Supreme Court
Defends Baf
Examination
State bar examinations in Ore
gon constitute in general "as fair
a test as is given in any state,"
the State Supreme Court declared
here Wednesday in a report pre-
Sired by Chief Justice James T.
rand.
The court denied charges that
the bar examination questions
favor graduates of law schools in
Oregon. Justice Brand said the
State Board of Bar Examiners
would continue to study the
question.
"The criticisms which have been
directed at the examination pro
cedure have been in some in
stances merely destructive and in
others highly constructive," the
report read. "Among the former
are the statements of anonymous
persons which have appeared in
the press."
The report continued:
"The question at issue is
whether or not qualified appli
cants from out - of - state law
schools are failing of admittance to
the Oregon Bar to our loss as well
as theirs. The opinion has been
expressed that too many appli
cants from the so-called national
law schools have failed for reasons
other than a lack of the qualifica
tions that a lawyer needs to prac
tice in Oregon.
"The essence of the criticism is
that the examination, as given in
Oregon, fails as a satisfactory
measure of the 'intellect and char
acter of candidates from out-of-state
law schools. To these ques
tions members of the Supreme
Court have directed their atten
tion. It will be agreed that intel
lect and character are of vital im
portance. No criticism has been
directed at the procedure followed
in this state for character investi
gation. "It will also be agreed that in
tellect and character do not alone
qualify one for the practice of the
learned profession of law and
medicine.
"No young man, however gifted
in intellect, should be entrusted
with the solution of the delicate
and different legal problems of
his fellow man unless he has a
solid grounding in the principles
of common law, the constitution,
and that growing body of uniform
laws which effect or control the
activities in which the common
man is involved from the cradle
to the grave."
The report continued that the
bar examination policy must be
geared to the type of practices
which predominate in Oregon.
"But that is not all," the report
continued. "It also is necessary
that the bar examinations should
be geared to the type, and limited
to the scope of the law school
training which predominates in
Oregon and in the great majority
of the states . .
The court said that in examin
ing the composite results of the
past five bar examinations given
in Oregon approximately 25 per
cent of- the graduates from the
Oregon schools failed to pass the
bar examinations whereas 43 per
cent of the graduates from out-of-state
schools failed to pass.
"These figures require analysis
and any conclusions from them
must be received with caution,"
the report said. "Students from
out-of-state schools who partici
pated in the past five examina
tions came from 62 different
schools of widely different stan
dards . . ."
Seizure of Steel
Mills Criticized
President Truman's seizure of
the steel industry was criticized
Wednesday night by the executive
committee of the Marion County
Republican Central Committee.
Letters were ordered sent to
Senators Guy Cordon and Wayne
Morse and Rep. Walter Norblad to
urge any legislative measures pos
sible to prevent such seizures.
Meeting with the committee at
the Senator Hotel was Mrs. Mar
shall Cornett, Klamath Falls, Re
publican national committee-woman.
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Roweha Loops Will Yield to Highway Progress
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WorkStarts
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Route Viaducts
. Work on three Pacific Highway
projects, two located on the new
by-pass route east of Salem and
the other between Hayesville and
Salem.: got underway Wednesday.
A shovel, owned by Lillebo Con
tractor! from Reedsport, began
work on the foundation of a via
duct that will overpass the Silver
ton road. Cost of the viaduct that
will overpass the Silverton Road
and a -viaduct over Market Street
Is $113,897.
Another project, to cost $79 4 15
is under the contract Of Glenn
Snook, contractor from Eugene. It
will provide an overpass structure
on D Street.
Grading a four-lane highway
from Lana Avenue in Salem to the
Salem by-pass junction with the
main Pacific Highway near Hayes
ville is involved in another con
tract. This contract is being hand
led by the D and E Paving Com
pany, Vancouver, Wash., at a con
tract price of $168,858.
R. H. Baldock, State highway
engineer, also reported that a crew
of men from the American Bridge
About eight miles west of The Dalles, Rowena
Heights are up-reared on the South bank of the Co
lumbia, a rugged barrier reaching practically from
the river's edge to the crowning scenic point of
Mayer Park some 747 feet above. When the early
day residents around The Dalles came down to
Portland they took to the river boats to get around
Rowena. Pioneering highway engineers got around
by snuggling close to her curving shoulders and
climbing up and down, loos on loop. It was the
long way around and a scenie way but it ate up the
gas and killed time and many persons didn't like It
The top picture shows the original highway, near
the crown of Mayer Park before it was paved. The
lower photo looks down at the "Rowena Loops"
from close to the top. But now Rowena Loops are
on their way out so far as major traffic is concern
ed. Initial contracts recently have been let for the
construction of a water grade modern highway
along the river at the foot of the cliffs. The new
way is programmed to be completed in the late fall
of 1953.
Allied Tanks
Raid Red Lines
SEOUL, Korea ( An Allied
tank force raided Red lines on
the Central Korean Front Wed
nesday and killed or wounded an
estimated 2AQ Communist soldiers.
A U. S. tifMh Army spokesman
said the tanks also destroyed or
damaged 83 bunkers, 39 buildings,
one artillery piece and 12 machine
gun emplacements.
The raid, by about 20 U. N.
tanks, was southwest of Kumsong.
The angered Reds fired artillery,
rockets, mortar and even Ineffec
tive small arms fire at the raid
ing tankers. Two of the tanks were
damaged.
Select Masters of York Rite Ma
sons Tuesday installed Sprague
Carter, Pendleton, as master.
Among other officers installed
were Willis G. Brown, Salem, cap
tain of the guard; Frank A. Dodge,
Willamette, principal conductor of
the work; Fred H. Forster, Albany,
steward.
Masonic Group
Elects W. G. Brown
PORTLAND 0P)-Royal Arch
Masons met here Wednesday to
elect Oregon officers. They will be
installed Thursday.
The grand council of Royal and
Fire Destroys
South Oregon Mill
GRANTS PASS (-Damage In
a fire that destroyed the Salvage
Brothers lumber mill 39 miles
southeast of here Tuesday night
was estimated at $150,000.
Herbert Salvage, one of the
owners, said the loss was partly
covered by insurance.
Watchman Archie Masoner said
he turned on an outdoor spraying
system soon after the fire broke
out near an edger in the mill, but
It failed to extinguish the flames.
Stacked lumber was saved by
State Forestry Department and
Oregon Cave Lumber Co. pumper
crews.
In Arctic regions, lichens, grow
ing a few inches high, often cover
the ground, much as does grass in
more temperate regions.
Meeting Launches
Randle-for-Mayor
Drive in Salem
The Randle-for Mayor campaign
started Wednesday night with an
organization session and public
meeting at campaign headquarters,
168 N. 12th St.
Edward A. Randle, candidate for
mayor in the Salem election May
16, told a dozen men and women,
including some of his key support
ers, he would stajv on a platform
of greater economy and better
management in Salem's govern
ment. He said Salem's city spend
ing rate, for example, is consider
ably higher than Eugene's, depart
ment by department.
James Danielson, campaign man
ager, said a Randle force would be
set up by wards and blocks
throughout the city, with the aim
of getting campaign literature to
every city voter.
The term "leatherneck" for U.
U. Marines dates from the time
that its men wore leather collars
for protection when storming ene
my ships.
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Company arrived here Wednesday
to construct a falsework on the
new Marion Street bridge. A car
load of fabricated steel necessary
in the project is now on Its way to
Salem.
Mrs. T. W. Davies at
Memorial Hospital
Mrs. T. W. Davies, 941 N. Cot
tage St., is convalescing satisfac
torily at Salem Memorial Hospit
al where she was taken Saturday
for treatment. It was reported by
relatives Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Davies, a well
known Salem couple, operated a
confectionery business here for 40
years until their retirement about
six years ago.
Col. Itschner
Top Engineer
PORTLAND W)-Col. Emerson
C. Itschner Wednesday took over
the post of Northern Pacific Divi
sion engineer for the Corps of En
gineers. Itschner, former Seattle District
engineer, recently returned from
Korea where he was wounded in
action.
He is In charge of more than a
billion dollars worth of civil works
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