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1 Wash. St. B. News 1 (1947)

handle is hein.barjournals/wasbn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: VL a 1 Ninoton 1'tate JGE 1 VOL. 1, No. 1 MARCH, 1947 PAGE 1 SEVEN BAR BILLS GET NOD FROM LEGISLATURE Seven pieces of legislation sponsored by the Washington State Bar Association had passed both houses and were on their way to the Governor shortly before the close of the 1947 session, Richard B. Ott, legislative representative of the associa- tion, declared. In making this statement, Ott pointed out that four of these bills were those proposed by the Judicial Council which has as its purpose the devising of ways of simplifying judicial procedure, expedit- ing the transaction of judicial business, and correcting faults in the administration of justice. The other three were bills sub- mitted to and approved by the Board of Governors of the State Bar Association. Bills Submitted A total of 15 bills was submitted by the two groups. The bills which passed were: 1. Senate Bill 46 which increases the salaries of Superior Court Judges from $6,500 annually to $8,000 and the salaries of the Supreme Court Judges from $8,500 to $10,000. 2. H.B. 405. 3. H.B. 185. This bill and the one above are concerned with the new code. The two were put together under number 405. Purpose of the bills was to provide funds for further study of the needed code re- visions for submission to the next session of the legislature. They carried an ap- (Continued an fourth page) BOARD OF GOVERNORS TO ANNOUNCE BAR EXAM RESULTS The Board of Governors of the Wash- ington State Bar Association will an- nounce the results of the Bar Examination following its March meeting, on the 21st of this month in Seattle. The March meeting will be somewhat unusual. It will start at the association's offices in the Dexter Horton Building on Friday and then will adjourn to an all- day meeting in Everett on Saturday. The results of the examination will be made public in Seattle prior to the adjournment. Following the all-day sessions in Ev- erett, there will be a banquet for the members of the board and their wives, James P. Hunter, president of the Everett Bar Association, announced. Wives of the members of the board will be entertained in Everett Saturday after- noon by Mrs. Clarence J. Coleman, Hun- ter announced. INTRODUCING ... The WASHINGTON STATE BAR NEWS To the Members of the State Bar Association: The Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association hopes that this new publication of the Association will be welcomed by the Association's members. It is presented wth the purpose that in the presenta- tion of news pertaining to the profes. sion, to the work of your Association, and to activities of the individual mem- bers of the State Bench and Bar, the members of the Association may both find a means of contributing sugges- tions and news of professional interest to the other members of the Bar and be kept informed of the activities of your Association and of its committees. Our State was among the earliest of t:e States to develop a integrated Bar in which every lawyer practicing in the State is an associate and member. Much of the regular working routine of the Board of Governors translates into maintaining the integrity of our profession in its relation between the public and the members of our Asso. ciation. The several committees of the Association are continuously striving to improve the law, both in its enact- ment and in its administration. The leadership which the members of our profession render to the welfare and betterment of our State, its laws and institutions, either as individuals or as reflected through the work of the conA. mittees of our Association, are subjects that we can refer to with pride and that can at the same time be viewed as a spur to other Association members further to carry on in the lawyer's historical position of leadership in State and community activities. If this publication serves better to establiht the fraternity of the lawyers of our Association by carrying news- worthy items of general interest to our members and at the same time serves to enlist the interest and activity of each lawyer of the State in the activi- ties of the integrated Bar, the work of its editors will have been rewarded. Your Board of Governors hopes that the new venture will be welcomed by the Association members and that many members will contribute to mak- ing the publication a success. A. J. O'CONNOR, President. DELEGATES BACK WORLD COURT, ATOMIC CONTROL By FRANK E. HOLMAN, SEATTLE The House of Delegates of the American Bar Association went on record as favor- ing withdrawal of the Connally Amend- ment to the Morse Resolution in connec- tion with the World Court at its mid-year meeting in Chicago last month. At the same time, the delegates from the 48 states and the major Bar Associa- tions of the country urged support of the basic and essential elements of the Amer- ican policy for an international and world law, and adequate machinery of enforce- ment for control of the uses of atomic energy. On Federal Judges Approval also was won for a report of the Special Committee on the Judiciary, making this a standing committee; em- powering it to consider and report con- cerning all matters relating to appoint- ments of judges of courts of the United States; giving the committee power not only to promote the nomination of per- sons it deems competent for appointment to federal judicial offices but to OPPOSE the nomination and confirmation of per- (Continued on fourth page) PROS, CONS OF NEW METHOD FOR SELECTING JUDGES AIRED One of the hottest issues ever to arise within the ranks of the Washington State Bar Association was the proposal to change the present method of selecting our supreme and superior court judges. The Spokane Convention of the Associ- ation in August, last year, voted unani- mously for the change and to undertake an educational program in support of it. There seemed to be no opposition to the proposal until months later, when out of the blue there came vigorous protests to the idea. A referendum vote taken following these protests showed a vote of 832 against and 460 for. Proponents of the constitutional change feel that it was not thoroughly understood or there would have been little opposition. Inasmuch as less than half the members of the state bar association voted at all in this matter, they conclude that many members refrained from voting because they did not understand it. Opponents of the measure, on the other hand, assert that it was not until the implications of the measure were understood that op- position developed. (Continued from third page)

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