Evening star., 1923-08-31
SANER IS EXPECTED
TO HEAD LAWYERS
Texan Leading for Bar As.
sociation President at Clos
:: ing Session Today.
By the Assoela ted Press.

4 MINNEAPOLIS. MIMI. August
sBI-Participatfon of the United
Estates in the Permanent Court ~
slnternational Justice at The
Hague was indorsed by the Amer
jean Bar Association mt the closing
sAessions Of it's annual convention
here today.
eAIINNEAP0LIS, Mimi. August 31-
Election of officers was the outstand-
Ing event on the program of the
dosing session of the American Bar
vention here today, with presentation
Of additional reports the only other
remaining business.
Members of the general council,
made up of one representative from
each state and territory, met at 3
am. today to decide on a candidate
for president to be recommended TO
cessor to President John w. Davis Of
New York.
Progress made in the reStatement
OF the common law. undertaken by
the American Law Institute. was out
lined by William Draper Lewis. di-
rector of the institute. in an address
10 the convention at the opening Of
the final session.
: Report on World Court.
Another point of interest today
was the report of the executive COM
mittee on the resolution of George
nty ~,
eral, declaring the association in fa-
vor of participation by the United
States in the Permanent Court of In
ternationaI Justice. at The Hague.
This resolution. presented yesterday
and referred to the executive commit
tee, declared the association believes 8
"our government should adhere to the
protocol and concur in the one set
forth by the President of the United
States in his message to the Senate
on February "a 1928"
Sentiment among members of the
general council as expressed by their
meeting seemed to indicate the selec-
tion of r. E. L. Saner of Dallas, Tex,
Approval by the general council for
the past ten years has been tanta
mount to election. The convention
election was set for noon today.
Discuss Hughes Speech.
Prominent members of the associa-
tion, including justices of the United
States Supreme Court and visiting
distinguished foreign jurists, still
were commenting today on the exposi-
tion of the Monroe doctrine presented
in an address last night by Secretary
of State Hughes. 1t confirmed the
belief that the policies of the Hard
ing administration toward South
America would be carried out by
President Coolidge.
The Monroe doctrine. Secretary
Hughes declared, is a policy Of self
defense and not aggression; and as
this policy Is "distinctively the policy
of the United States. the government
of the United States reserves to It
self it's definition. Interpretation and
application. :.
the American Law Institute today,
declared it's purpose is to make what
we know as our common law clearer
simpler and better adapted TO tne
needs Of life, and in this way TO
preserve. our system Of developing
and administering law from breaking
down under the ever-increaS1ng &C
emulation of recorded cases.
Adoption of a code of ethics for
the legal profession should be~pre-
ceded by thorough consideration by
The parties affected, Chief Justice w.
II. Taft declared yesterday when
presenting to the association the
report on judicial ethics. Justice
Taft. as chairman of the committee
which prepared the report, presented
IL with the recommendation tnat the
committee be continued while action
ON the canons and ethics be post
poned. His recommendations were
adopted.
The bar can no longer be charged
with neglecting the interest or poor
litigants, Reginal Heber Smith, chair
man of the committee on legal ala
work, reported to the annual meeting
Of the association today.
In the past year the number OF
legal aid association has increased
until now there are forty such orgari-
nish lawyers services to poor persons.
In 1922 more than $4,000 persons
received such assistance.
See Too Many New Laws.
The American bar should give at
tention to the appalling number OF
bills which become laws during legis-
tative sessions" the committee on
noteworthy changes in statute law
reported to the association today.
The report was presented by Joseph
=. Chamberlain. chairman Of the COM
mittee.
Uniform campaigns and concerted
action demanding that congressional
committees report on bills designed
TO modernize and make uniform the
procedure in the courts was recon-
mended in the report by the commit
tee on uniform judicial procedure, OF
which Thomas Wall Shelton is chair
man. The report declared the same
bills previously approved by the as
Bociation will be introduced again in
Congress in December, and says 'it is
only necessary for the committee to
report
The bill which 1t is desired to make
law has for its purpose giving to
Supreme Court of the United States
the authority to make rules govern
ing the entire procedure In cases at
law to the same extent that 1t now
has power to regulate the procedure
in equity and admiralty and the bank
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