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14 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1953-1954)

handle is hein.barjournals/osbb0014 and id is 1 raw text is: OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN VOL. XIV OCTOBER, 1953 No. 1 JACK SELECTED AS MILITARY JUSTICE REGIONAL MEETING PRESIDENT OF BAR PROBLEMS OUTLINED APPROVED BY BAR Glenn R. Jack, Oregon City, member of the board of governors from the first con- gressional district, was elected president of the Oregon State Bar by the board at its meeting in Gearhart on September 16. Jack took office at the concluding session of the annual convention on the 19th, when Rob- ert A. Leedy, Portland, retiring president turned the gavel over to him when Leedy made his report of stewardship for the past year. Jack, a past president of the Clackamas County Bar association and past state com- mander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is serving his third year on the board of governors. A veteran of naval service in World War I, he has been in practice in Oregon since 1923. He also is a member of the California bar. The vice-presidency went to Carl A. Dahl, Portland, also a third year member of the board. Dahl has been in practice in Port- land since 1927. He is a former deputy city attorney and has served as president of the Multnomah Bar association. The board named Allen G. Fletcher, Port- land, as treasurer. He has long been a mem- ber of the bar committee on continuing legal education and active in various state and local bar programs. Lee W. Karr, Portland, was reelected secretary of the state bar and has entered upon his fifth year in that office. The new officers were introduced during the convention along with George A. Rho- ten, Salem; Martin P. Gallagher, Ontario; Paul R. Harris, Portland, and Edward A. Butler, Eugene, newly elected board mem- bers who took office during the convention. Other holdover members of the board are Wendell Wyatt, Astoria; Paul P. Farrens, Klamath Falls; Orval D. Yokum, John Day; Thomas H. Tongue III, Portland; William E. Walsh, Coos Bay, and Samuel M. Bowe, Grants Pass. The new members of the board met with the old board for the business meeting prior to the opening of the convention and also attended the annual family night dinner on Wednesday when new and old members of the board going back to the first group in 1935 hold their annual reunion. At its business meeting, the board dis- posed of a number of discipline matters after which the matter of the American Bar regional meeting was discussed and President Elect Jack was selected to pre- sent the matter to the convention. The con- vention by unanimous vote accepted the invitation and the convention will be held in Portland next May. Jack also was named to present the suggested division of the ninth circuit court. The bar, however, did (Continued on Page 7, Column 1) The problem of balance between the necessity for discipline and command au- thority in the nation's military establish- ments and assuring to the individual the greatest degree possible of protection un- der law and due process is one of the ever present conflicts personnel of the armed services judge advocate branch are con- stantly facing, Rear Admiral Ira H1. Nunn, judge advocate general of the army, told members of the Multnomah Bar associa- tion at a dinner meeting in Portland Octo- ber 13. The general public, Admiral Nunn said, has a complete lack of understanding for the maintenance of discipline in the armed forces, and all too frequently use the yard- stick of civil criminal procedure in evalu- ating courts martial proceedings. The sole purpose of the navy, like the other armed forces, is the protection of this nation, and good discipline is essential in carryin', out this assignment. The vast majority, almost 80 percent, of the offenses in the navy are concerned with unauthorized absence. In civilian life this is no crime, but to the armed services this is of paramount importance. The whole key to an adequate defense is that every man in military service be where he is supposed to be at a given time. Further, in civil life, he continued, the public is usually in support of law enforce- ment. Military life is detached from the civilian community and civilians, generally, are not atuned to the necessity for certain rules and regulations because there is no immediate or possible direct effect upon them if these rules and regulations are vio- lated. The admiral regretted the loss in man power by the necessity of confining ac- cused military personnel until after trial and confirmation of the conviction, This is (Continued on Page 8, Column 2) The Lawyers' Placement committee of the Oregon State Bar is desirous of con- tinuing its program with the end in view of offering the maximum amount of assistance to newly admitted attorneys who as yet have not found suitable loca- tions. Apparently a large percentage of the 1953 admittees have now obtained satisfactory connections. The committee however is anxious to hear from those who still desire assistance and its work will be facilitated if all who are not yet located will so advise the undersigned. Hugh L. Barzee, Chairman, Lawyers' Placement Committee. BY FRED G. TAYLOR (Note: Page references in the following article refer to the published committee reports.) Oregon State Bar, at its Gearhart con- ,ention, approved the recommendation of the board of governors that the American Bar association be Invited to hold a region- al session in Portland May 24-26, but it tabled a proposal, which had been sub- mitted without recommendation, to take a stand on the question of splitting the ninth circuit, United States Court of Appeals. There was no division on the question of inviting the ABA to Portland, nor to the recommendation of the board that a volun- tary contribution of $2 be made by mem- bers of the bar to help finance the meet- ing. The vote was unanimous. It was pointed out that the ABA will contribute $3000 toward the expenses and will provide speakers and otherwise take over much of the arrangement for the session. But Robert F. Maguire urged the con- vention to go slow on any proposal for an indorsement of the project to split the ninth circuit, declaring the movement did not originate in the northwest and that it was a California idea. He felt it better to wait until congress has acted on two measures which would provide two addi- tional judges for the circuit. He urged the convention not to be stam- peded into any indorsement of the idea until it had more facts in the matter. The proposal, thereupon, was tabled. Since there are now three northwest members on the circuit court, this proposal to split the circuit was regarded suspiciously by friends of Federal Judge James Alger Fee who want to see him on the circuit bench. The convention was opened with an in- vocation by Rev. Peter Barker, vicar of Calvary Episcopal church at Seaside, after President Robert A. Leedy had called the convention to order. There were reports by Secretary Lee Karr and by Treasurer Wil- liam H. Morrison. Karr added to his printed report the statement that the past year had been the biggest on record on the basis of the gen- eral membership participation in bar ac- tivities, such as the legislative counsel, the educational program, committee work, code revision, radio program and the public re- lations program in the schools. Much work also was done by the lawyers placement service which helped young lawyers to get started in their practice, he said. The report of the committee on corpora- tion law (page 5) was adopted after R. R. Bullivant reported that the attorney gen- (Continued on Page 6, Column 1)

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