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\nTHE RIGHT TO ASSISTANCE OF COUNSELJOHN R.SNIVELY  \nTHE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM IS UNSOUNDWM.SCOTT STEWART  \nAME RICAN JU DICAT U RE SoCIET YAnn Arbor,Michig an  \nAlabama—SAM HoBBSWALTER B.JoNESArizona—J.EARLY CRAIGArkansas—A.F.HoUSEHARRY J.LEMLEY  \nCalifornia—CHARLES A.BEARDSLEYALEXANDER MACDONALDWILLIAM C.MATHESLoYD WRIGHT  \nOregon—JAMES C.DEZENDORF  \nColorado—WILBUR F.DENIOUSORIE L.PHILLIPS  \nMinnesota—CHARLES LoRINGMAYNARD E.PIRSIG  \nConnecticut—JoSEPH*F.BERRYCHARLES E.CLARKCHARLES M.LYMAN  \nDistrict of Columbia~WILBUR L.GRAYBoLITHA J.LAwsRoBERT N.MILLERWILL SHAFROTH  \nTennessee—WALTER P.ARMSTRONG  \nFlorida—HENRY P.ADAIRRAYMER F.MAGUIREWILLIAM H.RoGERS  \nNew Hampshire—  \nWILLOUGHBY A.CoLBY  \nIdaho—HUGH A.BAKER  \nVermont—LAWRENCE C.JoNES  \nARTHUR T.VANDERBILT  \nNew Mexico—SAM G.BRATTON  \nNorth Carolina-  \nJoHN S.BRADWAY  \nCARL B.Rix  \nWyoming—CEARLES E.LANE  \n# To Promote the Eficient Administration of JusticeFounded in 1913 by Herbert Lincoln 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the Admin-istration of Justice.Issued bi-monthly,in February,April,June,August,October andDecember.Back numbers,except a few rare issues,available at ten cents each.Permission is hereby given to reprint,with credit,from this or any other issue.  \n\n| Vol.32,No.4   | GLENN R.WINTERS,Editor   | December,1948   |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n# The Red Mass\n\nTo INVOKE GOD's BLESSING AND GUIDANCE in the its greatest development.The 1948 Red Mass  \nwas celebrated in Boston on Saturday morning;October 2.  \nadministration of justice is the object of thetraditional ceremony known as the Red Mass,celebrated in many Catholic churches and at-tended by members of the bench and bar at theopening of the judicial year.  \nThere,in the roped-off street in front of thelofty Church of the Immaculate Conception,under sunny skies,leading governmental,ju-dicial and legal dignitaries of the state andcity gathered to lead the colorful processionby which 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