. On the other hand, persons in
higher rank might be able to pay something
and would be expected to do so.
While Judge Tooze felt that this will
mean a considerable expansion of the work
of attorneys for the service men and wo-
men, lie declared that the lawyers of the
state are eager to be of such service as
they may anl that it is another opportu-
nity for them to do so.
The plan was submitted to the board of
governors at its October meeting in Mult-
nomah law library, and approved, with the
provision that attorneys will pass on each
case on its merits to determine whether the
service client can pay all or part of the
regular fee. If he cannot pay, the work will
be free. If he can pay something, the board
held he should pay that something and to
that end attorneys will not be expected to
adhere to the minimum fee schedule in such
cases.
It was brought out at the board meeting
that 90 per cent of the cases that fall into
the lap of the war work committee have to
do with domestic issues that are worrying
the service man. In many instances, the
men now want divorces, although their do-
mestic problems have been of long standing
and developed before the man went into the
service. The cases often are brought to a
head because of the necessity for making
allotments to the estranged wife.
Gerald Meindl and Bruce Spaulding re-
ported on the conference of the federal
judges of the ninth circuit in San Francisco
which they attended as the representatives
of the Oregon bar and as a result of their
report the board named them and Robert F.
Maguire anti Earl F. Bernard as a commit-
tee to prepare a statement which is expected
to be sent to the United States supreme
court on the proposed new rules.
The two representatives told the board that
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