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24 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1963-1964)

handle is hein.barjournals/osbb0024 and id is 1 raw text is: OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN OL. XXIV OCTOBER, 1963 No. 1 HALE THOMPSON NAMED GOVERNOR NAMES JONES CONVENTION AUTHORIZES AS PRESIDENT OF BAR AS NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE INDEMNITY FUND BALLOT At the recessed meeting of the Board of Governors in Portland on September 20, Hale G. Thomp.ion, senior member of the board from Eugene, was elected as president for 1963-64. J. Ray Rhoten, Salem, was selected as vice-president, and John H. Holloway re- elected secretary. Manley B. Strayer %N s named to serve as treasurer for the year with Clifford C. Comisky as assistant treas- urer. Following the election, new members of the board were sworn in by Holloway. Those taking office were Philip Hayter, Dallas, first congressional district; Alfred T. Cunha, Pen- dleton, second district; Harlow F. Lenon, Portland, third district, and James G. Rich- mond, Roseburg, fourth district. After this ceremony, Eugene E. Marsh, Mc- Minnville, retiring president and board mem- ber, turned the gavel over to President Thompson. Other members of the board who retired at this time were Owen M. Panner, Bend, vice-president; Robert T. Mautz, Port- land, and Harry A. Slack, Coquille. The board voted resolutions of appreciation to the re- tiring members who concluded their three year terms. The newly elected officers and the new members of the board were introduced to the convention at the annual dinner Friday night. Hayter, Cunha, Lenon and Richmond were named to the board's standing committee on committees and they will, in 1964, nominate successors to those whose terms expire. The Bulletin expects to publish the list of current committees next month. Phillip J. Roth, Portland, chairman; R. W. Nahstoll, Portland, and Lenon were named to the finance committee and the budget com- mittee for the year will include Kenneth M. Abraham, Hood River, chairman; Donald F. Myrick, Grants Pass, James 0. Goodwin, Oregon City, and Cunha. The board began its September meeting on the 18th. Much of the first day was devoted to a review of disciplinary matters and peti- tions for reinstatement and voting on ac- tion to be taken. The board directed the sec- retary to prepare for its consideration defin- itive rules of procedure for the consideration of applications for reinstatement. The employment of counsel by the bar was considered and the notice appearing on the first page of this issue of the Bulletin is in accord with the action taken. The board took note of editorials appearing in Eugene and Bend with reference to the recent bar exam- ination. Alfred A. Hampson, Portland, chairman of the Committee on Continuing Legal Educa- tion, met with the board and discussed the committee's plans for future CLE sessions. One of the major projects to be undertaken by this committee to date is the planned pro- gram for next spring and spring of 1965, both of which will feature procedure and practice. The board referred to the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure for study, re- port and recommendation to the 1964 annual meeting a proposal that the bar sponsor or support a bill in the 1965 legislative assem- bly which would make attempted suicide a (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) Robert E. Jones, 36, Beaverton, has been named to the circuit bench in Multnomah County by Governor Mark 0. Hatfield. The appointment will be effective November 1, when a shift of personnel in the Fourth Ju- dicial District will be made as a result of the retirement as of October 31 of Judge Donald E. Long. Judge Long, a veteran of some 27 years as a judge in the domestic relations department of the circuit court for Multnomah County, announced his retirement on his 70th birth- day. Prior to his service on the bench of the circuit court, Judge Long served two years as Municipal Judge in Portland. Judge Long is a graduate of Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D. C., and his public career includes three years as a special agent of the Department of Justice and service in World War I and II. For serv- ice in the European Theater in World War II he received the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart. He remained in the Army reserve after the war and was retired as a lieutenant colonel. In the field of domestic relations and juve- nile court administration, he has received national recognition. He has participated in a number of national conferences, been active in the association of juvenile judges and was the recent winner of the Kelley Loe Memorial Award for community service. Jones will succeed Judge Carl A. Dahl on the trial division of the court. Judge Dahl is resigning this post to succeed Judge Long in the domestic relations department. He has been serving part time in this department for some years. Judge Jean L. Lewis is the other judge in the domestic relations department. Jones served as a representative from Washington County in the 1963 session of the legislature. He is a Republican. He is the 21st circuit judge to be appointed by Gover- nor Hatfield since he took office. Jones is a native of Portland. He attended (Continued on Page 6, Column 2) NOTICE The Board of Governors has appointed a screening committee to solicit and inter- view applicants for the position of Counsel for the Oregon State Bar. The Board of Governors has authorized the employment of an attorney, preferably a member of the Oregon State Bar, as Counsel, to work primarily on unauthorized practice and disciplinary matters at a starting salary of not less than $7,200 per annum. Counsel will work in the office, and un- der the supervision, of the Secretary. The position will be full-time and will be a career opportunity. Members of the Bar are encouraged to make application for the position or to recommend others who appear to be quali- fied and available. Applications, In letter form, with bio- graphical or other data, should be submit- ted promptly to John H. Holloway, Secre- tary of the Oregon State Bar, 328 Pittock Block, Portland 5, Oregon. (Note: Page numbers used In the following article are keyed to the published committee reports distributed to all members of the bar prior to the annual meeting.) By adopting the amended minority report (pp. 18-19) to the report of the Committee on Clients' Indemnity Fund (p. 15) members of the Oregon State Bar will determine by a majority of those voting whether such a fund should be adopted, it was decided at a well attended business session of the bar on Friday morning, September 20. Much of the important business to come before the convention was transacted that morning when consideration was given to a series of resolutions. A resolution relating to a House of Delegates for the bar was adopted as amended and provided that a definite plan be worked out with local bar associa- tion by the Board of Governors. Wendell Gray, Portland, chairman of the resolutions committee took the platform Fri- day morning with a handful of proposals. One that brought forth considerable oratory was designed to reverse the action of the Board of Governors in designating Vancouver, B. C. as the site of the 1964 annual meeting. Carl M. Brophy, Medford, led the forces in support of the resolution in favor of re- storing a provision originally in the bylaws that the annual meeting must be held with- in the state. Phillip J. Roth, Portland mem- ber of the Board of Governors, who has been promoting the British Columbia trek for the past year, defended the action. The board's decision was supported by a vote of 188 to 132 against the resolution which would have reversed the selection. The first three resolutions were passed without opposition. One expressed apprecia- tion to the local bar associations, the wom- en's group and individuals who contributed to the success of the best attended conven- tion in the history of the integrated bar. Another endorsed Glenn R. Jack, Oregon City, as a candidate for president-elect of the American Bar Association, and the third supported the naming of an Oregonian to the present vacancy on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. George H. Corey, Pendleton, chairman of a special committee, reported in support of a resolution which expressed opposition to the passage by the congress of SB 1876 which would split the Ninth Circuit Court and create an 11th circuit embracing the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska with headquarters in Seattle. It was the opinion of the special committee and supported by the membership that the present court would continue to best serve Oregon. Another resolution approved the reactiva- tion of the Constitutional Revision Commit- tee with the same authority as before and to direct its attention especially to the bill of rights and judicial article and taking no position as to those articles dealing with pol- itics. Hugh L. Biggs reported in support of a resolution against the adoption of an amend- ment to the federal constitution which would create a Court of the Union made up of the (Continued on Page 7, Column 1)

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