LAWYERS GIVE PLEDGE AT RUNNYMEDE.
American lawyers attending their Bar Association's conference in London paid a commemorative visit yesterday to Runnymede where Magna Carta was signed in 1215. At the memorial, given and dedicated by the Association during its last visit in 1957, Mr. Edward L. Wright, its president, unveiled a new stone once more pledging the association to "adhere to the principles of the Great Charter". The half-hour ceremony in the Thames-side meadow, was attended by Lord Haisham, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Widgery, the Lord Chief Justice, Chief Justice warren Burger, of America, and Sir Peter Studd, the Lord Mayor of London. Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls and chairman of the Magna Carta Trust, read extracts from one of the four remaining copies of the Charter.
PHOTO SHOWS: Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls, reading from Magna Carta at Runnymede yesterday in the presence of (from left), Lord Hailsham, Lord Chancellor, Mr. Edward L. Wright, President of the American Bar Association, and Chief Justice Warren Burger, of the United States.
Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 7-7-1971.
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