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18 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1957-1958)

handle is hein.barjournals/osbb0018 and id is 1 raw text is: OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN VOL. XVIII OCTOBER, 1957 No. 1 COMMITTEE REPORT CONVENTION TALKS NEUNER SELECTED ACTION DEFERRED The 1958 annual meeting of the Oregon State Bar, scheduled for Gearhart next September, will face the heaviest agenda in the history of the bar as far as definite action upon committee proposals are con- cerned as a result of action taken at this year's annual meeting which saw most of the important issues deferred for further study and report. The business meetings at Medford, al- though poorly attended, were strictly busi- ness and were marked by smart handling on the part of the presiding officers who kept up with or ahead of the agenda at all times. Frank J. VanDyke, Medford, vice- president of the bar and an old pro in conducting legislative, convention and other meetings, started with a sharp pace and by noon on Thursday he had not only con- cluded the morning agenda but was well on his way through the reports to be made the next day. The business sessions, as well as the con- tinuing legal education series, were held in the auditorium of the Medford high school. Rev. George Bolster of St. Marks Episco- pal church, Medford, opened the first busi- ness session on Thursday morning with the invocation. VanDyke, with Samuel M. Bowe, Grants Pass, as his parliamentarian, then took over and first called upon Alan F. Davis, Portland, president for his report. Davis re- viewed the published combined report of the board and the secretary and discussed the bar's place in connection with the work of the legislative interim committee of which Gunther F. Krause, Portland, is chairman. Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., also of Portland, who worked with the legislative counsel at Salem during the last session of the legislature, is the committee's execu- tive secretary, Davis reported. Verne Dusenbery, Portland, treasurer, and John H. Holloway, Portland, secretary, made summary reports in connection with the published report of the board and the secretary's office, William H. Morrison, Portland, the dele- gate to the house of delegates of the Amer- ican Bar association, reported upon the New York and London meeting of the ABA this year. In connection with the London part of the meeting, Morrison said that there was much discussion between American and British solictors and barristers relative to the continued use of the jury system. Only two or three percent of the civil cases in England are tried before a jury, he re- ported. In the following report on action taken on the various reports, page references are to the pages where the reports are to be (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) COVER WIDE FIELD Members of ne bar attending the lunch- eon honoring the judiciary and the annual dinner on Friday during the convention in Medford September 18 to 21, heard a humorist become serious on the subject of the modern trend of retirement at 65 and a jurist tell of the rapid development of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Dean David E, Snodgrass of the Hastings college of law, San Francisco, was the speaker at the luncheon honoring the judi- ciary of Oregon, and Justice A. Cecil Sny- der, who has just retired as chief justice of the supreme court of Puerto Rico, was the speaker at the dinner meeting. Dean Snodgrass with his dry humor was a delightful change of pace for the mem- bers of the bar who had spent all morning in a business session and were returning for an afternoon of continuing legal educa- tion. The dean, who seemed to be having as good a time as his audience, told a capacity audience at the Rogue Country club that he had little or no use for the present pol- icy of retirement at a given age. The San Francisco law school dean has, however, capitalized on the retirement pro- gram by marshalling at Hastings a faculty of outstanding law teachers who have been retired by other schools and colleges. The average age of his faculty is 72 years and Dean Snodgrass will not hire as a teacher anyone under 65. Chronological age is not the test of when a person should be retired, he said, biological age should be the determining factor. One man is too old to do effective work at 60 or 65, while another may not even reach the peak of his capacity at 65. A man who is qualified, able, experi- enced and fit to continue work at the age of 64 should not be disqualified simply be- cause he has had another birthday, he continued. (Continued on Page 10, Column 1) AWARD OF MERIT The Oregon State Bar's award of merit for 1957 went to Roy F. Shields, Portland, and was presented to him at the board of governors luncheon which concluded the twenty-third annual meet- Ing of the bar at Medford. Shields was cited for his many con- tributions to the bar over the years in- cluding special work on difficult prob- lems of the bar, extensive and fine com- mittee work and his great contribution to the fellowship and good times at the annual meetings by the lyrics and skits he has written or co-authored for the annual tent show. AS BAR PRESIDENT George W. Neuner, Roseburg, serving his third year on the board of governors, was elected by the board as president of the Oregon State Bar for 1958. Bert S. Gooding, Portland, was named vice-presi- dent, Earl F. Bernard, also of Portland, is the new treasurer, and John H. Hollo- way, Portland, reelected secretary. The election by the board which served during the year 1957 was held on Septem- ier 21. the last day of the annual meeting in Medford, and was the last official board action in which Alan F. Davis, Portland, retiring president; Frank J. VanDyke, Med- ford, retiring vice-president: William H. Dashney, McMinnville, and George H. Corey, Pendleton, participated. The 1957 treasurer whose term expired with the an- nual meeting was Verne Dusenbery, Port- land. Following the election, Holloway admin- istered the oath of office to the four new members of the board, Otto R. Skopil Jr., Salem: T. Leland Brown, The Dalles; Clar- ence D. Phillips, Portland. and C. S. Pat Emmons, Albany, President Neuner named Skopil, Hugh L. Biggs, Portland, serving his second year on the board, and Phillips as the 1958 fi- nance committee and the new budget com- mittee will include John A. Heltzel, Salem, serving his third year; and George L. Hib- bard, Oregon City; Carl G. Helm Jr., La- Grande, and Andrew J. Newhouse, Coos Bay, from the second year class. At the board meeting in Medford on Wednesday prior to the opening of the 1957 convention, final action was taken on the selection of committee personnel for the new year. The list of committee assign- ments is published in this issue of the Bul- letin. A new committee on assessments, pre- viously a special committee, was named to work with county assessors on assessment matters, particularly the personal property valuation of law libraries. The board also recommended to the supreme court the names of three lawyers to serve on the board of bar examiners and suggested the chairman for 1958. The new members will be announced following approval of the list by the supreme court. The committee on the house of delegates suggestion for the Oregon bar was abol- ished, as were the committees on legal rights of Indians and on trust deeds. The board made extensive changes In the personnel of a number of the standing com- mittees and reduced several in size. The committee on legal aid was reduced to a steering committee with the presidents of all local bar associations to act as ex- officio members. The board was of the (Continued on Page 3, Column 1)

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