House Journal: Page 42: Wednesday, January 14, 1998

Senator Iverson of Wright moved that a committee of six,
consisting of three members from the Senate and three members
from the House, be appointed to notify Chief Justice Arthur A.
McGiverin that the joint convention was ready to receive him.
The motion prevailed and the President appointed as such
committee Senators King of Crawford, Maddox of Polk and
Neuhauser of Johnson, on the part of the Senate; and
Representatives Lamberti of Polk, Hahn of Muscatine and Huser of
Polk, on the part of the House.
The House stood at ease at 9:50 a.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:52 a.m., President Kramer in the
chair.
State Treasurer, Michael Fitzgerald; Secretary of State, Paul
Pate; Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Dale
Cochran; and Attorney General, Tom Miller were escorted into the
House chamber.
The Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judges of the Court of
Appeals and the Chief Judges of the state's eight judicial
districts were escorted into the House chamber.
Mrs. JoAnn McGiverin, wife of the Chief Justice and his cousin
Ed McGivern and Mrs. Jo McGivern, were escorted into the House
chamber.
The committee waited upon Chief Justice Arthur A. McGiverin and
escorted him to the Speaker's station.
President Kramer presented Chief Justice Arthur A. McGiverin who
delivered the following condition of the Judicial Department
Message:
Madam President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the General Assembly,
State Officials, Judicial Colleagues and My Fellow Iowans:
On behalf of the court, thank you for the invitation to report
to you on the state of the Iowa judiciary.  It is a great honor
for the Judicial Branch, as well as a personal privilege for me,
to meet with you each year at this time.  This address marks my
tenth state of the judiciary message.  However, I know that one
should never assume that a repeat performance is automatic. 
Winston Churchill once used this fact to his advantage.
Churchill received an invitation from George Bernard Shaw to
attend the opening of one of his plays.  Shaw's note read: 
"Enclosed are two tickets to the first-night performance of one
of my plays.  Bring a friend_if you have one."
Not to be outdone, Churchill shot back this reply:  "Dear
G.B.S., I thank you for the invitation and tickets. 
Unfortunately, I am engaged on that night, but could I have
tickets for the second performance_if there is one?"  

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