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Show I ATTORNEYS I FEABRECAIX fll? Bar Association In Con-m Con-m vention Condemns Un-j Un-j seating of Judge l E Milwaukee, Aug. 2S. Fifty-four M I lawyers, with at least ono from each 1 1 I 8tate toda-v completed for presonta-IIJI presonta-IIJI tion in the American Bar association I" , a report denouncing as "dangerous to X tie country" all movements for the i recall of judges or of Judicial deci-I deci-I sions. The report cites that in Ohio i the constitutional convention dcclln-g dcclln-g ed to apply the principle of recall to 3 the judges, but provides that laws jjg should be passed for the prompt re- moval on complaint and hearing of f Judges for any misconduct involving 6 moral turpitude. This, the report points out, substantially Is the ays-R ays-R tern used in Massachusetts, New York and other states, while besides Callr fornla and Oregon, where the Judi-J Judi-J cial recall exists, the other states fi which have taken action looking to t the recall are Arizona. Colorado, Ne-R Ne-R vada and North Dakota. In the lat-l' lat-l' ter states, the report asserts, the bar t associations have started a vigorous p campaign to Induce the people not 'to support the recall. It is pointed out j that many state bar apsoclations have I formally denounced the recall, j Report Is Signed. I Those who signed the report in- 1 elude Frank B Kellogg, Minnesota; 1 William B. Hornblower, New York, Frank E. Gova. Colorado, while Ja-f Ja-f cob M. Dickinson, former secretary of '3L war, Is named as one of those who f originated the committee 't o expose the fallacy of judicial recall " I "We recognize that there are de fects In the administration of justice," ; says the committee's report, "as there arc In all branches of government - ; which are of necessity subject to the j ; limitations of human infirmity. Those ( i defects which have called for reforms ' consist principally of delays and ex-i ex-i penso incident to trials in the federal ' and many of the stale courts "These defects it Is the duty of all lawyers to use their influence to remedy. rem-edy. The Judges of the supreme court of the United States have tnken steps. ; to reform the rule.t of practice in the federal courts and have called upon the bars of the country for sugges- I; tions. Without exception the commit tee of the bar throughout the coun-k coun-k try haB recommended the 6impllfica-w 6impllfica-w tion of practice so as to expedite bus-ff bus-ff Inons and sae expeneo to litigants." mL Law Fa Recponstblc. pa -Be-clarln Iike. rtne,r than Judges'" pwfc'-'jesponsible for delays-and 'expense of t n"ocedure the report continues; I "We maintain that the recall ap- f plied to Judges will tend to deprive I the public of judges of ability, char-f char-f ncter, high sense of duty and a due fj regard to enlightened public sentl-1 w. ment and that such a judiciary is ah- I t solutely necessary to the existence of ! I a constitutional democracy I "The application of the recall to an ordinary official maj bo a question of w expediency, but it is not fundamcntal- ly wrong. To apply it to the judi- clary is In violation of those principles princi-ples of government which ages of experience ex-perience have demonstrated to be wise. In the states and in the fod- j eral government we have the right of I impeachment and in several of the states the right of removal of a Judge 1 by the legislature. If the right of Impeachment Im-peachment Is not sufficient, an adequate ade-quate remedy can be created for the removal for conduct inconsistent with his office after complaint and an opportunity op-portunity to be 'heard in his defense. In this way the independence of the Judiciary Is maintained and a Judge is removed simply for incapacity or misconduct in office." Question of Color. Ten minutes wa6 the time devoted by the association to the settlement of the question whether negro lawyers should be admitted to membership. A resolution presented by Mr. Dickinson was adopted providing that hereafter when a negro is nominated for membership mem-bership his race must be Indicated to the executive committee Attorney General Wickersham said the resolution created a permanent member of William H. Lewis, an assistant as-sistant to the attorney general, who t with two other negro lawyers had f beon unseated by the executive com-I com-I tnittce because of their race Mr. ' Lewis. Butler R. Wilson, Boston, and f William R. Morris, Minneapolis, were j then said to be remlarly seated. t Opposes Child Labor. Tfaviug approved a model uniform law intended for adoption by all the L states to prohibit the employment J of children under certain ages, the American Bar association discovered ! today that it had gone on record again6t the use in any part of the country of "caddies" under 14 years old. The proposed law as offered by '" .Walter George Smith of Pennsylva- nia, provides thai no child less than f 14 years of ago shall be prcmltted to work In or about, among other places, 'any hoarding house, barber shop, laundry, garage, place of amusement or club." and although it was not Intended In-tended to refer to caddies. Mr. Smith explained, every effort would be made to have the model law generally adopted. |