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* SENATOR SAMERVIN * SAYS <r WASHINGTON — When the'Sen ate Rackets Committee completed its current series of hearings the oiherday into activities of certain leaders of the* teamsters Union, one of the most thorough jobs ot work ever done' by a committee was in the record. SECONDARY BOYCOTTS The committee has recessed sub ject to the call of the chair some time in November, possibly a round the 10th or lith. Biy plans are to attend. It is my understand ing that the subjects under investi gation at that time will probably include the problem of secondary boycotts. As I have written .before, the work of our committee has been very helpful in providing informa tion upon which legislation to cor rect the abuses should be based. BIPARTISAN JOB Chairman McClellan has effec tively conducted the hearings with great dignity. I think the commit tee has observed the bipartisan aspects of the duties given to, us when the select committee was created by the Senate. In connec tion with this, Senator McClellan made this observation the other day: “The things tjhat we have been inquiring into, fiHpfrSStifces that we have exposed, that these in vestigations have revealed, that are definitely reprehensible, and those that come within the purview of questionable, transcend in .im portance and ultimate consequence, any partisan aggrandizement or self-serving effort. This is an ef fort of all Americans, regardless of party. It is an effort that will inure to the benefit of the working people of this country. They are destined to reap,, in my judgment, greater benefits from our labors, assuming our labors come into fruition with the character of legislation that these revelations indicate is needed.” Future hearings will undoubted ly further strengthen the view that legislation is needed to correct these abuses. LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY But the hearings have also clearly indicated to me that there must be a demand for a clean-up beginning at the grassroots in this country in the labor and manage ment relations. Much of the cor ruption that our committee has ex posed could be cleaned up in the people back on the home ground would demand effective action drive out the criminal element labor-management relations. s a THE MARIKE CORPS BUILDS MEN! THIS IS THE LAW By Robert E. Lee (For tt>e N. C. Bar Association) FOOTBALL BETS Is it a criminal offense to bet on the outcome of a football game? Yes. It is an offense against the criminal lalw of the State. The fact that the game itself is ona of sky) and endurance on the part of the two groups of football players does not confer immunity upon those who wager its result. Murphy promises Cohen to pay him ten dollars if the X football team beats the Y football team, in consideration of which Cohen promises Murphy to pay five dol lars if the Y football team beats the X football team. The X foot ball team defeats the Y football team. May Cohen recover ten dol lars from Murphy in a eourt of laiw? No. The agreement is a wager or bet. It is void and illegal. The courts will not assist one in the collection of his gambling debts. Mills bet Gardner one hundred dollars on the outcome of a foot ball game. Gardner’s team lost. Gardner paid to Mills the agreed one hundred dollars. May Gard ner recover the one hundred dol lars in a court of law No. The bet was illegal. As a general rule, the law will refuse to aid either party to an illegal contract. It will leave thpm where it finds -them. A party to an illegal agreement cannot recover "damages for a breach thereof, nor can he, when he has perfowtoed on his side, as a rule, recover the performance that he has rendered or its value. The result in such 'case is the en7 richnnent of one wrongdoer at the expense of the other; but the rea son is to deter parties from en tering into illegal transactions. Alexander and Biggs made a wager on the outcome of a foot ball game and each deposits the amount of his promised payment with Craig as a stakeholder. Alex ander wins thd bet. gefore the Alexander, Biggs notifies Craig not to pay Alexander. Craig never theless pays Alexander. May Biggs recover the amount of his deposit either from Craig or Alexander in a court of law? Yes. The loser may recover the amount he has beffrom either the stakeholder or the winner. This set of facts is an exception to the general rule that the lacw will aid neither party to an illegal contract. A party to an illegal con tract who repents before the con tract is wholly carried out may recover the money or goods he has given in .performance if he gives a notice to this effect before the entire transaction is completed. Biggs was lortunate'in this case? in getting to Craig, the stakeholder, before the money was paid to Alexander. If the stakeholder had paid the money to the winner be fore , receiving the notice of the money has over to would have been to recover from either the holder or the winner. Drive As If Your Life Depends On It—It Does Straight BOURBON Whiskey $3*SO 4/5 QUART TYRONE OISTIUINO COMPANY LAWRENCEBURO, KENTUCV*’ SAVE with SAFETY— • Every Account Insured f 3/4 % Dividends Mutual Savings & Loan T. W. Heath, Jr., Exec. Vice Prat. •114 ft Gordon SI. Kinston, M. C. Phono JA 3-4W2 Offie# Hr*: Open *445 * i. m. 'HI 5:N. Set- * urday 8:4S a. m. 'til 12:* Pi t*. ■ Mi Olive College Assured Support by FWB Convention Mount Olive Junior College has been assured by its sponsoring body, the _ North Carolina State Convention of Free Will Baptist Churches, that it has the. full sup port of the Convention in its plans for an improved and enlarged program of educational service. In annual session at Middlesex, the Convention unanimously ap proved the report and recommen dations of the college and authoriz ed a record budget of $138,000 for operational expenses and payment on property already acquired by the college. The Convention also voted to inaugurate a special, endowment fund for Mount Olive Junior Col lege by requesting that each of the 400 Free Will Baptist churches in North Carolina send a contribu tion for this fond with its regular report to future sessions of the convention, beginning in 1959. Next year the convention will hold its annual session at Mount Olive Junior College. The Board of Directors of the college was enlarged with the ad dition of two out-of-state repre sentatives, the Reverend Daniel F. Pelt, president of the Florida State Convention of Free Will Baptist churches; and the Reverend Fred S. Powers, moderator of the South Carolina Conference of Free Will Baptist churches. Also plaeed oni the Board were 'two North Carolina laytmen, W. P. Grant, farmer and civic leader of p Goldsboro; and E. L. Jones, mer chant and fanner of Walstonburgi Future sessions of the convention will .add additional members to the Board of Directors until the present number of twelve is flf creased to eighteen, President Ra* per explained. p HOOKER & CO. ( STOCKYARD Hog? aro money now . . . and Hooker and Company Stock Yards is the place to make a good change. Tho auction Is on Tuesday for both CATTLE and HOGS. The yards will be closed Mon day and Thursday during July and August. Mr. Rodgers is at the yards on Friday to gladly buy what you have to offer. 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