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27 Or. St. B. Bull. 1 (1966-1967)

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BULLETIN
VOL. XXVII          OCTOBER, 1966           No. 1

BOARD NAMES JAQUA AS
OREGON BAR PRESIDENT
John E. Jaqua, Eugene, third year member
of the Board of Governors, was elected by
the board as president of the bar for 1966-67.
Wendell E. Gronso, Burns, was elected as
'vice-president and John H. Holloway re-
elected as secretary. Morris J. Galen, Port-
land, was named treasurer for the year.
The election was held at a recessed .. !et-
ing of the board on the morning of October
1. After the election by the old board, the
new officers and the newly elected board
members were sworn in. The new members
are Willard L. Cushing, McMinnville; Wil-
liam E. Hanzen, Pendleton; John U. Yerko-
vich, Portland, and Carl M. Brophy, Med-
ford.
James G. Richmond, Roseburg; Herbert H.
Hardy, Portland; Alfred F. Cunha, Pendleton,
and Philip Hayter, Dallas, retiring members
of the board ended their three years of
service to the Oregon bar at the Saturday
morning meeting. Richmond has served as
president during the past year and Hayter
as vice-president. Randall B. Kester, Port-
land, treasurer during the past year, also
retired.
The board met in Medford in connection
with the annual meeting of the bar and held
an all-day session on September 28, the day
prior to the opening of the convention. As
usual, the board faced a heavy agenda, but
because of holding only a one-day business
session a number of items were carried over
until the November meeting.
The newly elected members of the board
sat in as observers at the Wednesday meet-
ing. A number of disciplinary matters were
heard and the board voted to order for its
examination printed material from the Coun-
cil on Education in Professional Responsibil-
ity. The board has discussed a liaison com-
mittee with the law schools on a legal ethics
and professional responsibility curricula. No
action was taken as it was considered advis-
able to review the material available from
the council.
The board considered the problems pre-
sented by the redistricting of the state. This
has been commented upon in this issue of
the Bulletin. A letter was approved, as
amended, and mailed to President Johnson
urging prompt appointment to the vacancy
in the federal district court.
The board tabled a recommendation by the
president of the American Bar Association
that the state and local bar associations ob-
tain from each candidate for governor and
United States senator a commitment that
the candidate will, if elected, cooperate with
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COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS MADE
The Board of Governors has completed
appointment of 1966-67 committees of the
Oregon State Bar. Notices of appointment
are now being mailed.
The complete roster of committees will
be published In the November Bulletin.
Telephone and mall Inquiries of the Bar
office concerning committee appointments
and memberships should be delayed until
after the roster Is published.

RICHMOND REPORTS ON
1966 BAR ACTIVITIES
This past year, in spite of what you might
believe by reading the committee reports, has
not been a year of revolution but one more
of evolution, James G. Richmond, Roseburg,
retiring president of the Oregon State Bar,
told his audience at the opening session of
the 32nd annual meeting in Medford on Sep-
tember 29.
Where does your bar stand now? Rich-
mond asked. First, but not most important
your bar is in good financial shape, he con-
tinued. It is not rolling in dough, but it is
solid and solvent. The bar's physical posture
is excellent, its internal organization is in
prime condition.
President Richmond spoke of the standing
of the Oregon bar in relation to other organ-
ized bar associations throughout the country
and mentioned its high standing and the rec-
ognition it has received.
He then discussed some of the committee
reports. Speaking of the Clients' Security
Fund, he said, All of the arguments of the
opponents of such funds pale into insignifi-
cance in the face of our obligation to the pub-
lic to make our certification good. I do not
see how we can avoid it.
Turning to the special report on court
reporters and the tests which have been made
of electronic reporting, the president said, I
believe it to be inevitable that the march of
technological progress will ultimately replace
the existing positions and skills and I know
of no good reason why court reporting should
be exempt from change.
His major discussion of the reports u as re-
served for the Committee on the Future of
the Legal Profession. The committee, he
said is working in esoteric and uncharted
fields, largely philosophical and certainly po-
litical, and In which, for my money, there are
no experts except the self styled ones.
I realize there may be unfilled need for
legal services among the poor. I am certain,
in fact, that there are unfilled needs for
legal services for everyone, rich and poor. But
I do not believe, that if there is such a need,
it is so overpowering that we must dive head-
long Into this muddy water without a lengthy
and searching look for the best place to land.
One of the bases upon which we are being
sold the poverty program is that we must not
be like the A.M.A. and fight the socialization
of our profession as they did theirs. Instead,
we are told that we cannot fight so we must
join. This is repeated over and over again
by the A.B.A. and by social workers in our
own midst. We are told we must view with
horror how the doctors were damaged and
their image tarnished by their heads-down
tails-up fight against socialization. I think it
is time to take a closer look at this canard.
When the so-called anti-poverty act was
passed, did any of you dream that it con-
tained authority for the establishment of fed-
erally funded legal service offices in every
city, town, and village in the country? Did
you read a word of publicity about legal
services to the poor being included in the
bill? I certainly didn't, and even today when
I read the act, I must confess that I cannot
see any such authority.
I suggest it is not our duty to lie down
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IMPORTANT DECISIONS
VOTED AT CONVENTION
In approving, wholly or in part, the reports
of major committees at the annual meeting of
the board in Medford, the bar took definite
progressive steps in several fields. Approval
of the Clients' Security Fund, adoption of
most of the report of the Committee on the
Future of the Legal Profession, the approval
of a change in the law to permit mechanical
reporting as well as manual, and in other ac-
tion, the meeting was outstanding.
In this review of the action upon those
reports which required membership decisions,
the references are to page numbers in the
published committee reports distributed prior
to the meeting. The report on court reporters
was in a supplement.
Despite the fact that a resolution submitted
Saturday morning whereby committee reports
which could not be considered owing to lack
of time be referred to the Board of Governors
with power to act was defeated, some reports
will be considered by the board as a result of
separate action by the convention.
The chairman of the Local Government
Committee (p. 136) was not present when
this report was called on Thursday, so the
report went to the bottom of the calendar
and was not reached until late in the business
session on Saturday.
This report brought some spirited debate.
The committee recommended legislation to
eliminate governmental tort liability and the
bill submitted included a ceiling. By amend-
ment from the floor this limitation was re-
moved. Recommendation No. 1 (p. 136), there-
fore, was sent back to be amended in accord-
ance with the vote.
Recommendation No. 2 (p. 136) was sent
to the board with power to act, along with
the third recommendation. These related to
the law on condemnation and county roads.
The four recommendations of the Commit-
tee on Clients' Security Fund (p. 14) were
adopted, but not until after considerable dis-
cussion. An effort to postpone Indefinitely was
defeated 146 to 120, and after argument on
both sides with Bert S. Gooding, Portland,
chairman of the committee, leading in sup-
port of the report and Robert A. Bennett, the
chief spokesman for the minority report (p.
20), the vote was 142 to 124.
The extensive report of the Committee in
the Future of the Legal Profession (p. 75)
was another that saw considerable debate.
With the Clients' Indemnity Fund report this
report was a special order of business on
Friday morning, and with the exception of
the opening session brought out the best at-
tendance.
The first recommendation (p. 75), Legal
Services to the Poor, was approved. The
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SORRY
Your editor regrets the delay In the
publication of the October issue of the
Bulletin. After the Medford meeting, he
took off for Quebec, Canada, for the an-
nual meeting of the National Institute of
Municipal Law  Officers, following which
he took a short vacation. The result, the
Bulletin Is late.

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