BAR WILL BALLOT
ON COURT CHANGE
Oregon Members Will Vote
on Tribunal Setup
All members of the Oregon bar
will be polled on whether or not
they favor Roosevelt's storm-provoking proposal concerning the
United States supreme court.
Recently the Multnomah county
bar association voted 87 to 17
against the changes suggested by
the president.
Board Approves Vote
The board of governors of the
Oregon State Bar, at its regular
monthly meeting here yesterday,
voted to take a plebescite, asking
the 1900 to 2000 Oregon attorneys
this question:
"Are you in favor of conferring
power on the president of the
United States to increase membership of the United States supreme
court to not to exceed 15, by appointing an additional justice for
each justice who shall have arrived
at the age of 70 years and who
shall fail to retire or resign?"
The question of proposed changes
in lower courts will not be included in the poll.
Results of the plebescite probably
will be transmitted to the Oregon
delegation in congress.
Poll Deadline Named
Midnight of March 5 is the dead-
line for acceptance of votes, which
will be mailed to F. M. Sercombe,
Yeon building, Portland, who is
secretary of the Oregon bar. Ballots will be mailed at once to bar
members. The results will be tabulated and announced late March
6.
The governors held an all-day
meeting at the county courthouse
yesterday to wade through a heavy
docket.
Members present were A. A.
Smith, Baker, president of the Oregon Bar; Nicholas Jaureguy, Portland, vice-president; Judge James
T. Brand, Marshfield; Alan G. Carson, Salem; H. H. DeArmond, Bend;
Colon R. Eberhard, La Grande; Arthur M. Geary, Portland; Oscar
Hayter, Dallas, and Robert E. Ma-
guire, Portland.