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12 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1951-1952)

handle is hein.barjournals/osbb0012 and id is 1 raw text is: OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN VOL, XII. OCTOBER, 1951 No. 1 OPPENHEIMER ASKS ANNUAL MEETING HIGHER STANDARDS Examination of applicants for admission to the Oregon bar upon the canons of legal ethics was urged by Judge E. K. Oppen- heimer, Portland, retiring president of the state bar in his annual report at the Board of Governor's luncheon on Saturday of the convention week. The luncheon for the board was an in- novation this year and provided an oppor- tunity to formally introduce new members to the bar and to present the officers elected for the coming year. President Oppenheimer paid tribute to the members of the board who served with him during the past year and to those who worked on committees, and to others who performed special services during the year. The retiring president discussed with the bar the many national organizations com- ing into prominence in the bar's work and in which the state bar is asked to partici- pate. In this connection he listed eight national meetings in which the state bar has been invited or has attended. We should always carry in mind, he said, the needs of the Oregon State Bar for outside assistance and to what extent national or over-all programs should be followed. Merely falling in line for sake of regimentation, or uniformity alone and thereby gradually surrendering under the head of 'laudable purposes' and good inten- tions or self-control and autonomy may eventually smother our individualism and our right to be the master of our own activities and destinies. There can be no debate but that every lawyer, and everyone seeking to become a lawyer, should possess throughout, a sound moral basis, Judge Oppenheimer said. We cannot afford to treat this objective in a casual or off-hand manner. With the approval of our supreme court, the board of bar examiners can and should examine applicants for the bar upon the canons of legal ethics. Members should be added to the board of bar examiners whose exclusive duties should be to determine from a de- tailed check the moral basis and fibre of all applicants. Judge Oppenheimer ties in this latter suggestion with tile problem of discipline and the work of the grievance committee. He suggested that the board should have the power to administer a reprimand in cases which do not warrant disbarment or suspension. He praised the cooperation between the judges of the state and the committee on judicial administration in their effort to improve the crowded docket situation with- out adversely effecting the administration of justice. The legislative branch, he de- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) GEDDES INSTALLED PROGRAM PRAISED AS BAR PRESIDENT Prompt dispatch of business, a highly successful continuing legal education series, interesting luncheon and dinner speakers and informal and formal entertainment features of wide variety marked the 17th annual meeting of the Oregon State Bar at Gearhart September 26 to 29. Judge E. K. Oppenheimer, Portland, president of the bar presided at the open- ing business session on Thursday morning and turned the meeting over to A. C. Goodrich, Bend, vice-president, who pre- sided. Rev. C. Corwin Calavan, Portland, gave the invocation after which Lee W. Karr, secretary, gave his annual report. The report this year was a combined one (page 7, Committee Reports) and included the report of the board of governors as well as the secretary. Active members of the state bar, the report showed, continues at a fairly level figure with some 20 less to- day than in 1939 and only 60 more than in 1941. Statistics were presented in the report on grievance matters and the secretary stated that the Oregon problem in this respect is about average for the country at large. Increased activity by the bar and increased costs have added much to the ex- pense of operating the integrated bar, but the report of the secretary and the treas- urer, F. C. Howell, disclosed that the bar was operating In the black. The convention this year, because of a drop in attendance on the last two days during the severe rain and wind storm, had a few less in attendance than last year, although the first day's registration was heavier. Approximately 500 registered. Willard C. Schwenn, Hillsboro, member of the board of governors, presented the board's sugiested amendment to Article XII of the by-laws of the bar with refer- ence to the election of delegates to the house of delegates of the American Bar association. The amendment would have permitted the board of governors to name the bar delegate. Discussion from the floor Indicated that it was feared this would concentrate addi- tional power in the board, and that the board could always call upon the delegate for advice and briefing upon the attitude of the ABA without being a member of the board Itself. The proposed amendment was defeated. William L. Dickson, Portland, presented the report for the board of bar examiners, which is discussed and printed in another column of this issue of the Bulletin. The three recommendations contained in the report of the committee on criminal law and procedure (page 12, Committee (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) Paul E. Geddes, Roseburg, was elected president of the Oregon State Bar at an adjourned meeting of the board of gover- nors at Gearhart September 29. The hoard held its regular business session on Wednes- day, but continued the election until Satur- day morning. Gordon Sloan, Astoria, was elected vice- president. Both Geddes and Sloan are serving their third year on the board of governors. Other officers elected were Lee W. Karr, Portland, reelected secretary, and Malcolm Clark, also of Portland, treasurer. The election of officers was the last of- ficial act of the four retiring members of the board who concluded their three years of service to the bar of the state. They were Willard C. Schwenn, Hillsboro; A. C. Goodrich, Bend, retiring vice-president; E. K. Oppenheimer, Portland, retiring presi- dent, and William M. McAllister, Medford. Holdover members of the board are Sloan, Blaine McCord, Woodburn; Richard E. Kriesien, Portland and Burns; John H. Mohr, Hood River; Thomas H. Tongue III, Portland; Geddes and Frank B. Reid, Eu- gene. The newly elected members of the board who took office on Saturday were Glenn R. Jack, Oregon City; Paul P. Far- rens, Klamath Falls; Carl A. Dahl, Port- land, and William E. Walsh, Coos Bay. After completing most of the agenda on Wednesday, the board met Friday morn- ing with Chief Justice James T. Brand who outlined the method of handling cases and review by the supreme court. The chief justice suggested that an active working committee be appointed to cooperate with the court on a revision of rules for appel- late procedure. The board favored the suggestion and the committee, it was de- cided, will be named at the November meeting of the board. Herbert P. Welch, Lakeview, a former member of the board, addressed a letter to the board stating that the holding of the annual meeting each year at Gearhart worked a material hardship on lawyers from southern and eastern Oregon. The letter was referred to the committee which will be named to fix the time and place for the 1952 meeting. The board allotted $25 to the legal aid committee for the printing of forms to be used by the bar in connection with the new non-support act passed by the last session of the legislature. The set of Barren & Holtzoff's Federal Practice and Procedure, donated by the West Publishing company, was awarded by the board to Herbert C. Hardy, Portland, as an award of merit in recognition of his (Continued on Page 11, Column 3)

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