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Show " jr '! IT.:! 1 . U".iv:r'. Ifry f l'4, cdt y Lr;l'p 'K 4 11 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH VOLUME 17, NUMBER 155 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1973 Annual Meeting Ends; New President Tells Plans ABA ACCN News Service By M.R.Jourdane WASHINGTON Chesterfied H. - Lt ?W Smith is the new president of the American Bar Association. SOYBEAN HIGHER PRICING DOESN'T BOTHER BUYERS NEW YORK Commodities futires contract prices xoomed skyward as soon as President Nixons Phase 4 removed price ceilings on most foods. The Administrations new economic stabilization plan, allows for price increases for raw supposedly agricultural products and for these costs to be passed on to con- Smith took office late Wednesday, as the ABA House of Delegates concluded its business one day early. Smith, a Lakeland, Fla. attorney, succeeds Robert W. Meserve of Boston. anti-inflationa- ry, sumers. Like an blast, soybean futures rose the limits on all contracts. Even new crop contracts spurted the allowable trading limits. The soybean records reveal that $2.75 to $3 per bushel has been an average value from 1950 through 1970. But under the Nixon inflation, and giant sales of grains to the Soviet Union and Communist China, soybean prices are out of this world." Despite that, foreign buyers arent disturbed by the pricing explosion. After the recent dollar devaluations, plus additional drops in UJ. dollar values in trading markets, foreign users of trade and will take as much as soybeans are enjoying a price-cthey can get as soon as Washington revokes the export controls. A-bo- Site Located 20-ye- ar For Court Center (UPI) - The' the directors WASHINGTON National of board of Center for State Courts selected Williamsburg, Va.; as the site for its The international trade winds.say the small Arab countries have Uncle Sam (the United States) over a barrel. With only 6 per cent of the worlds population, the United States consumes 33 per cent of its energy and is now the worlds leading importer of oil. And the U.S. is increasing its annual use y demand equal to the entire daily 1.1 output of Algeria, or about half the daily output of Libya, or half that of Nigeria. Saudi Arabia is the only country capable of meeting the of the earths worlds growing needs. It sits on at least oil And Saudi reserves. has Arabia a population of only 44 proven million people. In 1972, world oil production totaled just under 53 million barrels a day. Daily consumption was 52.7 million. That left almost nothing for inventories. Thus the world oil supply-deman- d situation is in balance." y If Libya, with its 2.2 output were to turn off its taps, a world crunch would immediately hit. Thats why all nations are urging Saudi Arabia to allow its production to expand. But Arab country. brothers are saying: Dont do it! Saudi Arabia nova holds about $3V& Ullion in monetary reserves, plus a handsome sum of the money metal gold. Thus the. political pressure from Aiab countries for her not to increase oil America. output to bail cut permanent headquarters. The two year-ol- d organization, which is comprised of representatives from 50 states chosen by each judicial system, has been operating out of Washington and with leased space in Denver. The State Courts Center does million-barrel-a-da- one-quart- er research demonstration projects and acts as a clearing house of information for changing the state courts system, according to . California Judge Winslow Christian, the outgoing executive director. Williamsburg was among five million-barrel-a-da- sites under consideration for a national headquarters. The other four were Alexandria, Va., Philadelphia. Denver, and Salt Lake City. The Center for State Courts has four regional offices across the ty It is said there is a campaign on in Washington, by private interests plus a few members of Congress, for the United States and other countries to sell their gold on the free market. This would drive down the price of the metal, boost the dollar value in foreign exchange markets, and make a handsome profit for the U.S. Treasury. Also, foreign governments would make gold-sal- e profits. But monetary students don't agree. Their opinion is that world currencies must be tied to something of value, for balancing purposes; that the monetary metal gold is the established leader despite increased output and uses. For those who dont know, the Soviet Union has sold about 190 tons of gold since the turn of thp year, and especially in large amounts in the past couple of months. Unloading was in the open market In Zurich. It is expected to continue proportionately for the remainder of the year. country Boston University, St. Paul, Minn., Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, and Emory University in Atlanta. Court Approves Black Panther's Newspaper Sale . Bay State Bar Issues Fee (UPI) You wont find it oh the doors to their offices, posted BOSTON throughout but lawyers Massachusetts have within their booklet which grasp an eight-pag- e minimum you should tells them the pay for their services. The lawyers' price list has no official status, due. to court rulings barring the setting of rates. But it nevertheless has been distributed by the Massachusetts Bar Association l List to all its members. The list covers nearly every type of service a lawyer can offer to clients from appearances in federal courts to charges for mileage. The lawyers are not bound to stick to the ) - A FRANCISCO (UPI has Court judge granted a Superior will which preliminary injunction to sell allow the black panther party its newspapers on the streets of San SAN fee schedule, an association member pointed out, but it does give an idea of accepted fees. It's very useful, said one attorney, especially for those just beginning a practice. 0, 1966-6- 8. During a press conference yesterday Smith outlined his plans for the coming year: ' Francisco. The temporary injunction issued by Judge Ira Brown bars the San Francisco police or the district attorney's office from enforcing a police code section prohibiting solicitation of funds on the public streets without prior permission from the chief of police. Management from 1970-7He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and mi the board of trustees of the Citizen Conference on State Legislatures. During its two and a half days of session, the House of Delegates: Passed a resolution urging decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. It also 2. Delivery of legal services, especially development of new programs, including pro bono reitereated services utilizing individuals and law firms, to protect the public and of tenets the maintain professionalism. Legal specialization and legal clinics. He would like to see, he said, legal services available in shopping centers at prices people can afford. Protection of mental health. He will establish a committee in this area an action committee, not a study group. Judicial selection and improvement, including better judicial salaries. Most judges make less than most lawyers, he said, and we need the best minds in the judiciary. Fair trial-fre- e press. The rights must be balanced, he said, but the public has a right to know. He would urge local bars to develop training programs for reporters covering the courts. A study of the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and correct possible government abuses. This needs study, he said, adding that he has no solution. But he suggested the possibility of depoliticizing the office and possible separation of investigative and prosecutorial functions, with perhaps a separate official attorney to advise the President. In other comments, he said he favors and would like to reconcile the differences between the ABA Section of family law and the Uniform Law Commission on. marriage and divorce law reform. Smith was bom in Arcadia, Fla., July 28, 1917. He received his JD degree, with honors, from the University of Florida. He was a member of the Order of Coif, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Phi. The University presented him with its significant alumni award in 1966 and with an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1972. He has also received honorary degrees from several other universities. In 1969, Smith was the first of Annual the recipient of award Floridian distinguished , ut oil-thirs- States Smith was a member of the ABA Board of Governors in 1969-7a state delegate to the House of Delegates from 1968 to 1971 and a delegate of the Florida Bar from no-fa- ult its 1972 resolution deploring the use of marijuana and urging that an educational program be established to discourage the use of marijuana and other drugs which may be harmful. Passed a resolution urging repeal of laws punishing private sexual acts between consenting adults and abolution of legal restructions on access to contraceptives. Passed a resolution asking the President and the secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to defer implementation its of regulations regarding legal services until alternative adequate provisions can be made at either the state or federal level. Deferred until the 1974 mid-yemeeting action on proposed journalists shield legislation. Passed a resolution urging state bars to investigate promptly and take such disciplinary action as may be warranted against lawyers found guilty of violations of ethics and professional conduct. ar Deferred until the 1974 mid-yemeeting a recommendation of the standing committee on ethic and professional responsibility relating to group legal services. . ar Deferred until the 1974 mid-yemeet action on the proposed resolution relating to class actions. ar Deferred until the 1974 midyear meeting action on a proposal by the young lawyers section relating to the rights of single persons. Passed a resolution to change (he name of the criminal law section to the criminal justice section. Passed a resolution which would authorize ABA sections and committees to express their views to Congress. Passed an assembly resolution asking study of methods of electing the Florida State Chamber of the vice president of the United Commerce in recognition of his States. contribution to the revision and Deferrred until 1974 mid-yea- r Florida of the present adoption meeting action on the Uniform constitution. Marriage and Divorce Act and the He served as president of the Uniform Residential Landlord-TenaFlorida Bar in 1964-6- 5 and on its Act. board of governors from 1958-65- . He was president of the National Rejected the Uniform Public Conference of Bar Presidents from Assembly Act. 1968-69- , a director and member of The delegates also took action on the Executive Committee of the numerous resolutions involving American Judicature Society from technical and mathousekeeping 1965-7and a member of the board ters, and cm amendments to the ABA of trustees of the Institute for Court constitution and nt 2, by-law- J s. .V . |