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...session at the Hotel Biltmore was long and late (3 a. m.). Present were Nominee Robinson, Nominator Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Tammanyites George W. Olvany, Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, James A. Foley and Joseph Tumulty; also Senators Hawes of Missouri and Harrison of Mississippi. Nominee Smith was there, too. When they went to bed they all knew what they wanted...
...Justice Proskauer sat down and busily drew up a lawyer's oath. He would have every lawyer fortify his oath of admission to the Bar, saying: "I swear I will join with my adversary in waiving a jury trial wherever and whenever it can possibly be done without the sacrifice of a fundamental right. I will join with my adversary in supporting a trial Justice in fair comment upon the evidence and reasonable direction to a jury on the facts. I will join with my adversary in fair concession of undisputed facts...
...deep carpeted downtown offices majestic attorneys reading Justice Proskauer's suggestion went into conference with their consciences. A lawyer is retained to win cases for his clients. Many a potent legal mind has found fame and money in acquittals for clients of whose guilt he must have been morally assured...
Fame and money thus won and honored weaken respect for the profession by its own professionals. There are good lawyers who stretch many a point of conscience to win cases. Justice Proskauer meditated on machinery to stop such stretching...
Hippocrates, "Father of Medicine," lived in the 5th Century B.C. and like Solon the "Law Giver" fixed rules for the conduct of his profession. His Oath, to which Justice Proskauer referred, is (in its Christianized version): "Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever and ever...