National Affairs: Bar Examination

William J. Fields of Kentucky last week wondered where he would stand on the list of applicants for a license to practice law in Kentucky. He had taken the State bar examinations; results would not be published for some time. He knew his papers would have to stand on their own merits. His examiners would have no business being indulgent to Candidate William J. Fields, even though they knew, like all good Kentuckians, that he is Governor of the State.

Governor Fields, whose term expires next January, won distinction by remaining away from his...

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