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of members from each of the bar associations and then from the states at large (without regard to local bar-association membership) on the basis of one per state was added to the group. As a result, a group of about 200 lawyers, called the House of Delegates, meets twice a year to decide what the view of the American Bar Association shall be. Proposals at the annual convention may be whipped up by orators there are subjected to the screening of this more sophisticated and more representative group before they can be advanced as the views of the Association.
But of course many things can't wait for the meetings held at six months' intervals. Accordingly, in the meantime what is called the Board of Governors--a group elected by the House of Delegates from its own membership--is empowered to act. It acts, naturally, with a little more restraint does not appear in the constitution or by-laws themselves. That group meets quarterly, and rarely more frequently There is provision for a mail or telephone or telegraph vote of the group.
And if even a more pressing emergency is at hand, then there is in the American Bar Association a so-called "Administration Committee" which is composed of the two top officers ex officio and one other member designated by the Board of Governors, and which can exercise the powers of the Board of Governors between meetings. Of course each of these smaller groups in turn is restricted by the policy enunciated by the others, so that the Board of Governors would not undertake to overrule the House of Delegates, nor would the Administration Committee undertake to overrule the Board of Governors.
Once a policy is laid down, I take it that complete freedom must be given the executive officials of the organization to carry out the policy by any means designed, in their judgment or discretion, to do so.
I would suggest the following outline as an outline of matters to be covered by a constitution:
(1) The name and objects of the Congress.
(2) The qualifications for membership, classes of membership, and resignation or expulsion of members.
(3) The hierarchy of policy control and administration of the Congress, including: (a) The ultimate authority on policy, (b) the devolution of power between meetings or referenda,