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American Bar Association Will
Recommend Ratification, In
Guiding League.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

st. Louis. Aug. 4.-Ratification of the
peace treaty, including the League OF
| Nations covenant, without amendments,
will be recommended at the convention of
the American Bar Association here,
August 25 to 81, inclusive. The recon-
mendation will be in the majority report
of special committee appointed to con-
slider the treaty.
The committee which signed the report
was composed of Edgar A. Bancroft OF
Chicago, William III. Wadhams OF New
York, and the late Frederick n. Judson OF
this city.
Charles Blood Smith of Topeka, Kan,
and Henry St. George Tucker of Lexing-
ton, Va, will present a minority report, IN
which they assert they are unable to
concur" with the majority committee.
Sections of reports to be presented at
the convention have been received by
members of the local arrangements com
mittee. The reports treat OF various sub
iects.
"Your committee is of the opinion that
the treaty, including the proposals for a
League of Nations, should be ratified with
out amendment" the majority report on
the treaty declares. The world is ANXIOUS
to return to a more settled condition
which awaits the termination OF the great
war. If amendments are proposed by the
United States, other governments would
undoubtedly propose amendments, ana ~
is unlikely that second conference could
produce a more satisfactory treaty.
'1t is particularly fitting that the
United States should support the pro-
posal for this league. The league is based
upon our own experience in federation OF
states enjoying liberty and peace. II has
been our high destiny to join with our
allies In preventing the destruction oil
liberty and establishing it as the governing
principle In the life of the states.
Upon entering the war we expressed 1T
as our desire and purpose to secure not
only for ourselves, but for all nations OF
the world, an enduring peace, based upon
those principles of liberty and of justice
which we enjoy. The league is organized
for that purpose. Should the United
States refuse to enter the league, it would
defeat its organization; should the United
States join, it gives the best assurance OF ITS
success.
Dealing with the subject of amend
ments and reservations, the report
iterates that amendments are destructive
to the pact, and emphasizes that only
interpretative reservations should be
permitted.
Another suEStSts tiidb tAe SASS
ton of the President of the Unite States
and his inauguration be brought nearer to-
gether and that the short session OF the
old Congress be abandoned.
The interval between the election and
inauguration of a President, this report de
clares, is serious evil, fraught with
much danger, because, If an admlnlstra-
ton is discredited by popular vote OF
want of confidence, the prestige Of the
goven ment at home and abroad IS
weakened and there is danger OF humllIa-
tion and disaster to the Republic. Inc
report does not recommend any other date
for the election or the inauguration.
Recommendation that the making OF
rules for the conduct of aviation be held IN
allowance until airplanes become more
numerous, is set forth in another report.
The committee on international Law
will present a report which states that,
after outlining developments OF the recon-
struction period, it finds little TO record
of wise and final adjustment or OF COM
plete accord" Commenting on the meet
ing of the organization committee OF the
Permanent Court OF international
Justice under the League of Nations, the
report saws: "At last a body distinctly
legal, body of our cloth and profession, Is
seeking, and is given an opportunity to
organize international justice and prepare
for its enforcement in the world.
A large number OF prominent speakers
are expected to address the association,
including Sir Auckland Geddes, British
Ambassador to the United States; Frank
lin X Lane, former Secretary of the In
terror; Albert j. Beveridge, OF Indiana,
former United States Senator, and Judge
Ben B. Lindsey OF Denver. Hampton l..
Carson of Philadelphia, is president of the
association.
Sections of the association will meet
simultaneously with the parent organiza-
ton as follows: Comparative law, judicial
section, legal education, patent, trade
mark and copywright law, and public
utility law.
A number of important allied bodies
also will meet here in conjunction with
the convention. They include the Nation
al Conference of Commissioners on Uni
form Laws, Conference of delegates from
State and local bar associations, Associa-
ton of American Law Schools, and the
National Association of Attorneys-Gen-
eral.