Friday, January 2, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. t.
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U. S. to Obtain World
Agricultural Secrets
Under plans being developed by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, foreign funds earned front
the sale of U. S, farm surpluses
abroad will be used to probe secrets
of world agriculture that will be
useful to American farmers.
Research carried out in other
countries, USDA scientists say, can
supply the U. S. with much funda
mental information abbut foreign
plants, animals, soils, and agricul
tural markets.
It can add to this nation’s breed
ing stocks—the supply of plants
and animals with desirable charac
teristics that might be used in de
veloping better breeds and varieties
for this country. U. S. agricultural
scientists may, learn how to cope
with plant and animal diseases and
insect pests that could invade this
country at some future date. Or
they may find beneficial diseases
and parasites that could help con
trol some of the already trouble
some pests. More could be learned
of what happens to soils that have
been cultivated over long periods,
and how to handle various types of
soil under different conditions.
American scientists could also
learn a great deal more about the
potential agricultural markets of
the world.
Foreign funds equivalent to al
most $4 million have been earmark
ed for farm, forestry, and-market
ing research in Indonesia, Pakistan,
This is
I the Law
CRIMES OF EMPLOYEES
Is an employer criminally liable
for the thefts of his employee?
The general rule is that unless
liability has been imposed by
.statute, an employer is not crimin
ally liable for the acts or misdeeds
of his employee if he has not pre
viously authorized or assented to
them.
The mere fact that the crime
was committed in the , course of
his employment, as civil _cases,
does not render the employer re
sponsible for it. The employee
alone must answer to the sovereign
state for his criminal act. Criminal
responsibility must rest, except in
exceptional cases, upon the ground
of assent, for otherwise the mental
element necessary to make the act
a crime is lacking.
An employer ^njaot be nuiushed
for the theft dr ah‘'empfoyee hfe
has not previously authorized. The
doctrine applied in civil cases, that
ratification is equivalent to authori
ty previously given, has no appli
cation in the criminal law.
One who employs or procures
another to commit a crime is, of
FULLER'S
MUSIC HOUSE
course responsible along with the
actual wrongdoer for the offehse
committed.
Are there any occasion where
an employer can be held criminal
ly liable for the acts of his em
ployee notwithstanding that they
have been done without his au
thority and contrary to his instruc
tions? ^ >■
Yes. There are a few exceptional
instances where statutes have im
posed punishment upon employers
notwithstanding that the acts done
by their employees are without au
thority or contrary to instructions.
The intoxicating liquor statutes and
pure food laws are examples. In
such cases it is the act itself, not
the intent, that determines the
guilt; the actual harm to the pub
lic being the same in one case as
the other. It is often said that it is
the duty of the employer to see to
it that such statutes are not'violat
ed by his employees in the course
of their employment.
May an employee be' punished
for a criminal act if he proves that
it was done by the command of
his employer?
Yes. It is no excuse for the com-
missien of a crime that it was done
under the mere command of anoth
er. Both the person who actually
committed the crime and the one
who commanded it may be punish
ed.
It has been said that a man is
excused if he commits a crime
upon the command of other under
reasonable apprehension on his
part of instant death in case com
pliance with the command is re
fused.
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Finland, Yugoslavia, Poland, India,
Israel, and Chile. This work is ex
pected to expand to include other
countries.
Some research into utilization of
farm products has already been
started in Great Britain, Finland,
Italy and Israel. Other countries
also are expected to enter into
agreements of this type, for which
$6.7 million has been allocated.
Meanwhile, teams from the De
partment of Agriculture are cur
rently surveying Europe, the Mid
dle East, the Far East, and Central
and South America to find addition
al countries willing to sanction
such research and to locate scient
ists who might participate.
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