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Mr. Tolsen—-—— | r, To Lasch—— eA re Bar President Denies Refusal noel oS an Judge Eugene H. Leon of; set up oni & local Basis. i his. eet Says Policy Favors 7g the Poth Judie es The witness also claimed that| t Tele. Room—— -. for Indigent Program During the trial Spbol's _at- previous legal aid progremme-m of torney, Alvin Bronstein The president of the Lo isl-| sought to show that there ana State Bar Association de-| need in Louisiana, particularly wthat the association has re- gr civil rights" ¢ af ® +E te Miss Tokaes——— the various parishes of th e Miss Gandy——_ any race or particular class of! a : litigation but has been open to; yi a all indigents, including Negroes). involved in criminal cases aris- ing out of civil rights work. (indicate page, name of newspaper, city and tate.) fused to cooperate in a federal he United States Departmedt) Little testified that the TSE o | ly sponsored program of legal Justice, represented “byjhas objected to the program’ 1, - Tid vor the indigent, _-/oWen M. Fiss, is an interyen-Isponsored by the Office of Heo: M4 /e oe Pat jittle of New Or-| or in the case.on the sid¢ of nomic Opportunity because of _. PAGE 16 leans took issue with testimo- »°>"- 7 e composition of its board © ' ny given earlier in the case of, DEFENSE CLAIM * 4aireciors. the eligibility stand. SECTION 1 civgprights attorney Richard, The defendants, represented] ards for clients, the type of. B pot claiming that The as- by Sidney W. Provensal Jr.{service to be rendered and be-: ~soeration’s policy is to assist) 4nd the Louisiana State Battcause it takes only a majority, im the establishment of such a| Association, which has inter-lof the board to hire a director, rogram throughout the state vened in an effort to defendiput three fourths to fire him! ut that so far it has serious the state statute, have attempt-'which looks like sealing some-: objections to the organization] to show that Louisiana at-lpody into a job.” od of the program. - torneys are avoilable in ade} INFLUENCE ON BOARD | ‘The bar president sought to quate numbers and are com-| He claimed that the board of; refute the previous testimony |Petent to defend Negroes andi the organization would be, in- of Richard Buckley, executivejcivil rights workers. fluenced by laymen“Ame hot at- Sirector of the New Orleans| Sobol’s client in Plaque-ftorneys and that this would not TIMES PICAYUNE —— NEW ORLEANS, LA. |; ———ssee Legal Assistance Corporation mines, Gary Duncan, was af-lbe in the best interest of the NOT RECORDED which began operations here tested in connection with anlpeneficiary. He’ added that the Te FEB in January. altercation with four white|National Association for the Ad- 15 1968 wttitievwas called as a wit-{torneys are available in ade-lvancement of Colored People ness in the special three-judgeorney claims that it was the American Civil Liber- case in which Sobol, chief nected with school -desegrega-ll ties Union are represented on staff counsel for the Lawyers tion in the parish. - ‘board. - Constitutional Defense Commit- , Judge Leon testified Monday} with reference to the eligibil- tee, is seeking to enjoin his {hat he did not consider thelity requirements, Little said prosecution in Plaquemines,” _. ne that “slum landlords and others Parish on charges of unauthos-iDuncan a civil rights case. Itlwho ride around in big auto- ized practice of law. * qiadvertently reported int mobiles” could technically qual- STATUTE ATTACKED he ‘Times-Picayune _fhat thelity for legal aid because their The: civil rights attorney{judge. considered “It “a civil}“earned” income could be less from Washington D.C., is elsojrights matter. than $50 a week. asking the federal court to de-— When Little was called tol past witness of the day called clare unconstitutional the Lou the stand by Cicero C. Ses- by Sessions was Edward F. jsiana statute governing thefsions, am .-attorney for thelciusman, Baton Rouge, chair- practice of law by outol-state|LSBA, he summarized the POlman of the LSBA’s committee attorneys. = sition of the state bar on legal on the Unauthorized Practice of Sobol .was arrested Jan. 2i,Jaid and said that the assocla-fin. Law. - 1967, in the Pointe-a-la-Hache|tion has never carried on such} Hy. ¢estitied that when the courthouse while making ar-ja progran itself but has €0-l.ommittee first became aware rangements for a bond to be|couraged it on 2 local level. fof the facts of the Sobol matter posted for a Negro client who} PROBLEM IN PROGRAM [through Provensal it met and ad been convicted of simple|’ He asserted that there haSlatter hearing Provensal request been some problem getting thelthat it intervene in the lawsuit program started in some of thelto support the position of the rural parishes where there are/ Plaquemines district attorney mer head of the Plaquemines} few attorney. it concluded that the district Patt Perey’ Council Le-! Little asserted that the recentlattorney had already taken ac- &e-y district at teteral <icfally | sponsorcd legal ‘sh and no useful purpose would . Perey’ tn H. Perez Ur.lprogram follows more or less ‘ € faa B2 0 {e658 =" vatiern in that it ‘TSlease. ed by intervening in fhe ) Date: 2 ~7 ~6B Edition: Author: Editor: GEORGE W. HEALY Tite: RICHARP/SOBOL CR Character; or Classification: Lhe Submitting Office: N A ey LA e cI Being Investigated e battery. Defendants in federal court include segregationist and for-