The President: FIFTH SESSION. Thursday, August 26, 1920, 8 P. M. Very nearly a quarter of a century ago I had the good fortune to make a friend of the distinguished speaker of tonight, and we have been warm personal friends ever since. He has served this country well in distinguished positions, the senatorial toga rested gracefully upon his shoulders, and after he withdrew from the Senate he made a study of American interests in the Orient and equipped himself with knowledge of the conditions. He is one of those men tall enough to see the tops of distant thoughts, which men of common stature never see. Recently he has devoted his attention to a profound study of the life and career of the greatest jurist that the English-speaking world has produced and his great work has been recognized by standard critics as among the very few masterpieces of American biography. I have a great personal pleasure in presenting to you the author of the life of John Marshall-the Honorable Albert J. Beveridge, former Senator of the United States from Indiana. Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, then delivered his address entitled "The Attack on American Fundamentals." (See Appendix, page 188.) Committee on Legislative Drafting: William Draper Lewis, of Pennsylvania: The Committee on Legislative Drafting was directed by the Association in 1913 to prepare a manual of legislative drafting and submit it to the Association. Each year the committee has made a report. From time to time the committee has submitted portions of the material that has been collected. It has submitted. two tentative outlines of the manual on which we have been at work. The committee has now reached a position where we have a considerable amount of material on hand. That material I should say in fairness to Professor Freund, of the University of Chicago, has been in great part collected by him. He now feels, and the rest of the committee agree with him, that the time has come when the labor of the committee should come to an end. We are, as stated in the printed report, in a position to submit to you next year, if you desire it, a final report containing the manuscript of a manual for legislative drafting. The resolution which we ask you to pass is one directing the committee to do this. It reads as follows: "Resolved, That the Special Committee on Legislative Drafting be continued and directed to prepare a final report in accordance with the suggestions of the report submitted at this meeting, and that it submit such report to this Association." The resolution was then adopted. (For Report, see July Journal, page 503.) Adjourned until Friday at 10 A. M. The President: SIXTH SESSION. Friday, August 27, 1920, 10 A. M. The subject for discussion at this morning's session is the general subject of Legal Aid under four special topics. First, The Relation Between Legal Aid Work and the Administration of Justice, which will be discussed by Reginald Heber Smith, of Massachusetts. Second, Legal Aid Societies, Their Function and Necessity, which will be discussed by Charles Evans Hughes, of New York. Third, The Relation of Legal Aid to the Municipality, which will be discussed by Ernest L. Tustin, of Pennsylvania, and fourth, Justice without Cost for Parent and Child, by Ben B. Lindsey, of Colorado, after which there will be a general discussion of the subject. Introducing an author of a valuable work which appeared during the year under the auspices of the Carnegie Foundation, entitled "Justice and the Poor,” I take pleasure in presenting to you Reginald Heber Smith, of Boston. Reginald Heber Smith then delivered his address. (For Address, see Appendix, page 217.) The President: I have now the pleasure of introducing the President of the Legal Aid Society of New York-Charles Evans Hughes, of New York. Charles Evans Hughes then delivered his address. (For Address, see Appendix, page 227.) The President: I now take pleasure in introducing Ernest L. Tustin, of Philadelphia. Ernest L. Tustin then delivered his address. (For Address, see Appendix, page 236.) The President: I take pleasure now in presenting, because he requires no introduction, Ben B. Lindsey, of Colorado. Ben B. Lindsey then delivered his address. (For Address, see Appendix, page 247.) Secretary Kemp: I hold in my hand a copy of the new JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, which has now been adopted as a permanent feature of the Association. There are copies of this number at the office of the Secretary in the Hotel Statler. There will be a meeting of the new Executive Committee immediately after the adjournment of this afternoon's session. Mr. President, the General Council has submitted 24 additional names and has recommended their election as members of the Association. They were elected. Charles A. Boston, of New York: I have two motions, Mr. President, which I should like to make at this time. One of them-although we are to have another meeting this afternoon-is not in any wise premature. It is a motion in recognition of the wonderful manner in which we have been received in the city of St. Louis and in recognition of the welcome that has been extended to us. It is as follows: "In a spirit of heartfelt appreciation, we express our enthusiastic thanks for the hospitality which we have received in St. Louis. It has combined good fellowship and generosity with thoughtful consideration for the comfort and convenience of our members. From the address of welcome to the valedictory we have been heaped with genial kindness. "The hotels, the social clubs, the press, the Bar, the local reception committee, the citizens, the civic and business organizations have all united to make us feel the pleasure of our visit. To all we desire fervently to express our appreciation and to give our thanks. In particular to the St. Louis Country Club and the ladies who so politely welcomed us there, we are more than grateful. "We request the Chairman of the Local Reception Committee to transmit a copy of this evidence of our sentiment to each of those bodies so far as possible who have so graciously contributed to our pleasure, and we in turn shall carry with us to our respective homes a glowing and abiding recollection." I move the adoption of this resolution. The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Now, I have a second motion. I ask that this be referred without debate to the Committee on Commerce, Trade and Commercial Law of the American Bar Association. It is that that committee be requested to consider and report at the next annual meeting of this Association upon the further extension of the principle of commercial arbitration. The motion was carried. Julius Henry Cohen, of New York: I offer a resolution requesting the Executive Committee to publish the addresses on "Legal Aid" for distribution in a separate pamphlet apart from our regular year-book. The President: That suggestion, of course, is proper, and it may be referred to the Executive Committee. Julius Henry Cohen: Then I move that the resolution I offer may be referred to the Executive Committee. The motion was carried. Hollis R. Bailey: I desire to offer this resolution, and ask that it be referred under the rules to the Executive Committee. It is germane to the discussion of this morning. I simply hand up the resolution without reading it. The President: The report of the General Council will now be received. Mr. President, and members of the American Bar Association. I beg to present the following report on behalf of the General Council, and to move that the nominations made be confirmed and the gentlemen named elected as officers of the American Bar Association for the ensuing year: For President: William A. Blount, of Florida. For Secretary: W. Thomas Kemp, of Maryland. For Treasurer: Frederick E. Wadhams, of New York. For members of the Executive Committee: Edmund F. Trabue, of Kentucky; Thomas H. Reynolds, of Missouri; George B. Young, of Vermont; Paul Howland, of Ohio; Thomas C. McClellan, of Alabama; Hugh H. Brown, of Nevada; John B. Corliss, of Michigan; and John T. Richards, of Illinois. The gentlemen named were then duly elected officers of the Association for the ensuing year. The President: The Chair will appoint Mr. Hart and General Ketcham as a committee to conduct the President-elect to the Chair. While the committee are engaged in serving that writ of habeas corpus I want to remind you that there is to be an afternoon session at which reports of committees are to be considered, and then the presentation of any resolutions which the Executive Committee may like to offer will be considered. W. O. Hart: Mr. President, your committee has fulfilled the duty committed to it, and I ask General Ketcham on behalf of the committee to present Mr. Blount to the Association. |