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3 Retainer [1] (1974)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr0003 and id is 1 raw text is: Special Meeting on Proposed Dues Increase:
The Retainer

Today, Jan. 3
At 4 P.M.
Room 653 City Hall

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Klaus to IT        :
'The Closer We Work Together,
The Stronger We Will Become'. . .
ihanlr    li irri I KI ii  ,rwrtid trri-n.or''.',. i-a mI
of I hi * uri w I  . r r- ,  %. rirli  , ,I',I r   19
It is usoinary Ior the incoming ( hartellir anrruall) [, reminic to
the Young Lawyers Section about the old days. either tir entertain or to
attempt to teach by lessons if the past. And properly si, for in years past.
it was expected that the young lawyers would frrllrrw in their elders foot-
steps; would learn from them and emulate the best oI ther  I his may also
be properly so and may again be si
But the game changed about six ir
seven years ago. It really lxked Iks  U   i   Board      Favor
they were going to change things. thos  New           Practice'
youths of the Sixties In effect. Amer..      i
had irsown - 'ultural Rcrlution' crin                  lir
plete with a sclf-appointed Red Guard  i      pp     d   rr
which earmarked for oblrvion those        he    .    ghts f immttee that
things of the past which we had out-  would amend the -air Practice Act to
grown. or which seemed to hair ire -  include the banning of discriminan
grown their usefulness in our modern  because of sexual urritation.
world.                                  The recommendation was passed at
Behavioral patterns were changing,  the Brard's meeting in Wednesday.
sexual mores, altered consciousness by  De  19 Als) approved at the meeting
drugs other than alcohol. TIlt  pill.  was a reiommendation by the (ivil
:he Pills, ..a, wai  is'It. ard, aboR
everything else, there was a growing Board rf Governors to affirm its oppo-
awareness of the need for change in our       any amendment to the I
societal structure and a commitment  Constitution which would pemit Bible
to making such change occur, Youth   reading in the public scheols.
became vocal. abrasive, demanding       The (sd Rights Committee    pr-
and involved. Thus came Selma. Mont-  posed ordinance would amend sections
gomery, the Vista Corps. the Peace    if The Philadelphia ('e relating to
Corps, recognition of the need for ex-  Far Practices rn employment, housing
panded minority participation. a gen-  and  public  accommodations  The
eral awareness of that basic flaw in the  amendment would prohibit diwrimina-
American character called Racism,     ron based on sexual orientation under
After initial rejecturn anid antagon-  certain conditions as it already pro-
I, America began to listen to these  hibits discrimination  based on ratc.
young people. It really began to sent color, sex, religion or national origin,
as if it all might, in the end, produce  The propoted ordinane definessetx-
some major changes in our social order  ual orientationx  as  The choice of
based upon a willingness tor live and  adult sexual partner ic~ortding to gee-
let live. uporn trolerance borothers and der.
an active crdietment to solving the
mrvt obvious prhblems of our civBlora-   Memberseip       Invited
tion. Perhaps it will yet.c 1                    t Ch     a   e
Iw was reflected in the I aw through
the pressure of the young lawyers       \ crd o   ns hee Ai      i
Recruiting for the firms becante a game  thc  -o a        v a me  the pr
of whir could ir woiuld offer the mot  runitu rich, i w Iacllr \\Irmiri HI
time off for pr ornii wirk and which  Klaus is scheduled for I ucudi. Jars
firm seemed the most committed ito   tr feirm 5 to 7 p   in the Ballroom
things other than persuonal fund raising  oft the Sheraton Hoitel.  h  vn  o-i
Suddenly, everyone wia, trying iii hire  klaus said that while th( vn  -n
women and black lawyers and esersine  linues  bhe slated as the Chanellors
was involved in envirnmenial. con-   Reception. he woes it instead as a
sumer. housing, health and general   TPhildelppha  Bar Associaon Recep-
work for the prior comnmunity. The big  tirn. Klaus' terni of office as 47th
firms in New Nork. % ashFngton, Phila-  Chaneellr began Jaruars I     d
delphia, and San Francisco. proudly                 ct
recounted the work oif their pro bono    ('IIANI'ELItLt5' IlIOTiINE
teams, their urban law departmients     ('hancellre   ' illiam  R  Klaus
What happenedr Whatever hap-         wishes to alert the membenrsof 
Period                                 the Philadelphia Bar Association  A
Was it merely a tado Did the minor-  that hr can be reached directly
at Pt 5-39pr0. c b
soemjr cni ge s un our. oi lore

Survey Shows Majority Believes
In Unqualified Right to Rap Govt.

i, ,-  5c   wf,,,
It a surses -onduced nu the Phda
dlphia Bar Association's Citizenship
Commitce    represents general alt-
tudes of the public, the overihelming
mayorrity believes that everyone has the
right to criticize the government even
if the criticism seems to be damaging
,t the national interest.
AWhide the poll showed that most
persons count on the Bill of Rights to
guarante freedom of expression, it also
revealed that younger persons were
more zealously affinnative in this
belief than were older persons.
The surse) was conducted outside
City Hall on Friday. Dec. 14 from
noon to 3 p.m,. in observance of Bill
of Rights Day Members of the Citizen-
ship Commattce manned a botrh and
distributed a questionnaire aimed at
determining the public's feelings about
Hawaii Charter Set
For ABA's Annual
l hIe 194 annual meeting of the
\mman Bar Association i  heduled
for Minday to Friday. August 12 to
lt. in Honolulu. Hawati.
In connection with the ABA's meet-
ing. the Pennsrsania Bar Association
has arranged a charter tour program
for August 9 to 17.
Travel Consultants. Inc. the official
Coordination (enter for the annual
meeting, has arranged for departures
from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh via
TH A Boeing 70- and accommodaions
at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel
F sact flight times will be announced p-
proximately 30 days in adsanc, .t
departure.
the package includes round iutp
ransfers hrween the Hawaii Interi,
ional Airport and the Hilton; comrpll.
clggage handling seven nights' a-
midrdtions. pre-registratirm at the h,, I
pecial entertainment, and escort , r
fos of the travel and land arrane,
ments package is 5420 per persni
'hildren under I I sharing a room with
wo adults are granted a 550 reduction
n the trip price
The Philadelphia Rar Association
ecided against running its own charter
ecause of a lack of sufficient response :
the announced proposal and the
ncertainty of the energy crisis.
the State Bar's trip is described in
brochure, and The Philadelphia Bar  h
ssociation has about 150 copies of
he pamphie aarlable at headquarters m
m
4'3 ( ity Hall Annex)             a

of the Bill of ighs'ti pulod sum-
maries of these three amendments also
appeared on the form
(itizenship  (ommittee  Chairman
Rose K. I andy said that the outdoor
project, coordinated by Fvelyn Trom-
mer. was undertaken in the hope of
stimulating the interest of the public
and making them aware of the Bill of
Rights in its application to daily life.
The survcy was not meant to be a
scientific or definitive evaluation of
attitudes.
A total of 150 persons filled out the
questionnaire. They were asked to indi-
cate age, sex and occupation. but signa-
tures were not requested
Questirms One through Three per-
tained to the First Amendment. Do you
think everyone should have the right
to criticize the gosernment, een if the
criticism seems to be damaging to the
nrtionol inter-t. was dhe first ques-
tion Of the 140 who responded, 80C4
answered yes-I 19 sec to 21 no.
The seconid quesion read. E ucept in
time of war. do you think newspapers.
radio and tclevision should have the
right to report any story. even if offi-
cials in govcrnment feel it is harmful
to our natiornal interest Io this ques-
tion, 771i answered in the affirmative.
with 107 yes to only 31 no re-
sponses
Ouestion three asked. As long as
there appears to be no clear danger of
violence, do you think any group. no
matter how extreme in its philosophy
and thinking. should be allowed to or-
gfnic r it    ., inut the goen-
rnn    \inuwred .Il
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--oh.1ip  ronunc  shourman iF,'r  - ,  Ri- ow
and  ' r' r   anti  lii   ,?r Luca  left)
an the both  t,   u I   ih ' . snvoiation's
itotenshiiirmwrrr orn itc  14 in
onor of lill of iiight Day Question
aires relating to the specfir application
the First. Fourth and Sixth Amend
ents were distributed from the booth
id filled out by 150 passers by

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