REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
1991 SUMMER LAW CLERKS
PLACE: INTER-CONTINENTAL HOTEL
MIAMI, FLORIDA
DATE: TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1991


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
OCCASION: PROCEEDINGS HONORING JUDGE JAMES
LAWRENCE KING FOR HIS SERVICE AS
CHIEF JUDGE OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF FLORIDA
PLACE: OMNI HOTEL
DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1991


REMARKS
BEFORE:
TITLE:
PLACE:

DATE:
TITLE:


OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES
REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM
MIAMI, FLORIDA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1991
REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: PRESENTATION OF U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SENIOR JUDGE HOWELL MELTON
PLACE: U.S. DISTRICT COURT
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991


REMARKS
BEFORE:

PLACE:


DATE:


REMARKS
BEFORE:
PLACE:

DATE:


OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN
THE ARTS
AN AFFAIR OF THE ARTS
FONTAINEBLEAU HILTON
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1992 at
8:00 P.M.

OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
JACK GORDON TESTIMONIAL
THE LINCOLN THEATER
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18,1992
at 8:45 P.M.


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OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH'
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
FOUNTAINBLEAU HILTON RESORT
& SPA
MIAMI, FLORIDA
THOUGHTS ABOUT ETHICS
THIRTY MINUTES

OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
CHESTER BEDELL MEMORIAL LECTURE
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1992
THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE AMERICAN LAWYER


REMARKS
BEFORE:

PLACE:


TITLE:
DATE:

REMARKS
AT:
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REMARKS
BEFORE:

DATE:


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: HANGING OF THE PORTRAIT OF
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE WILLIAM J. CASTAGNA
DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
OCCASION: TREE OF LIFE AWARD TO
BILL McBRIDE BY THE
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
DATE: JUNE 15, 1993

REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: UNITED STATES SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE -
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS OF CIRCUIT JUDGE
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
DATE: JULY 23, 1993


REMARKS OF
OCCASION:

PLACE:
DATE:

REMARKS OF
OCCASION:

PLACE:
DATE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
RECEIF-TjOFZTHE_.FELLOWS OF THE YOUNG
LAWYERS: -- 1993 AWARD
MIAMI, FLORIDA
AUGUST 6, 1993

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND TREE OF LIFE
AWARD DINNER
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1993


OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
PARTNERS AND GUESTS OF
HOLLAND & KNIGHT
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993


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REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: HOLLAND & KNIGHT AND DUNNELLS &
DUVALL RETREAT
PLACE: BETHESDA, MARYLAND
DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 1993


REMARKS OF
OCCASION:
PLACE:
DATE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
"AN EVENING WITH MARY DOYLE"
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
MAY 13, 1994


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: ANNUAL DINNER OF THE FLORIDA
SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PLACE: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
DATE: MAY 25, 1994


REMARKS OF
OCCASION:


PLACE:
DATE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
INVESTITURE OF ROSEMARY BARKETT
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
MIAMI, FLORIDA
MAY 27, 1994


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: ARKANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
PLACE: THE ARLINGTON HILTON
HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
DATE: JUNE 10, 1994


REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE:, LEADERSHIP FLORIDA ANNUAL
ALUMNI MEETING
OCCASION: RECIPIENT OF.THE LEROY COLLINS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PLACE: OCEAN REEF CLUB, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA
DATE: JUNE 24, 1994

REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COLLEGE OF LAW
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS.
PLACE: MIAMI, FLORIDA
DATE: AUGUST 21, 1994

REMARKS OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH
BEFORE: GINESVILLE 7OMEN 'S-CLUB
OCCASION: MEMORIAL DINNER JOSEPH RICHARD JULIN
PLACE: GAINSEVILLE, FLORIDA
DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1994


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OCCASION: UNITED STATES. DTSTRAICT COURT
SOUTH DISTRICT OF FLORIDA HEARING
ON RULE 26 (a)
DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 1994 .








SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH


SPEECH NUMBER 323


VOLUME XXII










REMARKS OF:


BEFORE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LAWYER
MIAMI, F.0 fRA


DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
1991 SUNER LAW CLERKS


PLACE:


INTER-CONTIMENTAL HOTEL
MIAMI, FLORIDA


DATE:


TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1991


15 MINUTES


TIME:








ONE THING IS CLEAR TO ME -- THE UNIQUE

HALLMARK OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IS -- AND

ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND WILL BE -- ITS COMMITMENT

TO PUBLIC SERVICE. NO OTHER PROFESSION HAS

SO EXTENSIVE A COMMITMENT. LAWYERS

EVERYWHERE -- LEGITIMATELY MDA PROPERLY -- DO

SEEK FROM THE PRACTICE OF LA MWEALTI AND

PERSONAL POWER -- BUT THOSE WHO SEEK ONLY

THOSE TWO PERSONAL REWARDS WILL MISS MUCH.

LIKE OTHERS OF MY TIME -- I -- NOT

SURPRISINGLY -- AM INCREASINGLY CONCERNED

THAT THE EVER-ACCELERATING ATTENTION OF






YOUNGER LAWYERS TO THE MONETARY RETURNS OF

LAW PRACTICE IS HAVING A DAMPENING EFFECT ON

THAT SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM; -- ON THE

COMMITMENT BY LAWYERS TO PRO-BONO

PROFESSIONAL WORK.

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BEGINNING LAWYER--

MOST LAWYERS THAT I KNEW WELL ROUTINELY

FOCUSED ALWAYS ON THE TRADITIONAL

OBLIGATIONS OF THE ADVOCATE:

THE OBLIGATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE;

THE OBLIGATION OF SERVICE TO THE

PROFESSION;






THE OBLIGATION OF IMIPROVING OUR

SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.

NOW IT OFTEN SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PRINCIPLE

OBLIGATION OF MOST LAWYERS IS TO BE

SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY.

THOSE CONCERNS OF NINE ABOUT THAT

PERCEIVED BURGEONING BOTTOM LINE MENTALITY OF

LAWYERS -- IF TRUE -- WILL NOT BE EASILY

RESOLVED AND I NOW PUT THEN ASIDE FOR LATER

CONSIDERATION. FULLY RECOGNIZING THE

LEGITIMATE INTEREST OF INDIVIDUAL LAWYERS IN

DOING WELL FINANCIALLY I UNABASHEDLY

OFFER TO YOU WHO JUST ARE ENTERING THE LEGAL






PROFESSION NW THOUGHTS ABOUT OTHER RE lARDS--

OTHER BENEFITS -- ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A

LAWYER. THOSE REWARDS -- THOSE BENEFITS--

HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE AS A LAVER -- AND I

WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN ABOUT THE SANE WAY.

FIRST -- I THINK -- TO BE A GOOD LAWYER

-- A PERSON SHOULD ENJOY UTILIZING CREATIVE

ABILITIES AND IMAGINATION IN THE SOLUTION OF

DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING INTELLECTUAL

PROBLEMS. AS I SEE IT -- THE GREATEST

PROFESSIONAL PLEASURE THAT CAN CONE TO A GOOD

LAWYER IS TO SEE HARD THIKINM TRANSLATED

INTO FAVORABLE RESULTS FOR TUE CLIENT.






SECOND -- I BELIEVE THAT A LAWYER SHOULD

-- MUST -- PICTURE HIMSELF OR HERSELF ALWAYS

AS A RESPECTED AND INDEPEEFESSONAL

-- A PERSON OF INTEGRITY WHO HAS ESTABLISHED

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR DECIDING NtAT SHE

OR HE WILL DO -- AND MILL NOT DO -- AS A

LAWYER. A GOOD LAWYER NEVER COMPROMISES

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY -- STRIVING TO DO THE

BEST WORK POSSIBLE FOR ITS Ni SAKE -- AND

PERSONAL SATISFACTION. INDEED -- EACH

LAWYER ALWAYS MUST BE READY TO BE JUDGED BY

THE LEGAL PROFESSION -- BY THE PUBLIC -- AND






BY HER OR HIS PEERS -- FOR THOSE PROFESSIONAL

DECISIONS -- AND FOR WORK QUALITY.

THIRD -- I CONTEND THAT A LAWYER

CONTINUOUSLY SHOULD BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF

THOSE SEEKING NEEDED CHANGES OR EFOMS IN

LAWS -- IN LEGAL PROCESSES -- IN TIE LEGAL

PROFESSION -- AND IN THE SOCIETY. AN

EXPERIENCED LAWYER WELL KNOWS THAT ALMOST

EVERY MAJOR SOCIETAL OR PUBLIC ISSUE INVOLVES

LAW -- AND HE OR SHE ALSO REOrNuTTFS TMAT A

LAWYER CANNOT GOT THROUGH LIFE WITi BLINDERS

FOCUSSING ON NARROW ISSUES. A CUMITTED

PROFESSIONAL SHOULD WORK AT THE TOTAL AFFAIRS






OF LIVING -- ARTS -- SORTS -- POITICS--

CURRENT EVENTS -- COMMUNITY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS

-- CHURCH -- BOOKS -- FIGHTING ALWAYS AGAINST

THE DISEASE OF COHPARTMENTALIZATIN.

FOURTH -- I KNOW THAT MAY LAWEERS -- IN

DADE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT FLORIDA -- HAVE

ALREADY PLAYED SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN S AND

CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES. BUT I REITERATE--

THE LEGAL PROFESSION -- AS IT BECOMES EVER

MORE ORIENTED TO THE BOTTOM LINE -- TRULY IS

UNDERGOING FUNDAMENTAL MODIFICATION. AS LAW

PRACTICES GET LARGER AND LARGER -- AS THE

COMPETITION FOR LEGAL BUSINESS GETS FIERCER






-- AND AS PRESSURES INCREASE TO FIND

ALTERNATIVES TO LITIGATION FOR RESOLVING

DISPUTES -- I BELIEVE TIAT LMAEES MUST

CONTINUE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN 1BE COUNTY PRO

BONO PUBLIC IN THE AREAS OF CIVIL AND HUMAN

RIGHTS -- AND THAT A NUMBER OF LAYERS SIMPLY

ARE NOT DOING THAT. DADE COUNTY LAWYERS IN

THE PAST HAVE RIGHTLY EARNED A REPUTATION AS

A WHOLE FOR SUCH WORK -- TRADITIONALLY

REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITH DIFFICULTIES AND

FEARS THAT OVERWHELM THEN --REPRESENTING

FREELY AND OFTEN THOSE ENMESMED IN

FRIGHTENING LEGAL AREAS WHO ARE EITHER






UNREPRESENTED OR UNDERREPRESErED. WE MUST

CONTINUE THAT TRADITION. A D LAWYER

QUICKLY LEANS THE VERY SPECIAL SATISFACTION

THAT CAN COME WHEN SHE OR HE nTri FS THE

UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRVIDIG LEGAL HELP

TO PEOPLE MOST IN NEED OF COETENT LEGAL

SERVICES AT THE TIME OF TWEIR GREATEST

VULNERABILITY.

FIFTH -- WHILE PERHAPS BOTH TRITE AND

SMUG AS AN OBSERVATION -- A GOOD DADE COUNTY

LAWYER ABOVE ALL MUST KNOW -- MUST APPRECIATE

-- THAT IF SHE OR HE -- AND THEIR PEERS--

WHO HAVE CAST THEIR TOTAL PROFESSIONAL LOT


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WITH THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM OF JUSTICE -- DO

NOT INDIVIDUALLY DISCHARGE TEAT UIQOUE

OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE PROCESSES OF JUSTICE

WORK -- NO ONE ELSE -- ANYMERE -- WILL

ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THE COURTS

SHOULD DISPENSE JUSTICE -- BUT EVEN MORE

SIGNIFICANTLY -- LAWYERS BEST KMU THAT THE

COURTS MUST BE PERCEIVED BY CITIZENS

EVERYWHERE -- BY LITIGANTS EVERUWERE -- TO

DISPENSE JUSTICE. IT IS -- AND LONG HAS

BEEN -- AN OBLIGATION OF A DADE COUNTY LAWYER

TO MAKE THAT PERCEPTION A REALITY BY FIGHTING

ALWAYS TO ENHANCE JUDICIAL AND LAWYER


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EFFICIENCY AND COMPETENCY. DADE COUNTY

LAWYERS MUST CONTINUE THAT UN _atM a FIGHT.

SIXTH -- ADMITTEDLY -- ME AS LAWYERS

ARE -- AND FOR SOMETIME HAVE CONCERNED

THAT ALL -- OR SOME -- OF TE BEST -- THE

BRIGHTEST -- THE MOST IDEALISTIC OF THOSE WHO

TYPICALLY IN THE PAST HAVE ENTED THE LEGAL

PROFESSION MIGHT HENCEFORh COOSE OTHER

WAYS TO MAKE A LIVING. CERTAINLY I KNOW SOME

WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NW HEAR BUGLES

OTHER THAN LEGAL PROFESSIONALISM. PERHAPS

IT IS TIME THAT LEGAL CODES OF ETHICS AND

RULES OF LAWYER CONDUCT MOVE SMIBIAT CLOSER


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TO REALITY BY FREELY AND FRANKLY REMRING AN

ACKNOWLEDMENT THAT THOSE iRABM DUTIES

OF LAWYERS ARE OBLIGATORY. WHILE THE BEST

LAWYERS ALWAYS HAVE RECOGNIZED TUAT EARNING A

LIVING OF NECESSITY HAS TO BE A IRECCUPATION

- PERHAPS IT NOW WOULD ATTRACT IDEALISTIC

YOUNG PEOPLE AGAIN TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION IF

THE ORGANIZED BAR AFFIRMATIVELY ENSURES THAT

EACH LAWYER FINDS TIME FOR OTHER SOURCES OF

SELF-FULFILLMENT WHILE STILL EARNING THAT

VERY GOOD LIVING. WE IN DADE COUNTY MUST

CONTINUE -- AS WE TRADITIONALLY NAVE -- TO

AFFIRM THAT A PERSON WILL BE MEriEcav AS A


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GOOD LAWYER ONLY IF THAT PEM IS ALSO A

RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN.

SEVENTH -- REGRETTABLY -- TWE IESTION

MOST ANSWERED FOR CLIENTS BY LASVES TODAY

IS: IS IT LEGAL? -- NOT: IS IT

RIGHT? AS CURRENT EVEMIS ff THE

WORLD SHOW -- A LEGALISTIC SOCIETY WHICH

IGNORES ALL VALUES OTHER THAN LAW IS A

SOCIETY WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL WITHER AWAY AND

DISAPPEAR. NO STATE CAN LONG SURVIVE IF

ITS PEOPLE ASSUME THAT CONDUCT MOT FORBIDDEN

BY LAW IS ACCEPTABLE CONDUCT -- AND A LAWYER

MUST NEVER MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION. LAW


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SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH


SPEECH NUMBER 324


VOLUME XXII







REMARKS:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LAWYER
MIAMI, FLORIDA


OCCASION:


PLACE:


DATE:


PROCEEDINGS HONORING
JUDGE JAMES LAWRENCE KING
FOR HIS SERVICE AS CHIEF
JUDGE OF THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF FLORIDA


OMNI HOTEL
MIAMI, FLORIDA


WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 25, 1991,
8:00 P.M.


10 MINUTES


3a-~


TIME:








CHIEF JUDGE JAMES LAWRENCE KING-

OUTSTANDING JURIST AFTER YEARS OF

ILLUSTRIOUS SERVICE HAS GIVEN UP HIS LORDLY

CHIEF JUDGESHIP TO DEPART FROM THE

HYPERACTIVE STATUS HE LONG HAS ENDURED TO THE

LESS ACTIVE DEMANDS OF AN ORDINARY JUDGE.

IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO VISUALIZE

JUDGE LARRY KING'S CHANGE IN STATUS IN A

DIFFERENT ERA. WITH THAT IN MIND I ASK YOU

- PLEASE TURN BACK YOUR SUNDIAL TO THE DAYS

OF CAMELOT OR IN OUR PARTICULAR CASE-

COURT-A-LOT. AS ALL KNOW, JUDGE LARRY KING






AND WILL BE IN COURT-A-LOT.


DAYDRE

QUEEN



KING

JAMES

SOMETI

OTHER


-AM WE MUST CONJURE UP THE KING THE

- AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE TABLE:

AT THE TOP OF THE SQUARES WE SEE

ARTHUR KING SOMETIMES ALSO KNOWN AS

-SOMETIMES KNOWN AS LAWRENCE-

MES AS LARRY AND OCCASIONALLY BY

NAMES HOLDING ONTO HIS FAMOUS SWORD


"EXCALIBUR."

KING OBTAINED

OF A ROCK UND

SLIMY LITTLE


AS YOU RECALL KING ARTHUR

"EXCALIBUR" BY PULLING IT OUT

ER WHICH HE FOUND HIDING MANY

CREATURES DESTINED PERHAPS


LATER TO BECOME IN HIS EYES THOSE WHO APPEAR


STILL IS


AS WE






BEFORE HIM TONIGHT AND IN COURT LAWYERS

ALL.

AND ON HIS ARM THE LOVELY QUEEN

- MARY-A-VERE LADY OF ELEGANCE AND GRACE -

IRIDESCENT INTRIGUING INTOXICATING AND

IMPISH. SHE BY RUMOR IS A VERY POOR CASTLE

CLEANER. INTIMATE FRIENDS OF THE COURT KNOW

THAT THE ROYAL COUPLE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN

THE LIVING ROOM. KING ARTHUR KING WATCHING

JESTER-VISION AND MARY-A-VERE PICKING

MUSHROOMS. .

AND THE KING AS YOU KNOW HAS

SOME VERY OUTSTANDING QUALITIES HE IS





COMMITTED TO HARD WORK WHEN ONCE ASKED HOW

MANY OTHER FEDERAL TRIAL JUDGES REGULARLY

WORKED IN MIAMI HE SAID "ABOUT ONE-HALF

OF THEM."

KING ARTHUR KING HIMSELF ALWAYS GAVE

THE KINGDOM AN HONEST DAY'S WORK. SOMETIMES

THOUGH IT TOOK A WEEK SOMETIMES TWO

WEEKS....

BUT LET'S LOOK AROUND THE SQUARE

TABLE AND VISIT SOME OF THE KNIGHTS GATHERED

TO CELEBRATE THIS OCCASION.

SIR NORMAN OF ROETTGER LONG THE

KING-IN-WAITING EAGER AND IMPERIOUS-






ALWAYS COURTEOUS AND JOLLY LONG-TIME

OVERSEER OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM.

SIR WILLIAM THE HOEVELER LEARNED


SCRIVENER COMPASSIONATE

DAUNTLESS DECORATED GENIAL -

KNIGHT.

SIR SIDNEY OF ARONOVITZ

OVERSEER OF LEGAL BATTLE SITES IN

- ABLE CONFIDENT AND THE

TIME ADVISOR.

SIR JAMES OF PAINE

TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR OF THE NOR


ADJUDICATOR-

AND HONORED



- PERMANENT

DADE COUNTY

KING'S LONG-


COURTLY

TH MIGHTY


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SWORDSMAN

- VALIANT



UNFAIRNE5

PROPONENT

SWIFT-MOV



YOUTHFUL

REGAL -

PEASANTS'



TRAVELING


- CAVALIER AND HAPPY FELLOW SUAVE

F AND LION-HEARTED.

SIR JAMES OF KEHOE FEARLESS FOE OF

S AND INEQUALITY DEBONAIR

* OF A CLEAN DOCKET AUDACIOUS,

ING AND QUIXOTIC.

THE LADY LENORE OF NESBITT-

- AFFABLE STALWART WISE AND

THE DISTAFF KNIGHT DEFENDER OF

RIGHTS.

SIR NED OF DAVIS BARONET OF THE

GARTER GENTEEL KIND-






CHIVALROUS AND GALLANT PURVEYOR OF KINGLY

FAVORS.


LORD

HEROIC

VALORO


SIR PETEF

AND OVERSEER

PROTECTOR

US KNIGHT


SWORDSMAN ONE

EXPLICIT DIRECTION

KING.


OF FAY DOUGHTY LIEGE

OF THE INCARCERATED-

OF THE WEAK BOLD AND

- FEARLESS AND STURDY

WHO SOMETIMES REVERSES

IS FROM EVEN KING ARTHUR


AND JUST BECAUSE I PERSONALLY WANT

TO SAY IT HIS SPOUSE AND LEADER THE

GRACIOUS GORGEOUS GENIAL AND GLAMOROUS-

LADY PAT.






SIR STANLEY OF MARCUSHIRE A FIERCE

BUT LOYAL KNIGHT WHO FIGHTS THE GOOD FIGHT

WITH VALOR AND ZEAL INTREPID WARRIOR AND

WHO HAS BEEN THE CHIEF DRAGON SLAYER FOR KING

ARTHUR KING.

SIR KENNETH OF RYSKAMP AN ERUDITE

DEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS OF LAWYERS WHO HIMSELF

SETS STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE

THEREAFTER ARTICULATED BY KING ARTHUR KING AS

MINIMUM GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF OTHER

FIGHTING JUDICIAL KNIGHTS A FEARLESS

KNIGHT PEERLESS.






SIR CLYDE OF ATKINS THE VALIANT

BIONIC KNIGHT AND ANCIENT SPEAR CARRIER WHO

HAS SERVED EXTREMELY WELL THE SQUARE TABLE

FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND

YEARS AND YEARS AND CONTINUES TO EAT FROM A

FULL JUDICIAL PLATE.

LAST AND WHO KNOWS WHY HE IS LAST-

HE MAY KNOW SIR JOSE OF GONZALEZ A

DOUGHTY FIGHTER FROM BROWARD WHO HAS KNOWN

KING ARTHUR KING LONGER AND BETTER THAN ANY

OTHER JUDICIAL KNIGHT AND YET HE REMAINS

EVER SURPRISINGLY KIND AND FRIENDLY WITH HIM

- AND EVEN VERY FOND OF HIM.


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THE TWO

COURSE ARE STILL I

- ELEGANT PROSPECT


GREATNESS

OF MORENO

I HEREBY

EXCELLENT

BECOMING


- SIR WILL

- AND ON B

TAKE JUD

POTENTIAL.

HIGHLY PROF

QUITE OBVI


REMAINING KNIGHTS OF

N TRAINING WITH IN TIME

S FOR TRUE JUDICIAL

IAM OF ZLOCH AND SIR FRED

EHALF OF KING ARTHUR KING


ICI


ICI

OUS


AL NOTICE OF

THEY ARE EACH

ENT IN DRAGON S

LY THOSE ARI


THEIR

RAPIDLY

LAYING.

E KING


ARTHUR KING'S GOOD KNIGHTS.

BUT LO AND BEHOLD KING ARTHUR KING

HAS AT THE SQUARE TABLE BAD KNIGHTS TOO -


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THOSE REBELLIOUS KNIGHTS

- THOSE CALLED LAWYERS -

PRETENDERS TO THE PURPLE MANTLE.

SIR DEAN OF COLSON -

SHIRE DADE AND SIR JAMES FO

WHO RECENTLY WAS AN ENERGETIC -

CARING AND INNOVATIVE LORD I


OF DARKNESS

PRETENTIOUS


LORD OF THE

X OF MILLER-

IMAGINATIVE-

DF THE SHIRE


OF FLORIDA.

BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE EYES OF KING

ARTHUR KING OF LESS PERSONAL IMPORTANCE THAN

BLACK ROBED JUDICIAL DRAGON SLAYERS, I

MENTION ONLY BRIEFLY THE FOLLOWING KNIGHTS-

SIR AARON OF PODHURST SIR EDWARD OF MOSS-


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SIR TOM OF SCOTT SIR ALAN OF GREER SIR

MARTIN OF STEINBERG SIR IRA OF KURZBAN-

SIR JAY OF HOGAN SIR ROBERT OF DUBE SIR

IRA OF LEESFIELD LADY MARY OF DOYLE LADY

ELIZABETH OF DUFRESNE SIR ROBERT OF

KRAWCHECK SIR HENRY OF LATIMER LADY ANA

OF BARNETT SIR RANDALL OF BERG AND LADY

CHARLENE OF MAGISTRATE VILLE DE SORRENTINO.

DESPITE KING ARTHUR KING THEY ARE EACH,

HOWEVER, ABLE AND IMPORTANT TO ME AS THEIR

LEADER EACH OF THEM AS DOUGHTY BIDEN

WARRIORS AND EACH MORE GOOD THAN BAD-

THOUGH IT IS A CLOSE CALL.


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ALSO AMONG KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE


TABLE ON THE

LEHTINEN -

OF CHELEOTIS

BEHOLDEN TO

THEIR OWN WA

LORD-SHIP AS

BOB COORDS

RAUL RODRIG


DARK SIDE ARE SIR DEXTER OF

SIR JAMES OF GAILEY AND SIR TOM

- INDEPENDENT BIDEN KNIGHTS NOT

KING ARTHUR KING WHO ALWAYS GO

Y. ASSISTING THEM AND HIS LIEGE

BIDEN YEOMEN ARE DICK CAPEN-

BILL CULLOM JACK PASTOR-


UEZ


- SHELDON SCHNEIDER NON-


LAWYERS ALL AND TRACY NICHOLS THE COURT-

A-LOT SCRIVENER.

FINALLY AND PERHAPS ABOVE ALL-


PERHAPS


- THE PRINCE OF KNIGHTS SIR


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- LORD CHESTERFIELD BELOVED


LEADER CHARMER OF LADIES BRILLIANT OF

MIND AND WIT AND MODEST OF NATURE.

OH THE HAPPINESS THE JOY THE

LIFE OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF COURT-A-LOT.

SO LET US NOW WITH VERY LITTLE

MODIFICATION BORROW THE BEAUTIFUL AND

AMAZINGLY APPROPRIATE WORDS FROM CAMELOT TO

DESCRIBE KING ARTHUR KING'S DREAM HIS ERA-

HIS TRIUMPH AS IT HAS EXISTED FOR MANY

YEARS WITHIN THE WALLS OF HIS COURT-A-LOT-

OBLIVIOUS TO THE BLIZZARDS STORMS AND HEAT

OUTSIDE:


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LANCELOT SMITH






"IT'S TRUE. IT'S TRUE. LARRY KING

HAS MADE IT CLEAR.

THE CLIMATE MUST BE PERFECT ALL THE


YEAR.


A LAW


WAS MADE A DISTANT MOON AGO


HERE


JULY AND AUGUST CANNOT BE TOO HOT.

AND THERE'S A LEGAL LIMIT TO THE


SNOW HERE


IN COURT-A-LOT.

THE WINTER


IS


FORBIDDEN


DECEMBER


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TILL






AND EXITS MARCH THE SECOND ON THE


DOT

BY ORDER SUMMER LINGERS THROUGH

SEPTEMBER

IN COURT-A-LOT.

LARRY KING'S COURT-A-LOT.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS A BIT BIZARRE -

BUT IN LARRY KING'S COURT-A-LOT

THAT'S HOW CONDITIONS ARE.

THE RAIN MAY NEVER FALL TILL AFTER

SUNDOWN

BY EIGHT THE MORNING FOG MUST

DISAPPEAR


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IN SHORT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT A MORE

CONGENIAL SPOT

FOR HAPP'LY EVERY-AFTERING THAN HERE

IN COURT-A-LOT.

LARRY KING'S COURT-A-LOT.

I KNOW IT GIVES A PERSON PAUSE

BUT IN LARRY KING'S COURT-A-LOT

THOSE ARE THE LEGAL LAWS.

THE SNOW MAY NEVER SLUSH UPON THE


HILLSIDE


BY NINE P.M.


THE MOONLIGHT MUST


APPEAR


IN SHORT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT


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A MORE CONGENIAL SPOT

FOR HAPP'LY EVER-AFTERING THAN HERE

IN COURT-A-LOT.

SO EACH EVENING FROM DECEMBER TO


DECEMBER


BEFORE YOU DRIFT TO SLEEP UPON YOUR


COT


THINK BACK ON ALL THE TALES THAT YOU


REMEMBER

OF COURT-A-LOT

ASK EVERY LAWYER PERSON IF

HEARD THE STORY


19


HE'S






AND TELL IT STRONG AND CLEAR IF HE


HAS NOT


THAT ONCE THERE WAS


A FLEETING WISP


OF GLORY


CALLED COURT-A-LOT.

LARRY KING'S COURT-A-LOT

YES COURT-A-LOT MY F!

WHERE ONCE IT NEVER I

AFTER SUNDOWN

BY EIGHT A.M. THE MORN:


RIENDS....

RAINED TILL


ING FOG HAD


FLOWN


DON'T LET IT BE FORGOT

THAT ONCE THERE WAS A SPOT


20






FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT THAT

WAS KNOWN

AS COURT-A-LOT

LARRY KING'S COURT-A-LOT."

I SAY DO NOT LET IT BE FORGOT-

EVER.

THE END

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SPEECH NUMBER 325


VOLUME XXII






ADDRESS OF:


BEFORE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LAWYER
MIAMI, FLORIDA


NATURAL ZATION
CEREMONIES, DADE COUNTY
AUDITORIUM
MIAMI, FLORIDA


DATE OF DELIVERY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1,
AT 10:30 A.M.


TITLE:


1991


REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD
CITIZENSHIP


TEN MINUTES


/


TIME:






YOU HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO

EARN YOUR CITIZENSHIP. YOU HAVE EVERY REASON

TO BE PROUD AND I CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU

ON THIS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.

I WISH MORE AMERICANS COULD WITNESS

THESE NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES. IN DOING SO

-- MORE CITIZENS WOULD CONSIDER WHAT IT

MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. CITIZENSHIP

NOT ONLY INVOLVES THE GAINING OF RIGHTS BUT

IT ALSO IMPOSES CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ON

EACH PERSON. OFTEN WE CITIZENS ONLY REMEMBER

THE RIGHTS AND THOUGHTLESSLY FORGET THE

RESPONSIBILITIES. SUCH FORGETFULNESS CAN BE






DISASTROUS. THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND

DEMOCRACY CAN BE SEVERELY JEOPARDIZED UNLESS

DEVOTED AND ENLIGHTENED EFFORTS BY ALL

CITIZENS IN MEETING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES

ARE EVER PRESENT.

IN A WAY YOU HAVE A REAL ADVANTAGE

OVER AMERICANS WHO ARE BORN IN AMERICA. THEY

DID NOT HAVE TO EARN THEIR CITIZENSHIP.

INSTEAD IT CAME TO THEM BY BIRTH. YOU ON

THE OTHER HAND KNOW THAT AMERICAN

CITIZENSHIP IS NOT A MERE FORMALITY OR

ACCIDENT OF BIRTH WHICH INSURES YOUR

RESIDENCY. BECAUSE OF THE LONG PROCESS AND






DIFFICULT STUDY THAT WAS NECESSARY TO SECURE

YOUR CITIZENSHIP I KNOW THAT YOU WILL TAKE

YOUR DUTIES AS CITIZENS MORE SERIOUSLY THAN

MANY NATIVE BORN AMERICANS. UNFORTUNATELY-

TOO MANY AMERICANS TAKE THEIR CITIZENSHIP

LIGHTLY -AND ARE CARELESS ABOUT THEIR CIVIC

DUTIES.

MANY AMERICANS ARE IGNORANT OF HOW

OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM WORKS. THEY DO NOT

KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD AS

CITIZENS. MOST AMERICANS CANNOT NAME THE

UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THEIR OWN STATE.

MOST DO NOT KNOW THEIR OWN CONGRESSMAN'S






NAME. THEY THUS HAVE LITTLE CHANCE

EFFECTIVELY OF LETTING SENATORS AND


CONGRESSMEN

LEGISLATION


N KNOW HOW

- WHETHER 1


OTHER MEANS OF EXPRE5

ALL TOO M

PARTICIPATE IN THE

IMPROVING OUR LEGAL


;SING

ANY

JOB

AND


THEY HAVE NO IMPACT UPON

THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR

GOVERNMENT WORKS. THEY

ENOUGH TO BECOME EFFECTIVE

NOT EVEN VOTE.


THEY FEEL ABOUT

THROUGH LETTERS OR

THEIR OPINION.

AMERICANS DO NOT

OF MAINTAINING AND


POLITICAL SYSTEMS.

GOVERNMENT BECAUSE

APPRECIATE HOW OUR

OFTEN DO NOT CARE

CITIZENS. THEY DO






GOOD CITIZENSHIP REQUIRES MORE. OF

COURSE ALL CITIZENS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY

OUT OF TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AND TO PERFORM

MINIMAL ACTS -- SUCH AS PAYING TAXES AND

PARTICIPATING AS A JUROR WHEN CALLED UPON BY

OUR COURTS OF LAW. BUT GOOD CITIZENSHIP-

DEMANDS MORE.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE

CONCERNED KNOWLEDGEABLE AND ACTIVE

CITIZENS IF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS TO

WORK. AS CITIZENS YOU MUST WORK AS HARD

AT THE DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP AS YOU DID HERE

TO WIN YOUR CITIZENSHIP.






CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE THOSE WHO

CARE DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR

COUNTRY. THEY REALIZE THAT IN A DEMOCRACY-

THE GOVERNMENT CAN NEVER BE ANY BETTER-

WISER OR MORE JUST THAN ITS CITIZENS. THEY

WORK HARD TO MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE RESPONSIVE

TO THE BEST ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY AND TO

IMPROVE THE BAD ELEMENTS.

KNOWLEDGEABLE CITIZENS ARE THOSE WHO

KEEP WELL INFORMED ABOUT THEIR SYSTEM OF

GOVERNMENT. THEY KEEP ABREAST OF CURRENT

EVENTS AND IMPENDING PUBLIC DECISIONS. THEY

KNOW WHO IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND WHAT THE






CANDIDATES SAY ABOUT THE ISSUES. THEY KNOW

HOW THEY -- THE AVERAGE CITIZENS -- CAN HAVE

AN INFLUENCE CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF

THEIR COMMUNITY STATE OR NATION FOR THE

BETTER BY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT

BY LOBBYING AND BY VOTING.

ACTIVE CITIZENS ARE THOSE WHO MAKE A

REAL EFFORT TO FULFILL THE DUTIES OF

CITIZENSHIP. PERHAPS THEY SUPPORT


PARTICULAR

SUPPORT OF

THEY EVEN


CANDIDATES AND TRY TO WIN THE

THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. PERHAPS

STAND FOR OFFICE THEMSELVES.


CERTAINLY THEY WILL VOTE IN ALL ELECTIONS-






THEY KNOW WHAT BILLS THEIR LEGISLATURE AND

CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING lAKE THEIR OPINIONS

KNOWN TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND TRY TO

INFLUENCE THE OPINION OF THEIR FELLOW

CITIZENS. THEY KEEP UP WITH PROBLEMS SUCH AS

CRIME ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND

POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND SEE TO IT THAT THEIR

ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ACT RESPONSIBLY IN

DEALING WITH THEM.

ONE CITIZEN CAN MAKE A REAL

DIFFERENCE. IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE

COUNTRY THE WATCHFULNESS AND CONCERN OF

MANY INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS HAVE LED TO






REDUCTIONS IN CRIME AND LAWLESSNESS. THE

SINGLE VOTER IS DRAMATICALLY BROUGHT HOME.

THERE IS MUCH THAT A GOOD CITIZEN

CAN DO AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE CONVINCED

THAT GOOD CITIZENSHIP TAKES TIME AND EFFORT.

GOOD CITIZENSHIP IS NOT EASY. NOTHING REALLY

WORTH HAVING EVER IS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU

KNOW THIS. SOME OF YOU LEFT NATIONS WHICH

HAVE DESTROYED INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS OR EVEN

NEVER REALLY HAD THEM. FROM THE HEART -- YOU

THUS KNOW HOW PRECIOUS LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY

ARE.


10






BE MODELS FOR ALL OTHER CITIZENS.

IF MANY OF OUR NATIVE BORN CITIZENS APPEAR TO

TAKE THEIR CITIZENSHIP FOR GRANTED ARE LAZY

ABOUT THEIR CIVIC DUTIES OR NO LONGER TRY

TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR GOVERNMENT -MAKE

EVERY EFFORT TO INSURE THAT THEY LEARN FROM

YOU AND THAT THEY SEE WHAT A GOOD CITIZEN

CAN -- AND SHOULD -- BE.

THIS IS A DAY OF GREAT CELEBRATION-

AND ALL AMERICANS SHARE WITH YOU YOUR JOY AT

RECEIVING THE PRECIOUS PRIVILEGE OF

CITIZENSHIP. BUT THAT JOY SHOULD NOT OBSCURE

AN IMPORTANT FACT. YOU LIKE ALL AMERICANS


11






- MUST NOW BRING TO CITIZENSHIP A LIFELONG-

STEADY DEDICATION. I HOPE YOU WILL PROVE

EQUAL TO THIS GREAT CHALLENGE AND I HOPE

THAT YOUR EXAMPLE WILL REMIND ALL OF US THAT

CONCERNED KNOWLEDGEABLE AND ACTIVE

CITIZENS CAN CONTINUALLY HELP STRENGTHEN AND

IMPROVE THIS NATION WE LOVE SO DEARLY.

THE END


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SPEECH NUMBER 326


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ADDRESS OF:





BEFORE:


PLACE:


DATE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LAWYER
MIAMI, FLORIDA


PRESENTATION OF THE
PORTRAIT OF UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT SENIOR
JUDGE HOWELL MELTON


U.S. DISTRICT COURT
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA


OCTOBER 25, 1991
3:30 P.M.


SIX MINUTES


TIME:







IN A SOCIETY AS SATURATED IN LAW AS

OURS -- IN A STATE WITH A BURGEONING

POPULATION -- IN A STATE AS LITIGIOUS AS

FLORIDA HAS BECOME -- THE CHOICE OF WHICH

FLORIDA LAWYER IS TO SIT ON THE FEDERAL BENCH

AT ANY LEVEL HAS PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR

THOSE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE TO BE

JUDGED BY THE LAWYER SO SELECTED. AS THE

ULTIMATE BULWARK OF OUR LIBERTIES AND AS THE

FINAL ARBITER IN ITS MOST CONTROVERSIAL

ASPECTS OF OUR SUPREME LAW -- THE

CONSTITUTION -- THE IDEAL FOR WHICH THOSE







LAWYERS WHO DO SERVE AS FEDERAL JUDGES OUGHT

IN THEORY TO STRIVE -- IS A COMBINATION OF

CRAFTSMANSHIP -- WISDOM -- PHILOSOPHICAL

VISION AND THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IN THIS

STATE AND COUNTRY THAT BRINGS SOCIAL

UNDERSTANDING. FLORIDA NOW FOR MANY YEARS

HAS BENEFITTED FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HAS

HAD THE TEMPERAMENT -- CHARACTER -- AND

INNATE ABILITY TO MEET SUCH IDEALS -- THE

SENIOR JUDGE WHOM WE HONOR TODAY -- HOWELL

MELTON.







WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE FEDERAL

BENCH -- HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS BEING IN THE

FRONT RANKS OF THE LAWYERS IN ALL OF FLORIDA

-- AND HE WAS UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AT THAT

TIME AS THE RIGHT AND PROPER PERSON FOR THAT

EXACTING JOB.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE WANT IN OUR

FEDERAL JUDGES: WE WANT WISE AND GOOD WOMEN

OR MEN WHO -- BEFORE ASSUMING JUDICIAL ROBES

-- HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES BOTH IN THE

FIELD OF LAW AND IN THE WIDER PUBLIC

CONSTITUENCY -- FOR THAT ESSENTIAL







COMBINATION OF WISDOM -- JUDGMENT AND

FAIRNESS THAT MUST GOVERN A VIABLE LEGAL

SYSTEM. WE KNOW THAT THE WORK OF A FEDERAL

JUDGE IS BASICALLY REFLECTIVE AND THAT THE

CASES BEFORE HER OR HIM ARE RARELY

FLAMBOYANT. WE KNOW THAT THE DESIRABLE

JUDICIAL QUALITIES INCLUDE MODESTY--

SCHOLARSHIP -- BALANCE -- DIGNITY--

RESTRAINT -- AND REFLECTION.

WE THOUGHT THEN THAT HOWELL MELTON

POSSESSED THOSE QUALITIES AT THAT LONG AGO

TIME WHEN HE ASSUMED FEDERAL JUDICIAL OFFICE







-- BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT EVEN A VERY GOOD

LAWYER COULD NOT WITH CONFIDENCE AS THAT

LAWYER ENTERED JUDICIAL OFFICE BE CALLED AN

EXCELLENT JUDGE. THAT WAS THEN -- AND IS

NOW -- A TITLE WHICH CAN ONLY BE EARNED--

EARNED BY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. THUS

-- IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE NOW -- TO CALL HIM

WHAT HE NOW IS -- AN EXCELLENT FEDERAL TRIAL

JUDGE. I DO SO. HE IS AN EXCELLENT--

SUPERIOR -- FEDERAL TRIAL JUDGE. TO FAIL

TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS WOULD BE

FLAGRANT INGRATITUDE FROM WE WHO HAVE SO







BENEFITTED FROM HIS DILIGENT -- HIS SUPERIOR

-- PERFORMANCE.

KNOWINGLY -- WE ASSEMBLED

PARTICIPATE IN THIS CEREMONY HONORING THIS

NOBLE FEDERAL JUDGE -- BELIEVING THAT IN A

UNIQUE AND MARKED DEGREE -- YET DIFFERENT--

HE SEEMS TO US TO POSSESS THOSE RARE AND

PRECIOUS QUALITIES WHICH THROUGH HIS YEARS OF

FEDERAL JUDICIAL SERVICE IN THIS RENOWN COURT

HAVE MADE HIM A TRULY REMARKABLE FEDERAL

JUDGE.







BY EXPERIENCE -- BY APTITUDE -- BY

TEMPERAMENT -- BY DEMONSTRATED CHARACTER--

BY DILIGENT AND ARDUOUS LABOR -- BY THE VERY

NATURE OF HIS BEING -- HOWELL MELTON APPEARS

TO US AT THIS TIME AND AT THIS PLACE TO HAVE

SERVED THIS COURT AND THIS NATION IN SUCH A

WAY THAT HE HAS NOW IN HISTORY JOINED THE

MOST MAGNIFICENT OF THE JUDGES WHO -- OVER

THE YEARS -- HAVE GRACED THIS RENOWN FEDERAL

BENCH.

HOWELL MELTON WAS ASKED LONG AGO BY

OUR GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE JUDICIAL REMEDIES







FOR THOSE SITUATIONS IN WHICH SOCIETY HAD

FAILED. WE ASKED MUCH -- AND HE RESPONDED

ABUNDANTLY -- AS THE GREAT WISE AND WARM AND

GRACIOUS PERSON WE ALREADY KNEW HIM TO BE.

AS A FLORIDA LAWYER AND A FLORIDA

CITIZEN -- AS ONE WHO KNOWS -- AND HAS KNOWN

-- CATHERINE AND HOWELL MELTON QUITE WELL FOR

MANY -- MANY YEARS -- I AM PERSONALLY PLEASED

TO BE A PARTICIPANT HERE -- BECAUSE -- AS YOU

MUST BY NOW KNOW -- I LIKE EACH OF THEM--

JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY -- VERY MUCH -- VERY

MUCH INDEED.






THANK YOU.


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SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH


SPEECH NUMBER 327


VOLUME XXII






REMARKS OF:


OCCASION:





BEFORE:



PLACE:





DATE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LAWYER
MIAMI, FLORIDA


HONORING DR. GRANT
BEGLARIAN FOR TEN
YEARS OF LEADERSHIP


NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR
ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS


AN AFFAIR OF THE ARTS
FONTAINEBLEAU HILTON
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA


SATURDAY, JANUARY
1992 8:00 P.M.


11,






DR. GRANT BEGLARIAN A WINNER WITH

THE TRADITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERSON

WHO ALWAYS GETS RESULTS HAS A GREAT

INSTINCT FOR STRATEGY A PHENOMENAL CAPACITY

FOR WORK BOUNDLESS CONFIDENCE AND AN

ABILITY TO TURN THE RIGHT PHRASE. HIS STYLE

WAS AND IS DIRECT SPECIFIC AND

UNEQUIVOCAL. HIS OVERALL CONTRIBUTIONS AS

AN ACADEMIC AND ELEEMOSYNARY LEADER TO THE

DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF ARTISTIC

TALENT BY HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IS

UNSURPASSED IN AMERICA. OF COURSE -HE IS

BEST KNOWN IN MIAMI AS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT






OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN

THE ARTS. THEREAFTER HE SERVED AS ITS

LEADER AND CHIEF FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS WITH

SINGULAR DISTINCTION. BUT IT IS HIS

CONTINUING UNYIELDING AND UNCEASING

DEVOTION OVERALL TO ARTISTIC HIGHER EDUCATION

THAT CAUSES THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR

ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS TO RECOGNIZE HIM

TONIGHT ON THIS OCCASION WHICH HE LONG AGO

INAUGURATED AS TRULY A GREAT PERSON.

WHAT HAS GRANT BEGLARIAN CONTRIBUTED TO

THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN

THE ARTS:






FIRST HE SET A CLEAR ARTISTIC DIRECTION

DEFINING ITS MISSION IN SUPPORT OF EMERGING

ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND HE

INSTITUTED PROGRAMS OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS

TO FULFILL THAT MISSION.

SECOND HIS INTEGRITY AND HIS SINCERE

PASSION FOR THE IDEALS OF THE FOUNDATION

ENABLED HIM TO LEAD IT FROM ITS HUMBLE

INCEPTION TO A PROMINENT NATIONAL PLACE AMONG

THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH CONTRIBUTE SUPPORT

TO ARTISTS.

THIRD HE WAS A STRONG AND PERSUASIVE

LEADER WHO WAS ABLE TO ATTRACT MANY PROMINENT






SUPPORTERS ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS WHO

EARLY ON JOINED THIS CAUSE AND WHO CONTINUE

HERE TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT AMERICA TO

PROVIDE INVALUABLE BACKING.

FOURTH HIS BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND

INTENSITY PERMEATED EVERY ASPECT OF THE

FOUNDATION'S LIFE AND TRANSLATED INTO

EXCELLENCE IN THE CONDUCT OF ITS AFFAIRS.

FIFTH AND LAST HIS VISION OF THE

FOUNDATION AS AN INVALUABLE NATIONAL RESOURCE

FOR ARTISTS AND HIS DETERMINED EFFORTS TOWARD

THAT GOAL HAVE EARNED AND MERITED NATIONAL

RECOGNITION.






WITH ALL OF THAT GRANT BEGLARIAN DOES

NOT HAS NOT SOUGHT ACCOLADES. INSTEAD

- HE CONTINUES TO ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTS OF HIGH

RESPONSIBILITY ONLY IF HE DETERMINES THAT

THOSE ASSIGNMENTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF GOALS THAT HE PERSONALLY

CHERISHES.

BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST TO ME AND MANY OF

THOSE HERE TONIGHT DR. GRANT BEGLARIAN IS A

FRIEND. HE ACTS AND DOES AS WE PERSONALLY

WANT A FRIEND TO ACT AND DO. HAPPILY FOR

ALL OF US HE HAS USED HIS TALENTS HIS






SKILLS TO EFFECTUATE A BETTER ARTISTIC

WORLD FOR THOSE AROUND HIM.

ALWAYS HE HAS BEEN HIS OWN PERSON AND

HIS PAST INDICATES THAT HE WILL BE SO IN THE

FUTURE. DR. GRANT BEGLARIAN VERILY

EXEMPLIFIES THE BEST A PERSON WHO SOMETIMES

IS LONELY AND EXHAUSTED BUT ONE WHO NEVER

IS UNWILLING TO WALK ANOTHER MILE TO REACH

THE DESIRED DESTINATION. HE MERITS THE

PLAUDITS OF ALL OF US.







SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH


SPEECH NUMBER 328


VOLUME XXII






REMARKS OF:


BEFORE:


DATE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH

LAWYER

MIAMI, FLORIDA


JACK GORDON TESTIMONIAL

THE LINCOLN THEATER

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA


SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1992


AT 8:45 P.M.


THREE MINUTES


TIME:






IT IS MOST PLEASANT TO TESTIFY FOR

A PERSON WHOM I ADMIRE ENJOY AND LIKE

VERY MUCH.

JACK GORDON I SUGGEST IS

SOMEONE WHOM EACH ONE HERE ALWAYS WILL

REMEMBER. HE IS A POLITICIAN A PRAGMATIC

GRASS-ROOTS ACTIVIST; BUT HE IS ALSO AN

INTELLECTUAL. HE IS TRULY A STATESMAN IN A

TIME WHEN TRUE STATESMANSHIP IS DISAPPEARING.


AS A PUBLIC SERVANT HE ABHORS A

HAS ABHORRED DISCRIMINATION ON

OF RACE COLOR RELIGION -


LND ALWAYS

THE BASIS

GENDER-






NATIONAL ORIGIN SEXUAL ORIENTATION AGE-

HANDICAP OR MARITAL STATUS.

THROUGHOUT HIS 30 YEAR PUBLIC

CAREER JACK GORDON HAS FOCUSED ON MATTERS

THAT MOST PUBLIC SERVANTS WOULD NOT

UNDERTAKE BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS WERE TOO

CONTROVERSIAL OR TOO UNPOPULAR OR SIMPLY

LOST CAUSES. ON HIS FIRST DAY AS A

LEGISLATOR JACK GORDON WAS THE LONE

DISSENTER IN THE 39-1 VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE

CALL FOR RE-ENACTING THE DEATH PENALTY.

LATER JACK GORDON SUCCESSFULLY LED THE

FIGHT AGAINST THE EFFORTS TO FURTHER






REGULATE A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF

CHOICE.

AS A PUBLIC SERVANT PURSUING

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE IN FLORIDA JACK

GORDON POSSESSES A FIERCE COMPETITIVENESS A

CHESS-PLAYER'S INSTINCT FOR STRATEGY A

THOROUGH GRASP OF THE GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS-

A PHENOMENAL CAPACITY FOR WORK BOUNDLESS

CONFIDENCE POLITICAL FEARLESSNESS AND

THE FACILE ABILITY TO TURN A PHRASE. HIS

STYLE WAS AND IS BONA FIDE -DIRECT SPECIFIC

- AND UNEQUIVOCAL.






JACK GORDON DAILY HAS IN MIND THE

INTEREST OF THE DESPISED THE POOR THE

HOMELESS THE DEPRIVED AND THE UNPOPULAR.

HE IS COMMITTED TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL

LIBERTIES TO PREVENTING GOVERNMENT FROM

TRESPASSING WHERE THE CONSTITUTION FORBIDS IT

TO GO. NOT SURPRISINGLY HE HAS ALREADY

FILED IN THE 1992 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE SENATE

BILL 72 ESTABLISHING STATE REMEDIES FOR

UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AND I

KNOW THAT HE WILL FIGHT UNTIL IT BECOMES LAW.

JACK GORDON EPITOMIZES THAT WHICH

IS VERY GOOD ABOUT THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT






PART-TIME PUBLIC SERVANT. HE HAS BEEN HIS

OWN PERSON AND HIS PAST INDICATES THAT HE

WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. SOMETIMES SENATOR

JACK GORDON HAS BEEN LONELY BUT HE HAS NEVER

SHIRKED STANDING ALONE. HE NEVER WILL.


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SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH


SPEECH NUMBER 329


VOLUME XXII








REMARKS OF:


BEFORE:


CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LAWYER
MIAMI, FLORIDA


INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
FOUNTAINBLEAU HILTON RESORT
& SPA
MIAMI, FLORIDA


DATE:


THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1992
AT 12:00


TITLE:


THOUGHTS ABOUT ETHICS


THIRTY MINUTES


TIME:







THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHICS IN

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IS INCREASINGLY A

MAJOR CONCERN -- PARTICULARLY AS CORPORATIONS

-- LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES -- ARE BEING

SUBJECTED TO INCREASING ATTACK ON THE GROUNDS

THAT THEY ARE LESS AND LESS RESPONSIVE TO THE

PUBLIC GOOD -- THAT THEY ARE INIMICAL TO THE

TRUE NEEDS OF SOCIETY -- THAT THEY TYPICALLY

HAVE A CULTURE THAT IS NOT PROPERLY MANAGED

WITH RESPECT TO ETHICAL CONCERNS.

PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY ARE QUITE

PROPERLY THEIR MOST DOMINANT VALUES.

WHILE THOSE ARE GOOD AND RIGHT VALUES -- IT







IS INCREASINGLY APPARENT THAT AN

ORGANIZATION'S ROLE MUST EXCEED A PURELY

ECONOMIC ONE -- BUSINESS HAS OTHER DUTIES--

AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS -- TO ITS SEVERAL

PUBLIC CONSTITUENCIES.



I SUGGEST THAT LONG RANGE PROFITS

CAN BEST BE REALIZED FROM AN ENTERPRISE THAT

HAS CONTINUITY AND DURABILITY. LONG RANGE

BUSINESS EXISTENCE IS DEPENDENT UPON PUBLIC

APPROVAL OF THAT BUSINESS' OPERATING

STANDARDS. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO PERCEIVE THE

BUSINESS AS ABIDING BY ETHICAL STANDARDS--







STANDARDS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY AND

PROMOTE THE OVERALL GOOD FOR THEIR

COMM UNITIES. THE PUBLIC WANTS CORPORATIONS

AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES TO BE CONCERNED

ABOUT ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.


PROFITABILITY AND ETHICS FOR A

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ARE NOT SEPARATE GOALS -

- THEY ARE INTERTWINED AND MUST BE

CONSIDERED TOGETHER IN DECISION MAKING BY TOP

MANAGEMENT. THE GOALS OF PROFITABILITY

AND ETHICS BECOME DIVERGENT PRIMARILY IN

TIMES OF STRESS FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES.







INDEED -- IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE UNETHICAL

BEHAVIOR WHEN THAT ENTERPRISE IS FAILING


ECONOMICALLY TO SUCCEED. IF j

ENTITY -- A CORPORATION ASPIRES TO

A LONG TIME -- AS MOST SURELY

CLEARLY MUST BE SENSITIVE TO I

PROFITS.


A BUSINESS


EXIST

DO --

MORE 1


FOR

IT

FHAN


INCREASINGLY BUSINESS ENTITIES ARE

BEING CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED FOR FAILING TO

MAINTAIN THEIR SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND

RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES-

INCLUDING CUSTOMERS -- EMPLOYEES -- AND THE






COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. CERTAINLY THOSE

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE GIVING EMPLOYEES A

SENSE OF JOB SECURITY -- PROTECTING THE

ENVIRONMENT -- SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITY

NEEDS WITH A FAIR SHARE OF THE TAX BURDEN--

AND MAKING A PROFIT TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED

EXISTENCE OF THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND TO

REWARD THEIR INVESTORS.



THE PUBLIC'S DEMAND FOR RESPONSIBLE

CORPORATE ACTIONS PRESUMES A STANDARD OF

BEHAVIOR THAT IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED BY

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES IN






WHICH THEY EXIST. CORPORATIONS ROUTINELY

ARE EXPECTED TO BE GOVERNED BY THE SAME RULES

THAT GOVERN AN INDIVIDUAL'S GOOD BEHAVIOR IN

OBTAINING ITS GOALS. TOO MANY

ORGANIZATIONS TODAY ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH

COMPLIANCE WITH THE LETTER OF THE LAW AS THE

NECESSARY STANDARD FOR BEHAVIOR -- WITHOUT

REACHING FOR STANDARDS ABOVE THAT SOCIETAL-

SET MINIMUM.



JUST BECAUSE A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING DOES NOT

NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT IS THE RIGHT THING






TO DO. YET -- RARELY DOES ANY BUSINESS

CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE -- TODAY READILY

ADMIT BLAME FOR ANY CONDUCT NOT VIOLATIVE OF

THE LAW. CORPORATIONS SIMPLY DO NOT TAKE

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTION THAT IS NOT

ILLEGAL.


SELF-DEFENSE BY CORPORATION OR OTHER

BUSINESS ENTITIES AGAINST UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR

USUALLY IS: "WE MET ALL FEDERAL -- STATE AND

LOCAL REQUIREMENTS -- WE HAVE DONE NOTHING

ILLEGAL." BUT THE PROBLEM--IN MANY IF NOT

MOST INSTANCES -- IS NOT WHAT IS ILLEGAL;-






- IT IS WHAT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL. WITH MANY

-- ANYTHING GOES AS LONG AS CRIMINAL CONDUCT

IS AVOIDED. CULPABILITY IS NO LONGER

SYNONYMOUS WITH LIABILITY. SIMPLE

MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE ARE LESS AND LESS

IMPORTANT. BLATANT -- SHAMELESS STANDARDS

OF CONDUCT THAT VIOLATE GOOD SENSE -- GOOD

TASTE -- AND GOOD CONDUCT ARE FREELY AND

CYNICALLY FOLLOWED BY HIGH AND LOW -- IF NOT

AGAINST THE LAW. YET OUR REMARKABLE LEGAL

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE WAS NEVER DESIGNED-

- OR EVEN INTENDED -- TO ELIMINATE JUDGMENTS

BY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TO DECIDE WHAT IS






MORALLY RIGHT AND PERMISSIBLE -- AND WHAT IS

MORALLY WRONG AND IMPERMISSIBLE.



IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS LITTLE

OR NO PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR PURPOSEFUL STANDARDS

OF ETHICAL AND MORAL RECTITUDE BEYOND THE

MINIMUM SET BY LAW. MANIFESTLY -- TO

ACCEPT THE LAW AS THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF

CONDUCT RELIEVES ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL

RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEHAVIOR NOT FORBIDDEN BY

LAW. AS AN INEVITABLE COROLLARY -- THOSE

MINIMUM LEGAL STANDARDS ARE OFTEN USED BY

ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVANCE THEIR OWN PURPOSES






-- LEADING TO A WIDELY HELD AND JUSTIFIED

SUSPICION BY CUSTOMERS -- EMPLOYEES -- OWNERS

-- AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC -- OF BOTH THE LAW

AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM. THE LAW -- ONCE

VIEWED AS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR

ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR -- IS NOW EVOKED AS THE

"CEILING" -- AS AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR.

MEET THE MINIMUM -- AND NO MORE.



WHY HAS CORPORATE AMERICA -- IN

RECENT TIMES -- SEEMINGLY SHIFTED EMPHASIS

FROM THAT WHICH IS RIGHT -- ETHICAL -- AND

PROPER TO THAT WHICH IS LEGAL? WHAT ARE


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OUR CHANCES FOR REVERSING THIS TREND?

ADMITTEDLY -- ALMOST ALL LEADERS WHO

EMPHASIZE OR POINT OUT SOCIETAL SHORTCOMINGS

SIMULTANEOUSLY URGE THAT SUCH DEFICIENCIES BE

RECTIFIED BY PASSING "CORRECTIVE" NEW LAWS.

HOW IS THAT OVERWHELMING RELIANCE ON

LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL SOLUTIONS FOR

SOCIETAL PROBLEMS TO BE MITIGATED OR

CURTAILED?



THE BEST RESPONSE -- AND PERHAPS THE

ONLY EFFECTIVE RESPONSE -- IS FOR BUSINESS

ORGANIZATIONS PROMPTLY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT


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THEY -- THEMSELVES -- WHILE HONORING THE

RULE OF LAW -- ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF SELF-

DISCIPLINE. NO MATTER HOW THOUGHTFULLY

CONCEIVED -- THE LAW CANNOT PROVIDE OR EVEN

ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO ALL SOCIAL

PROBLEMS. HISTORICALLY -- THE LAW IN

ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE MOST

OFTEN TRAILS RATHER THAN LEADS. THE TREND

TODAY IS FOR THE LAW TO LAG EVER FURTHER

BEHIND.



THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW BUSINESS

PRACTICE OFTEN CREATES A LARGE RISK IN OUR


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LEGALISTIC SYSTEM. WITHOUT SPECIFIC LAWS

TO GOVERN CORPORATE BEHAVIOR IN THESE NEW

AREAS -- NOVEL ETHICAL QUESTIONS OFTEN ARISE.

WE RELY UPON BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

THEMSELVES TO OBSERVE THEIR SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO REGULATE THEMSELVES

WHEN CONFRONTED WITH NEW AREAS OF ETHICAL

VULNERABILITY. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MINIMUM

ADHERENCE TO THE RULE OF LAW -- EVEN IF

SUCCESSFUL -- WOULD NOT ASSURE A PEACEFUL AND

FRUITFUL CORPORATE LIFE. THE LAW DOES NOT


ANTICIPATE ALL

OFTEN REACTIVE


SITUATIONS.

TO PAST EVENTS


LEGISLATION IS

AND IS LIMITED


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IN ANTICIPATING A FUTURE UNKNOWN.


PERSONALLY

AMERICA W

MANAGEMENT

BUT ABOVE

ESTABLISH

BUSINESS 0

TOTAL AT


BELIEVE THAT AN IDEAL CORPORATE

ILL ONLY BE OBTAINED IF TOP

RESPONDS NOT ONLY TO THE LAW--

THE LAW. TO PERMIT LAW TO

THE ENTIRE MORAL CRITERIA OF

ORGANIZATIONS CAN ONLY RESULT IN A

ROPHY OF THEIR SOCIETAL


RESPONSIBILITY.



EACH ORGANIZATION SHOULD GIVE MORE

FORCEFUL ATTENTION TO THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF

MORALITY -- ASPIRE FOR HIGHER STANDARDS THAN


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THOSE IMPOSED BY GOVERNMENTAL STATUTE.

INDEED -- THE TRUE ROLE OF LAW -- INCLUDING

WRITTEN STANDARDS OF CONDUCT -- ENVISIONS

INTERNAL MORAL CHECKS WITHIN EACH BUSINESS

ORGANIZATION AS A NECESSARY COMPLEMENT TO THE

EXTERNAL RESTRICTIONS OF LAW. ONLY THIS

COMBINATION OF AN INTERNALIZED VALUE SYSTEM

AND EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS CAN ASSURE THAT

BUSINESS ENTITIES AND CORPORATIONS ACT

RESPONSIBLY.



I AM CONFIDENT THAT TOP MANAGEMENT

CAN PROVIDE THE ETHICAL LEADERSHIP TO GUIDE


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EMPLOYEES IN AREAS OF VULNERABILITY. WHILE

NEW BUSINESS PRACTICES ADMITTEDLY INTRODUCE

UNCHARTERED STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR

EMPLOYEES -- MANAGEMENT CAN -- AND SHOULD--

INITIATE PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE THOSE EMPLOYEES

IN APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO THE ETHICAL

ISSUES PRESENTED BY NEW BUSINESS

ENTERPRISES.



IT IS APPARENT THAT DEVELOPMENTS IN

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN RECENT TIMES HAVE

SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED THE TIME AND

ATTENTION DEVOTED TO COMPETITOR INTELLIGENCE


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GATHERING. COLLECTING INFORMATION ON A

COMPETITOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEGITIMATE

BUSINESS INTEREST --BUT MORE AND MORE IT IS

BECOMING A SEEMINGLY ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF

BUSINESS. CERTAINLY -- THERE ARE BUSINESS

ADVANTAGES TO KNOWING WHAT YOUR COMPETITOR IS

DOING. INDISPUTABLY -- INTELLIGENCE

INFORMATION IS NOW SYSTEMATICALLY AND WIDELY

ACCUMULATED AND GATHERED BY THE ENTIRE

BUSINESS COMMUNITY -- LARGE AND SMALL.



GIVEN THE COST OF RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ARGUABLY CAN


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