ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, 1959

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 1, 1959
• Content Type: NOTES

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1 October 1959
SUBJECT: Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, 1959
In response to your request, I am submitting the following impressions
of the annual meeting of the American Bar Association, which took place
in Miami Beach and Bal Harbour at the end of August. My participation
in these activities was, for the most part, as one having no professional
affiliation in particular. I was several times introduced, and several times
greeted while in the company of others, as "with CIA". On these occasions,
I saw but variations on two basic reactions: "It's pleasantly surprising
to see your organization represented here" and "What's CIA?" On three or
four occasions it seemed appropriate to volunteer the information to particu-
lar individuals that I was a member of this Office.
I did not participate in any of the essentially institutional activities
of the Association or its subdivisions - that is, business meetings, elections,
convocations, etc. - choosing to devote my time to the gatherings of either
an instructional or social nature. Among the latter were several pleasant
dinners and other functions, but in greater number were gatherings mainly
emphasizing alcoholic intake and the frenetic dartings of young lawyers
apparently making job contacts on a purely numerical basis. Listed below
are those of what I have characterized the "instructional" activities which
I consider to have been the most interesting.
1. A speech on "Congress and Its Investigators" by Edward Bennett
Williams.
2. A discussion of "Lawyers in Politics and Government" - George
Abbott, Solicitor at Interior, and David Kendall, Special
Counsel to the President.
3. Talks on "Corporate Law Practice and Outside Counsel" by James
Ballengee, an attorney with Sears Robuck; Leon Hickman, Vice
President and General Counsel of Alcoa and George W. Rauch,
Vice President and General Counsel of Greyhound.
14. A luncheon featuring a talk by Dana Latham on current adminis-
trative problems of the IRS.
5. A symposium on trade-marks, including a talk by Bob Bicks of the
Antitrust Division.
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6. Two speechs on recent developments in antitrust law.
7. Remarks on "The Role of the Corporation in Public Affairs" by
John S. Tennat, General Counsel, US Steel; William Gossett,
Vice President and General Counsel, Ford Motor Company; Leland
Hazard, former Vice President and General Counsel, Pittsburg
Plate Glass; Harold C. Lumb, General Counsel, Republic Steel;
and Laurence I. Wood, Labor and Government Relations Counsel,
General Motors.
8. Discussion of scientific prospects for the next decade by Gen.
Bernard Schriever, new Commander of the Air Research and Develop-
ment Command (at Andrews); Dr. Homer J. Stewart, Director of the
Program Planning and Evaluation, NASA; and Dr. Burton F. Miller,
Vice President, Thompson, Ramo Wooldridge (whom I always seem to
associate with his two "Oscars").
9. Luncheon featuring a speech by Capt. George N. Robillard, just
retired Assistant Chief of Naval Research for Patents,
on the subject of "Patents Arising from Government-Sponsored
Research."
10. A symposium on patents, which unfortunately had mainly to do
with antitrust aspects.
Two or three of these speakers made available handouts of their remarks which
I thought to be of interest to the Office generally, and these I have put
into circulation among the staff.
My over-all impression is that such meetings can be geniunely enriching
experiences for the Government lawyer, both in terms of professional
association and information acquired. They present an excellent opportunity
to size up a great many individuals in a short period of time, though this
is limited for the most part to impressions based on brief encounters. But
even this superficial knowledge can be useful, if for no other reason than
to identify in ones mind persons who are repositories of information on a
particular subject in which we might be interested.
You may be interested in my exchange of pleasantries with General
Schriever, Dr..Miller of Ramo, Jim Bierbower, Harold Green, Judges Letts,
Holtzoff and Munter, Robert L. Wright, Chief Counsel of the Patent Trade-
mark and Copyright Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee,and
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