Show WIDER SCOPE IN LAWYERS LAWYER'S DUTIES URGED Members of State Bar Asked to Assume Leade Leadership ship in Economic Crises Move to take the Judiciary out of politics politics' won an opening victory at at the Friday afternoon session of the Utah State Bar A resolution praising D. D N X retiring chief Justice of of the Utah supreme court wax was unanimously adopted It was presented presented presented pre pre- by Bl B Ben I. I L. L Rich of Salt Lake City and imd c called the present judicial system a p political l foot loot ball balk Three hundred d members r of the Utah state stale bar meeting in third annual annual an an- nual convention at the Hotel Utah Friday were told all other lother opportunities opportunities of o the profession are overshadowed overshadowed overshadowed over over- shadowed by present ones ones' to discharge discharge discharge dis charge broader duties to the nation This message was vas carri carried d to the membership by Sa Samuel uel C. C Powell of ot Ogden president of or the bar in his hi ann annual al address sS at the opening morning morning morn morri ing meeting The remainder of or the morning was occupied with committee commit commit- tee reports which also extended into the afternoon s 's session l n. n Interest centered around a report by Dean F. F Brayton chairman of ot a special committee recommending r re re- Picture on Pare Page 6 moval of the judiciary from politics through appointment rather than thID el tion Several groups expressed opposition to the proposal l and an argument nt loomed as as s the report reached the floor to for d discussion c late t ti i in the afternoon During the last several ev yea years we have been goi going through a period a-period unparalleled un un- un p paralleled in the ty of Dl t tb the he e world Mr Powell said aid This period of oft 0 near near hysteria v no now seems see j to have passed and hod the we weare art are I entering will of necessity be of ot r rc re reconstruction reconstruction c construction which will require further further fur fur- ther titer social and economic changes Need for Clear Thinking I There is need for lor clear and effective effective tive thinking What men are better equipped eq and trained to o formulate and effect these changes than the law law- Continued on Pace Paste Two LAWYERS URGED TO MORE DUTIES State Bar Members Asked to I Take Leadership in Economic Crisis Continued from Pare Pace One The history of the profession Into In Jn relation to development of the United Unit d States Stales shows that when our institutions lions needed remodeling or there waa was wa wasa a necessity for devising new ones the ideas necessary for promoting these changes came largely from the bar barThe barThe barThe The members of ol the profession mus must assume this responsibility and leadership leader ship during this transitory p period Mr Powell yell re reviewed d th the org iza- iza lions Hons o of integrated bars oars in n various states stales and described such steps as the last thought in the perfection o oan or of oran an association of the lc legal al pi sion slon The advantages of or an incorporated bar are arc app apparent rent he said It is FO so o constituted that the bar governs itself it self placing the responsibility for the conduct of ol its members squarely upon themselves Urges Closer Contact I I recommend a closer contact by bythe bythe bythe the Utah state bar with the American Bar association I believe much good can come to our bar bat and md its members b by y such relationship Members of the legal legill profession sion have yet the value of oC collective action Mr Powell said that an advantage of an incorporated bar in obtaining higher ethical and legal standards leads eads to consideration of the much publicIzed unethical and unscrupulous bus lous ous lawyer We UWe c cannot deny we have the unethical unethical unethical un un- ethical and unscrupulous lawyer among us he said However it jt is time ime the public should pause and investigate in in- the true character of the members of the profession before making statements condemning the profession in toto because of the acion action ac- ac tion ion of a few who unfortunately have been admitted to practice and are arc unworthy un un- worthy of oC the profession He declared the thc bar is utilizing all the he Dower at its command to remove such such uch individuals Reviews 1934 1 Activities Reviewing 1934 bar activities he declared the members agreed to concentrate con con- efforts on two objectives enactment en- en of a uniform criminal code and an improved method for the selection t ion tion of ol judges I L. L M. M Cummings secretary of the bar jar reported an increase of 16 mem mem- bers jers to a total of during the year ear Of f the group are active members Mr Ir Cummings said and are residents resi resi- dents of the state The association examined 46 cants of which 23 were passed Two disbarments were ordered during the I year ear with one disbarment and two s suspensions pending in the supreme court Mr Cummings said The address of welcome was given by y W W. Hal Farr president of the Salt alt Lake City and County Bar Bat asso asso- I elation who urged a body blow to t those hose lose who would destroy traditional American ideals I UI wish you Godspeed in the work t to o be accomplished he said and andeel andeel f eel feel sure that the members of the thear bar ar will hold to our traditional American Amer- Amer i ican can ideals and will continue to deliver dever de- de l liver iver ver a body blow to those who would destroy those ideals and American institutions in- in and substitute Socialism communism bolshevism bols radicalism and other isms that are sapping the l ife life blood of ot a great people and a powerful nation for lor liberty and democracy democracy de de- de- de Mr Brayton's report on the judi judi- ciary Sary was essentially ally the same as M presented pre pre- presented at the convention a year ago including appointment of supreme court ourt and district judges by the gov gov- from a list submitted by the state late bar There was some opposition at t that time tirre according to Mr Brayton Brayon Brayton Bray- Bray ton on and a a larger committee was named amed to work out a proposal The same plan was approved and presented present present- ed Friday Opposition was reported growing at t the morning meeting and by late afternoon when the report reached the tie convention floor several groups were understood to have formulated definite protests A second Important report prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared by a committee under the chairmanship chairmanship chair chair- manship of Carl A. A Badger and containing containing con con- taming revolutionary changes in the criminal code was delayed until af af- while Mr Badger conferred with the She entire committee over a preliminary pre- pre report of of a subcommittee The pie entire two hour morning meeting Saturday is to be given over to a dis dis- of this report Growing sentiment was as reported for lor or a proposal to increase the supreme court ourt appropriation in order to provid provide pro pro- vid vide a trained assistant for each justice jus jus- ice tice Chairman J. J A. A Howell of the jUdicial council favored such a program program pro pro- gram in a report at the morning ng meeting while a a resolution from the fifth district recommending support of such a program was placed before the he convention during the afternoon Mr Howell congestion lion ion of business and intolerable delays delays de- de lays ays in the supreme court to the fact that hat the court has more business han can be disposed of with dispatch dispatch dis- dis patch atch under present conditions His recommendation of a committee to follow ollow up the proposal at the next legislature was wg accepted Chairman R. R A. A McBroom of or the committee ommittee on relations relation with trust ported reported that while there is 15 is still some come difficult difficulty Utah is much better in in this respect than some other states tales A tightening of legal requirements for or the practice of ot law in n Utah was advocated b by Sam D. D Thurman in the he report on admissions to the bar He pointed out more than 50 pe per c ent nt of applicants fall fail in state bar examinations and that the situation c can cin n be remedied only by lessening t he the e e examination requirements or Lightening legal requirements The latter he s 's said id do not even include a high school education Robert Rolert 1 L. L Judd reported the success suc sue cess of the special committee on the circuit court of appeals in bringing to o U Utah h a session of the court and recommended appointment of a stand- stand in tag ng committee to continue this pro- pro gram ram Memorials were read for lor five bar members r who died during 1934 after a report by Allan S S. S vied vice I J. J 7 I president They were Russell G. G Lucar Lucas Lu Lu- cas car b by Mr Judd F. F S S. S Richards by S. S R. R Thurman W. W R. R Hutchinson Sr by y Wallace B. B Kelly Samuel P. P Cowey Cowley Cow- Cow Icy ley ey by Scott P. P Dahlquist E. E A. A Bonnelli by E. E L. L Shields Additional committee reports discussed discussed dis cussed in luncheon meetings were reported reported re reo re- re ported to the convention during the afternoon Unfinished business will wm occupy the time Ime in two meetings Saturday with the convention scheduled to close with a dinner at 7 p. p m. m Saturday James Grafton Rogers of the University University University sity will be guest speaker speak speak- er and William H. H Leary dean of the University of Utah school o of law will a act at t as toastMaster 1 |