Evening star., 1938-12-04
Hogan among Great Lawyers"

private law practice.
Hogan among Great Lawyers"
Frank Hogan is one OF the great
lawyers of America" declared the
Attorney General You can ex-
haust the vocabulary of praise and
say nothing equal to that. He is a
great friend. He has the capacity
to move through life and make peo-
pie happier He is the type of man
who makes it easier for his fellows
to get along. He has made it easier
for me as Attorney General. These
few simple words come directly from
my heart, as they are from expert
ence. I knew de would grace the
post OF president of the American
Bar Association with dignity and ef-
ficiency and would mark his term of
Office with vigor and vision No mat
ter what fate may have in store for
Frank Hogan, hell never get beyond
the reach of our affection"
The Attorney General highly
praised Justice Bolitha J. Laws, the
newest jurist on the bench of Dis
trict Court here and until recently
president Of the local Bar Associa-
ton. He said he found in the lead
ers of the bar the spirit of states
manship.' The Attorney General
spoke of the divergent interests"
that have hitherto existed between
'the government as expressed by the
wishes of the people" and the law
yers.
Justice Laws pointed out that At
torney General Cummings has
held his high position longer than
any man except one in American
history Mr.. Cummings himself ex-
planned that he has been the Gov
ernment's chief law officer longer
than any man with the exception of
William Writ of Virginia, who served
rs Attorney General in the admin
istration of James Monroe and John
Quincy Adams. Mr.. Cummings has
been Attorney General since March
4. 1888. and proposes to retire next
month.
Elaborate Program.
Mr.. Hogan was honored with
songs, speeches, skits, music and
movies. Godfrey L. Munter, presi-
dent of the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, presented q
set Of resolutions to Mr.. Hogan in
which the American Bar Association
heads keen sense of justice" his
diligence in service, high patriotism
OF ttrih 1o,1
A woman singer presented Mr. Ho-
gan with bunch of red roses. Pres
ent as a special guest of Mr.. Hogan
was his old friend, Frederic William
Vile, news commentator of The
Star. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, new
head of the District National Guard,
as chairman of the Testimonial
Committee, presented Mr.. Hogan
with set of resolutions. praising
his service to the legal profession
and the District and Nation gen.
orally.
In the flag -bedecked banquet hall,
the proceedings, arranged by COM
mittee, headed by Justice Laws for
mer law partner Paul B. Cromelin,
ran for nearly five hours. Marine
Corps buglers signaled the start of
the program, which included The
Spirit of '76,' the singing of THE
Star Spangled Banner" the invoca-
ton by Rev. Francis E. Lucey, reg
ent of Georgetown Law School: the
singing of America" and benedic-
ton by Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
president of Georgetown University,
Of which Mr. Hogan was a graduate
and professor.
Mr.. Hogan humorously referred
to the president Of the American
Bar Association as "a perambulat-
ing victrola," declared that 1T is a
great day for the Irish; told At
torney General Cummings that he
hopes Congress will speedily enact
legislation turning over to the judic-
tary control of its own finances and
permit the rule-making power in
criminal cases to repose in the Su-
preme Court-courses the Cabinet
ohicer has advocated.
He added that the bar is whole
heartedly behind you" in this effort,
In addressing Mr.. Cummings. He
said that revamping of the criminal
procedure would keep step with the
new Rules Of Civil Procedure, which
Mr.. Cummings was instrumental in
having Congress adopt, after a fight
extending over quarter Of q CEN
tury.
Pays Tribute to Cummings.
IT have found no lawyer fairer,
no department more efficient than
I have with Homer S. Cummings"
declared Mr. Hogan.
Mr.. Hogan said that he differed
vitality with the Attorney General
on some great public questions, but
prophesied that Mr.. Cummings will
60 down in history as one of the
great Attorney Generals of this
country.
Seventy per cent of the leadership
Of the public today is in the hands
Of the legal profession, as evidenced
by those elected to public Office. de-
clared Mr.. Hogan, in combating
the idea that the lawyers are losing
their hold, adding that there are
some 175,000 members of the bar
in the United States. Twenty-four
Of the Presidents, he said. were law
yers and all the other walks of life
combined produced only seven. Since
the Grant administration, he de-
clared, there have been only two
non-lawyer Presidents. Mr.. Hogan
laid down three qualifications for a
good lawyer-fidelty to the cause
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