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20 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1959-1960)

handle is hein.barjournals/osbb0020 and id is 1 raw text is: OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN VOL. XX OCTOBER, 1959 No. 1 HEAVY AGENDA IS HANDLED BY BOARD In a two day meeting at Bend, Septem- ber 22 and 23, the board of governors handled one of the heaviest agendas to come before them in many months. All members of the board were present except Harold Banta, Baker, who did not partici- pate in the meeting on the 22nd. The new members, with the exception of William M. Dale Jr., Portland, were present as observers on the 23d. At the outset the board considered the report of the committee on committees, Hugh L. Biggs, Portland, chairman; Ray H. Lafky, Salem; T. Leland Brown, The Dalles, and Charles G. Howard, Eugene. As revised and approved the list will be published in the November issue of the Bulletin. Otto R. Skopil Jr., Salem, reported on his conference with Governor Mark 0. Hatfield with reference to preferential polls in connection with judicial appointments. The governor desires the cooperation of the bar, he reported, and is not opposed to preferential mail polls, but is concerned with the delay attended on the mail poll system. The exact vote count is not particularly controlling, the governor told Skopil, and indicated interest in a ballot which listed the candidates and upon which the mem- bers of the bar indicated exceptionally well qualified, qualified or not quali- fied. No change in the rules of the bar with reference to preferential polls will be made at this time. John H. Holloway, Portland, secretary of the bar, reported that the selective service system is anxious to obtain addi- tional copies of the pamphlet prepared by the bar and given to those about to be inducted into military service. The pam- phlet is somewhat of a check list of legal rights and protections which the inductees should know. A reprinting of the pamphlet was authorized. There was considerable discussion of the problem of standards of admission. This has been before the board in prior meet- ings and a new committee will give the entire problem a careful review prior to the 1960 meeting. The matter of unauthorized practice was before the board as it was before the convention and increased activity by the committee on this subject is expected as a result of a number of matters referred to it. The board devoted considerable time to disciplinary matters. Formal disciplinary proceedings were recommended in seven of the cases reviewed. As a special order of business on Monday morning, three representatives of the As- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) EMMONS SELECTED BUSINESS SESSION AS BAR PRESIDENT APPROVES REPORTS C. S. Pat Emmons, Albany, third year member of the board of governors representing the fourth congressional dis- trict, was elected president of the Oregon State Bar by the board at its meeting at Bend on September 23. The new president took office at the luncheon for the board on Saturday. Elected as vice-president was Clarence D. Phillips, Portland, also a third year member of the board. John I-. Holloway, Portland, was reelected secretary and Ray Mize, Portland, is the new treasurer. Dean F. Bryson, Portland, member of the board of governors and general chairman of this year's annual meeting, was named assistant treasurer. Along with the new members of the board, Robert C. Anderson, Astoria; J. T. Monahan, Milton-Freewater; William M. Dale Jr., Portland, and G. W. Kellington, Medford, the new officers were all intro- duced at the Saturday luncheon by George L. Hibbard, Oregon City, retiring president. President Emmons in responding to Hib- bard's introduction recognized F. M. Jack Sercombe, Salem, clerk of the supreme court, who was the integrated bar's first secretary, and presented certificates of ap- preciation to the retiring members of the board, Hibbard, Carl G. Helm Jr., La Grande, retiring vice-president; Hugh L. Biggs, Portland, and Andrew J. Newhouse, Coos Bay. Also recognized were Howard A. Rankin, Portland; William Ganong Jr., Klamath Falls, and Reginald Wiliams, Salem, retir- ing members of the board of bar examiners, and Paul A. Sayre, Portland, who served as treasurer of the bar during the past year. A feature of the Saturday luncheon was the presentation of the bar association's first bar-press award. Winner of the scroll and check for $300 was Watford Reed, Portland, reporter for the Oregon Journal. While serving as federal court reporter for the Portland paper, Reed wrote a de- tailed analysis about the federal parole system. Reed in accepting the award paid tribute to the lawyers based upon his experience as a federal court reporter for his paper. Lots of people and groups of people talk a lot about civil rights, he said, but few will come forward and defend these rights when the going gets tough. Members of the bar and the organized bar itself are among the very few who will do this. In addition to the award to Reed, honor- able mention citations were awarded Ann Sullivan of the Oregonian in Portland, George Castillo of tie Roseburg News- Review and Eric W. Allen Jr., of the (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) (Editor's Note: Page references In the follow- lng article refer to the published committee re- ports considered at the 25th annual meeting.) A number of important matters were approved by the bar at business sessions during the Silver Anniversary meeting in Bend, September 23 to 26. Included were such items as a voluntary subscription campaign for a state bar building, further consideration of the indemnity plan, the prospect of a new Oregon Digest and the approval of the 1958 official edition of the uniform commercial code, to name a few. Business sessions were held in the Tower theater in Bend and at the first of the series on Thursday morning the invocation was given by Rev. Robert W. Becker of Bend's Trinity Lutheran church. H. H. DeArmond, former president of the state bar, extended a welcome on behalf of the community and the Central Oregon Bar association. President George L. Hibbard, Oregon City, opened thle meeting and introduced Carl G. Helm Jr., La Grande, vice-presi- dent, who presided at the morning session. DeArmond served as parliamentarian. The report of the board of governors and the secretary, which was combined in this year's report (Page 1) was the basis for the stewardship report given by Presi- dent Hibbard. He mentioned the bar's legislative assistance program and the re- action of the members of the legislature to it and then discussed the bar's problem in connection with its legislative program every two years. Supporting a recommendation made later by the committee on legislation, President Hibbard endorsed the employment of a paid lobbyist by the bar. He pointed out that the medical society, dentists, account- ants, labor, teachers, industry and prac- tically every other segment of the social and economic life of the state is represent- ed by a full time paid employe at the legislature and that it was high time that the bar, with the great interest the members of the legal profession have in the laws that are passed or defeated, do the same. Oregon pioneered the idea of indemnity insurance, he pointed out, although the bill was killed in the house judiciary com- mittee at the last session. Vermont has since adopted the principle and 11 other states now have it under study. President Hibbard reminded his audience that Oregon is a convention controlled bar and at the last annual meeting the program was approved. This, he said, was a mandate and the board was without authority to do anything except what the convention ordered and they did not order a poll of the membership. This came up (Continued on Page 6, Column 1)

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