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13 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1952-1953)

handle is hein.barjournals/osbb0013 and id is 1 raw text is: OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN VOL. XIII. OCTOBER, 1952 No. 1 COMMITTEES NAMED LEGISLATIVE AIDE SERCOMBE REVIEWS AT BOARD MEETING PROGRAM APPROVED 1952 ABA MEETING Seven hundred and fifty-two committee positions were filled by the board of gov- ernors at their meeting in Portland Octo- ber 31 and November 1. Several of the committees to carry on the work of the bar for the year were enlarged and a num- ber of new ones added. Among the latter were the bar members of joint committees to serve with the real estate brokers, dormant for some time; the Oregon Medical society, the Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Oregon Public Accounting association and the Oregon Land Title association. The board also voted to change the name of the public relations committee to public information and education as this was deemed more in keeping with the pro- gram. Another new committee which will supervise the operation of the bar's service function at the legislature was named by the board. One of the duties of this group will be the enlistment of attorneys who will be willing to devote time to assisting the legislature and its committees from time to time. In accordance with the edict of the con- vention at Bend, a welfare committee was named and its operation discussed during the two-day session along with plans for financing its work. Although there are a number of dupli- cations with some attorneys serving on more than one committee, the selection this year brings into active committee work approximately one-third of the ac- tive members of the bar of the state. The committee members are. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Wallace G. Mills, chairman; Harry 0. Spencer, secretary; Port- land: Murray D. Agate, Eugene: Harold T. Johnson, Astoria; John C. Caldwell, Oregon City; John D, Nichols, Catharine Carson Barsch. Salem; A. S. Grant, Baker; Teunis J, Wyers Hood River, T. Morris Dunne, Jr., J. Ric ard Devers, William F. Lubersky, Norman E. Suth- erland, W. F. Whitely, Allan Smith, Lofton Tatum, Portland. BAR EXAMINERS: 1953 term: Clarence D. Phillips, chairman. Portland: Robert H. Foley, Bend; George L. Ilibbard, Oregon City; 1954 term: Clarence J. Young. Portland: Sydney Thwlng, Eugene; Frank Nash, Portland; 1955 term: Arno Denecke. Portland; Gordon W. Sloan, Astoria; Anthony Yturrl, Ontario. Stuart W. Hill, Portland, secretary. CIVIL RIGHTS: John C. Beatty, Jr., chair- man; William P. Moshofsky, secretary, Port- land; J. W. DeSouza, Steve Anderson, Salem; Leland S. Duncan, Burns; Wiliam Chnrack, MIlIwaukle; Martin P. Gallagher, Ontario; R. W. Nahstoll, Howard A. Rankin, George W. Friede, C. Allan Hart, Thomas L. Gatch. Raymond Kell. Glen McCarty, Portland. CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATIbN: Randall B. Kester, chairman; Theodore D. Lachman, secretary, Portland; George W. Neuner, Rose- burg; Orlando John Iollis, Eugene; Seward P. Reese, Salem: Carlton L. Pepper, The Dallcs; Roy Klipatrick, Canyon City; M. E. Reynolds. Astoria; Orval N. Thompson, Albany; B. D. Isamlnger, Pendleton; Herbert C. Hardy, Allen (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) The Oregon State Bar will make quali- fied members of the legal profession avail- able to the legislature, its committees and individual members under a plan approved by the board of governors at their meeting in Portland on October 31 - November 1. Lee W. Karr, secretary of the bar, will act as coordinator and will, at least dur- ing the early days of the 1953 session, spend much of his time at Salem. The service is not designed to in any way con- flict with the activities of the office of the attorney general or the statute revi- sion council, but is intended to supplement their services by making available com- petent lawyers to analyze and assist in the interpretation of proposed or pending legislation. To implement the program and recruit lawyers to participate in this important public service by the bar of the state, a new committee was appointed by the board to be known as the Public Service committee and to be headed by Herbert C. Hardy, Portland. This program and the personnel en- gaged in carrying it out will not be inter- ested in the bar's program of recom- mended legislation. This will, as in the past, be in the hands of the legislative committee headed by Will Masters, Port- land. Tentative dates for the 1953 convention were agreed upon by the board as either September 17, 18 and 19 or a week earlier, September 10, 11 and 12. Gearhart was proposed as the place, but both the dates and place will be subject to further con- sideration. The board authorized letters to the Ore- gon delegation in congress in favor of the Ree-Keogh bill which Is commonly Inown as the professional retirement tax exemp- tion act. Under this bill a professional man would be permitted certain tax ex- emptions upon part of his income during his most productive years to offset more limited income in earlier and later years. Despite the suggestion in the Sep- tember issue of the Bulletin that those members of the bar who did not pay regis- tration fees or pay for the annual dinner make prompt payment, but little response was noted, according to Secretary Karr. However, a number of members of the bar who were not able to attend all of the convention functions and who paid their registration fees and for all functions at- tended sent in substantial contributions to be applied against the deficit. The board ordered these checks to be returned to the donors with a letter of thanks and appre- ciation. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) The action of the president of the Amer- ican Bar association in considering a re- quest from Governor Langlic of Washing- ton that an ABA committee review the case of the Wilson brothers convicted of murder drew the fire of the house of dele- gates when they met in San Francisco September 15 to 19, according to F. M. Sercombe, Portland, state bar delegate. At the annual meeting in New York in 1951, Sercombe said, it was suggested that the association undertake a program of in- vestigation as to the conviction and incar- ceration of allegedly innocent persons, which apparently was the basis for the re- quest and proposed action by the president. The delegates by a vote of 72 to 69 re- jected the request, but the president was authorized to submit a list of names to the governor from which he could select as his appointees a committee to review the conviction. The house accepted an offer from the University of Chicago of a tract of land upon which to construct a headquarters building for the association. The delegates heard a progress report from the committee studying communist tactics, strategy and objectives and its brief on this subject was reported in great demand. The Oregon plan of a judicial preferential ballot participated in by mem- bers of the bar prior to appointment or election of judges was recommended, but it was provided that solicitation of votes by a candidate in connection with such a poll would be considered unethical. Four model acts drafted by the commis- sion on organized crime of the ABA in cooperation with the nations :onference of commissioners on uniform . tate laws were approved. They were the anti- gambling act, department of justic act, police counsel act and the state witness immunity act. Rule 71-a of the federal rules of civil procedure relating to judicial discretion as to whether a jury trial may be had in condemnation cases and mass condemna- tion, which has been repeatedly denounced by the Oregon bar, was the subject of a resolution proposed by Robert F. Maguire, Portland, state delegate, and adopted by the house of delegates. The resolution fol- lows the form adopted at the Oregon con- vention in Bend. Referring to section meetings, Sercombe reported that he was elected chairman of the section on bar activities. Robert A. Leedy, Portland, attended the conference of bar association presidents which was held during the week of the ABA coitven- tion. Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Chicago, past (Continued on Page 5, Column 1)

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