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State of Maryland our present governor does not have a

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very good view with respect to the bar association, I

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mean, he thinks that politics in the bar association is

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more vicious than the politicians in the entire State.

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MR. WINTERS: Well, the professional opinion

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of lawyers ought always to be of value. But if there

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were that weakness, perhaps that would be a more universal

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answer to the need for a nominating commission than it

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is, but lawyers are people in any organizations, they

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act like any other and I suppose that is one reason why

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there is such a strong nationwide movement from one end

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of this country to the other to try to do the sort of

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thing that your commission is thinking of.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Winters, in the states that

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have these nominating commissions, has the practice been

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that after, or rather when a vacancy occurs and the

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nominating commission is considering nominations, has

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the practice been for them to seek guidance or advice

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from the bar associations at that point?

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MR. WINTERS: I think not. I do not think

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they go to the association. They announce that they are