Evening star., 1932-10-16
YOUNG URGES BAR
. TOPLAN PROGRESS
Professions Relation to Eco
nomic Conditions Discussed
at Closing Session.

70 look forward to the future Of the law
In relation to business to bring about
economic betterment.
There is no use talking about eco
nomic planning unless you provide.
either in advance Of 1t or contem-
poraneously, legal planning" the noted
New York business leader emphasized
in his speech, delivered at dinner at
the Mayflower, which concluded the
fifty-f1fth annual meeting OF the as
sociation.
Newton Wesley Rowell, president OF the
Canadian Bar Association, the assocl-
alton heard the assertion that the
policy, enunciated by Secretary OF State
Stimson, Of refusing to recognize terri
torial gains made by force Of arms, was
"a declaration of paramount significance
and Importance to all interested in the
cause of world peace"
Solidarity for World.
He said further that ''the recognition
of world solidarity and OF the neces-
sity Of international cooperation in
political affairs must be extended to
economic affairs if the world is to es-
cape from the present economic distress
and paralysis"
A crowd that filled the ball room of
the Mayflower Hotel and overf1owed
into balconies and promenade attend
ed the session that witnessed the trans
fer of the presidency of the Bar Asso-
ciation from Guy A. Thompson OF st.
Louis to Clarence e. Martin Of Mar
tinsburg, W. Va.
Speaking also were Associate Justice
Owen J. Roberts of the United States
Supreme Court; Washington F. Lille
ston, Wichita, Kans., lawyer, and Frank
J. Hogan, president of the District OF
Columbia Bar Association.
Developments Are Reviewed.
Justice Roberts reviewed the de-
velopment of the court in the past 10O
years; from Mr.. Hogan came plea that
the Bar Association should point to
the necessity that the profession give
heed to the increasing tendency TO
invade and violate constitutional rights
under color of governmental power;
Mr. LiIleston urged thought on the
problems of the day, and the enlistment
Of leaders who will strengthen the
Republic.
Mr.. Rowell was one Of three dis
tinguished foreign barristers who ad-
dressed the convention. His two as
Sociates from other lands, the Marquis
of Reading, former British Ambassador
to the United States, and Paul Rey-
maud, French statesman. were present
last night, as was Chief Justice Hughes.
May I say that no sounder or saner
declaration was made at the recent
Imperial Economic Conference at
Ottawa than that there could be no
return of permanent prosperity to the
nations of the British Commonwealth
SO long as the rest of the world con-
tinued to suffer in the present world
wide economic depression" Mr.. Roweu
said
While we all recognize that the
world is passing through period OF al
most unprecedented political and eco
. nomic distress and strain, believe that
there are some very encouraging fea-
lures in the situation" he added. He
, cited as one of the most notable de-
! velopments during the present year as
+ 1.-The operation and Interpretation of
p, the Kellogg-Briand peace pacts.'
The declaration Of your Government
on January 7 last that 1t would not
recognize any situation, treaty or agree
ment which might be brought about by
means contrary to the the covenant
and obligations of the past of Paris
was a declaration by your Government
that it believed that this sanction at
least would operate for violation Of
the pact"
Stimson Speech Referred To.
Rowell then referred to Secretary
Stimson's speech in New York on Au-
gust 7, pointing out that the Kellogg
Pact had outlawed war and "all exist
ing ideas of neutrality which were based
on the theory that war was lawful
means of settling international disputes,
have largely become obsolete"
May express my entire concurrence
in the view so clearly and forcibly
I,,,N NE- - +, IAI
ing, 1T is Of real importance to Can
ada
Rowen said another notable event
was the appointment of the Lytton
Commission on the Sino-Japanese dis
pute and added that no matter what
the final action may be in respect of
this report, the fact that it has been
made, the circumstances under which
it has been made and the terms of the
report itself constitutes great advance
in international cooperation for the
peaceable settlement of international
disputes
'One cannot too earnestly hope that
1t may provide basis upon which
both China and Japan may cooperate
in establishing peace and good un-
derstanding in the Far East" he said.
Mr.. Young deprecated the fact that
"lawyers will work days and weeks and
months patiently and exhaustively, de-
veloping facts and studying the law
applicable to them when matters are in
litigation. while they do not, as rule.
put anything like the same time and
effort, the same care and work or the
same thoroughness in qualifying them
selves to give advice on the future"
The noted financier said business is
moving to new fields with unparalleled
rapidity, and unless the processes of
the law are correspondingly quickened
the distance between them will increase.
"At some other time I should like to
suggest for consideration the fornla-
ton of official advisory planning groups
for the law, both in Federal and State
government Such groups could CO.
ordinate and unity our existing rules
and diminish the confusion which arises
from the addition of many thousands of
legislative acts every few years. AS
business becomes integrated in the Ma
ton, we must have either more uniform
in Washington.
I'VE are experiencing now some of
the disasters to National credit struc-
ture which rests on the banking laws of
49 different sovereignties. Indeed, 1t Is
not enough to do it in the domestic
field alone. Business is crying for more
integrated rules throughout the world
on all basic economic activities"
Young told his auditors "the peace of
the world and particularly its stability
depend more on the sound adjustment
of commonplace relationships than on
the mighty assertions of generalities. ="
Continuing he said:
But dealing with common things
means work For example, the co-ordi-
nation of the world credit structure and
the unification of the rules governing 1t
is the affirmative counterpart Of dis
armament. We should arm the world
economically to fight poverty and dis
tress at the same time that we disarm
her physically In that planning pro-
gram the lawyers must play an impor-
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