Show lAWYERS FEEL MACHINE AGE AOE Kept Attorney Does Docs I His Boss's Bidding Bar Is Told BUFFALO DUFFALO N. N Y Aug 30 By By ByThe The Associated Press A A machine age has usurped the former individualism IndIvidualism and authority of oC the American bar jar Nathan William MacChesney Chicago attorney today told the con- con conference conference ference of bar association delegates of which he is chairman The bar has always been composed of men of strong Individualities dualities ha he said The Themen Themen Themen men in it have gloried in their in In- In It is no longer loncer true CONDITIONS CO CHANGE The time was when the executive hat in hand humbly sought confer confer- conference ence ente with the distinguished lawyer who acted as his counsel coun el Today the same executive is quite as opt apt to punch the bell and ask to have counsel step In A lawyer friend of mine full time counsel for a II great corpora corpora- corporation corporation tion lion crudely referred to himself in a n public address one day as a kept at attorney at- at attorney attorney torney no longer master of his own destiny The Ideal position for the lawyer Is to be able to tell his Ws client without embarrassment what he should and ought to do not to be in a position where he has to do what he is told by the client cHent what hat he wants done LAW OBSERVANCE Referring to the lack of observance of the law by members of the bar Mr MacChesney said that the attorney general of ot the United States speaking recently before the Pennsylvania state bar association deplored the flippant and Jeering attitude toward the law lawon lawon lawon on the part of the public He said You cannot constantly day after aCter day treat the antics of the opium user useras useras useras as a funny spectacle the smuggler as asa asa asa a hero and the officers who ho under under- undertake undertake undertake take to prevent pre the smuggling as snoopers snoop rs smellers and so EO on without creating in the minds of the thought thought- thoughtless less lesa the impression that officials of the law arc snoopers and 2nd gumshoe artists worthy of opposition The nation should be able to look to the bar for the maintenance of or order or- or order der and the enforcement of law If It It cannot do so so it is a rudderless ship adrift in a storm |