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US. Supreme Court Now More Zeaous Mr. Tolses Mr. FE. A. Temm. k Mr, N:chola.. Mr. Tracy Mr. Power ...... Mr. Ce. zon .. Mr. (afloy ... 000-220. Me, Mesdan Fir. sive G Me. Eovioman ...... Mr. Quinn Tamm. ... TMr. Neere.......----. Miss Gandy,.,..-.-.. Than Ever rotecing Liberty, Bar Is Told ade Nistione Tells Lawyers of Stiffening Trend | sept it uer_thel pee a ee eT YOSRMI1 ecpe 46. pO ee Waited States Supreme Court prob- ably is more zealous now than ever ‘before in protecting personal liberty, .Walter P. Armstrong, president- nominee of the American Bar Asso- tiation, told the California Bar As- Peete tire 4 dadne sociation WAY. This has come about, Armstrong “eald, despite the “latitudinarian” trends of Supreme Court decisions. ; Armstrong, who ise widely known Memphis, Tenn., lawyer, cited the famous | Scottsboro case in. which Bev CG Negr Ges, atcused of rape, Were convicted in the Alabama courts but eventually were given a new trial on the basis of a United States Supreme Court decision. RIGHT DEFINED + That decision, Armstrong asserted, : established as a federally guaranteed Fight the opportunity of a person accused of a felony to have the benefit of counsel This right haz been specifically guaranteed in many State constitutions but was not a clear-cut matter so far as Fageral law was concerned oun the process” amendment to Abe Constitution. _ we tel until . the’high court held that saree te galled to trial was not in confermity \ he spenker asserted that ns ; ee = SE ae = independent bar was as ni pas we ye the survival of democracyhes | free press. * We wreed that the Nation take! the “long view” and do whatever. is best for the National in! the tong run, regardless of-how that cosrse might affect the present. This wes done, he added, when the opin- ' fon of Thomas Jefferson prévatied over that of Alexander Hamilton in the addition of the Bili ef Rights te the Constitution. WOULD REVISE RULES A yvevision of court rules which woukl permit a judge to hear all evidence logically pertaining tc a ease, even though it might be tech- nieally inadmissible, was suggested by William G. Hale, dean of the Diniversitey of Southern Califomia Wu oe oy SAMS SCSI Law School - Me also suggested Umiting | the privilege of witnesses to refuse to; testify and relaxing the provision| against men and wife testifying against each other. ean Hale asserted that expert dence had been “a stench im the nostrils of all reputable members of the legal profession.” He said the ries were designed primarily to insure the utilization only of ex: appointed by the court and to omnetes owniiehia ark, he Peporis 8VElacie Wi wo + a SE pe ee OAKLAND TRIBUNE FORVATOTD RY SAN FnehCiscu BIVISIO SEP 19 1941