Evening star., 1933-09-01
EVANS OF KANSAS
TO HEAD j. S. BAR
Election as President Con-
ceded Following Nomina-
tion by Association.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. September
| Earl w. Evans of Wichita, Kans.,
was nominated for the presidency of the
American Bar Association here today
by the organizations general council.
His election, scheduled for later in the
afternoon from the convention floor,
was conceded
The council renominated John H.
voorhees, of Sioux Falls, S. OAK, for
reelection as treasurer and William P.
McCracken, jr, of Washington, former
Assistant Secretary OF Commerce in
charge of aeronautics, for reelection as
secretary.
Hogan for Executive Group.
Three new members of the bars
council, were Harry P. Lawther of
Dallas. Tex. Fred Stinchfield of
Minneapolis and Frank J. Hogan,
Washington.
The nominations for vice presidents
of the various bar circuits follow:
First circuit, Leslie P Snow. New
Hampshire; second circuit, Charles H.
Strong, New York City: third circuit,
John P. Nields of Wilmington. Del ;
fourth circuit. Solicitor General j.
Crawford Bits. Raleigh. N. c.; fifth
circuit, George H. Terriberry, New Or
leans; sixth, Oscar c. Hull. Detroit
seventh, r. Allan Stephans. Springfield.
Ill: eighth, Jesse A. Miller, Des
Moines. Iowa; ninth, Charles A. Boards
, ley. San Francisco; tenth, William C.
Klnkead, Cheyenne. Wyo.
Bar Reassured.
The association swung into the final
session of its annual convention here
today, reassured by Washington that
no recovery plan is contemplated which
will set aside the fundamental law of
the land
The danger of a disagreement be-
tween the bar and the administration
passed last night when Homer S. Cum
mings. United States Attorney General,
went before the delegates and declared
that the Government has no intention
OF trespaSSlng on the rights of the
States in its fight against the under
world
There is no purpose to supersede by
Federal activities the activities of State
and local government" the Attorney
General said in a brief reference to All
issue which had aroused some of the
delegates Wednesday. His assertion
drew vigorous applause.
Issues Formal Statement.
The Attorney General. a few hours
before he addressed the convention. had
issued formal statement that the ad-
minlstration is planning no compulsory
liberalization Of law enforcement
agencies. Such a plan had been pro-
posed Wednesday by Pat Malloy. as
sistant United States Attorney Gen
eral, in an address to the convention
Attorney General Cummings spoke of
the plan as hopeful aspect Of vol
untary cooperation, but emphasized
that the Government does not antici-
pate any compulsory measures along
that line
Cummings defended the constitution
ality of the administrations recovery
program after United States Senator
Patrick A. McCarran Of Nevada had de-
nounced the program as IAN avalanche
that sweeps away the structure fought
for and reared by the great Jefferson
and his adherentS."
In these great investitureS of power
the rights of the sovereign States have
been minimiZed. if not entirely lost
Senator McCarran charged.
The Attorney General. on the other
hand asserted that the law of the
land is still the law of the land" and
declared that the Constitution has met
the test of the emergency and is march
ing with the need of the times"
Organic Law Upheld.
Emergency legislation" Attorney
General Cummings explained, lis recog-
nized as such by the Government and
must be and will be exercised within
the letter and the spirit of the organic
law
Congress has neither abdicated nor
shirked its rights or its duties: it has
functioned patriotically and efficiently
to meet a national crisis. What is real
ly happening is not an alteration in the
established form or texture Of Govern