TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1960
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By BENNETT CERF
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
npHE NEW TEACHER expected a tough ride when she
J- faced her class for the first time, but one bright-eyed
lad in the front row reassured her. He seemed so attentive,
so willing to learn!
Aiier Class, sure
enough, he sidled up to
her and said, "Teacher,
won't you please smile
for me again? I like it
when you smile."
I n o r dinately pleased,
the new teacher gave him
her broadest grin.
"I knew It," whooped
the lad triumphantly.
"You look just like a
cute chipmunk!"
Bob Campbell, Los An
geles bookseller, persuaded
' a customer to buy his wife a copy of "The Handbook of Knitting."
"I guarantee," averred Campbell, "that this book will keep your
wife in stitches."
A, young lady who followed this customer into the shop stopped
Campbell in his tracks, however. "I wont a novel," she de
clared, "by that French author, Risque?'
at Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
Colleqe of Law. Willamette University. Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
Bouncing Checks Given
. Judicial Frown
J. Sam owed Bill a $200 gro
cery bill which had been run
j.up over a long period of time.
Bill Insisted on payment,, so
' Sam gave him a check drawn
-on the local bank, but the
check "bounced". Sam had an
.account, but the check was
.returned marked "insufficient
funds'. Bill was extremely
angry and swore that he
would prosecute Sam for
drawing such a check with
intent to defraud. Punish
ment under many of the
worthless check statutes is
In most slates. Sam would
not be guilty. The courts hold
that there is no intent to de
fraud if the person to whom
the check is written is not
deprived of something of
vauie. It is said that a person
under these circumstances
the reason that acceptance of
a check docs not pay a debt,
unless the check is paid when
presented at the bank on
which it is drawn. Thus, ho
money or property of value
passed from Bill to Sam. Sam
owed the debt before giving
-the check. He still owes the
debt. Generally, then, the giv
ing of an insufficient funds
check for a pre-existing debt
is not a crime.
- If,, on the other hand, Bill
had cancelled and surrender
ed a note or chattel mortgage
securing the debt, he would
have parted with something
.of value and Sam would have
been guilty.
Second Check Given
. In one case a man gave a
worthless check in exchange
for merchandise delivered
then and there. When it was
discovered that the check was
worthless, he gave a second
insufficient funds check in ex
change for the first one.
When charged with giving the
second check without suffi
cient funds with intent to de-
Detectives Happy
To See Motorist
Milwaukee-Detectives Wil
liam Schendel and Joseph
Miszewski were happy to see
the motorist who ran into
their squad car.
The two officers had been
looking for the driver for al
most two months on a theft
charge.
Red Cross nurses at out-
posts, hospitals and nursing
stations attend an average of
3,000 births annually in Canada.
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fraud, he claimed that the
check was given to pay a pre
existing debt and that he had
received nothing of value.
The court disagreed, saying
that both checks were simply
part of the same transaction
in which he had received mer
chandise in exchange for a
worthless check. It thus ap
pears that application of the
rule depends on the facts in
a particular case.
A few courts, especially in
the western part of the United
States, hold that giving a
worthless check in payment
of a pre-existing debt does
amount to a crime. In all
cases,- giving a bad check in
payment of a fine is definitely
not recommended.
Commission To
Investigate Rail
Disputes Planned
Washington-(UPl)-Labor Sec
retary James P. Mitchell said
.today the railroads and the
five, operating rail brother
hoods have agreed to the es
tablishment of a 15-man presi
dential commission to investi
gate the industry's bitter dis
pute over work rules and pay
practices.
The agreement put off until
at least early 1962 the possi
bility of a strike over the
work rules issue.
The five public members of
the commission will be ap
pointed by President Eisen
hower. Five others will be
appointed by the unions and
five by management.
Will Not Be Binding
It will begin investigating
the work rules dispute, pos
sibly with public hearings, be
tween Jan. 1 and Jan. Id
1961, Mitchell said.
Recommendations of the
group will not be binding, but
"will have great weight."
Mitchell said. "This is not
compulsory arbitration," he
added.
He hailed the agreement
to submit the dispute to the
commission as a "monumen
tal step forward in one of our
basic industries." He said it
"is an indication of maturity
in labor-management relations
which is unparalleled in
American history."
Deadline for the commis
sion's final report is set for
Dec. 1, 1961. Therefore, un
der the Railway Labor Act,
a strike could not be called
before February, 1962.
WHY NOT SAVE 15
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We can package your policies
with one expiration date. Easy
payments can be arranged. Why
not save 15 on most personal
lines.
Consu""
Hojly Str
freer
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Campaigning in Los An
geles, Mr. Nixon made this
statement:
"As President, I would
have available the wise guid
ance of President Eisenhower.
He has signified that he will
remain . . . after leaving the
White House ... to continue
his heroic work for peace
and freedom."
WHAT an assei to our na
tion that would be!
The people of the world
TRUST President Eisenhow
er. All over the world, in
his travels, he is greeted by
massed thousands, who chant
WE LIKE IKE. These aren't
trumpedup demonstr a ti o n s.
They are genuine. He isn't
IKE to them just by accident
or the frivolous use of a nick
name. "IKE" is used as a
spontaneous expression of af
fection. To the massed hundreds of
thousands who greet our Pres
ident when he travels abroad,
he is the personification of
the REAL America.
WHAT would Ike do if,
" after leaving the White
House, he is willing to con
tinue his work for peace and
freedom?"
There is talk as this is writ
ten that he might serve as
a sort of unofficial roving
ambassador for his country,
He would be a good one.
QUESTION:
Does Mr. Nixon mean to
imply that ONLY in the event
of Nixon s election as Presi
dent would Mr. Eisenhower
be willing to continue his
work for his country in the
manner indicated?
I think not. That would im
ply a degree of partisanship
that is wholly foreign to Mr:
Eisenhower's nature. But at
least he would be more freely
available and his work would
be more effective in the event
that Mr. Nixon is our next
President because the two
have worked very closely to
gether in these years that are
past.
THAT leads up to another
question:
Is Mr. Truman making
votes, or is he LOSING them,
by his reversion to his "give
'em hell" techniques of the
Triiman-Dnwev camnaien?
Personally, I think he is
losing votes . for 1 his party's
candidates. We admire mm,
nf course for beinu himself.
But the office of President
of the United Stales is a very
high and very dignified of
fice, and when an ex-President
indulges in language
that is fit only for the bar
room or the gutter, it shocks
us.
It is hard to escape the
conviction that it also shocks
people all over the world who
hear it or read it and draw
their own conclusions from it
as to the kind of people Amer
icans are.
e Between
Mrs. Neuberger,
Smith Possible
Portland fUPH A statewide
radio and television debate
between Oregon's two U.S.
senatorial rivals, Republican
Elmo Smith and Democratic
candidate Maurine Neuberg-
er, concerning defense and
foreign policy was in the off
ing today.
The debate was proposed
by Smith here Monday at a
press conference. Smith said
he was deeply concerned
about Mrs. Neuberger s fail
ure to define what she oe-
lieves about the defense policy
of the United States.
Ample Opportunity
Smith said that three weeks
ago in Salem Mrs. Neuberger
said she would not risk a
nuclear war to defend the
treaty obligations of the U.S.
to West Berlin or Formosa
Smith added that since then
she has had ample opportunity
to defend her position or
change her opinion but said
she has done neither.
Mrs. Neuberger picked up
the challenge by saying she
would be in favor of a leal
debate with debate proce
dures.
She said she had repeatedly
said in Smith's presence that
she was opposed to the U.S
"initiating a nuclear war" and
said plain language had ap
parently failed to get through
to her opponent.
Would Welcome Chance
Mrs. Neuberger said she
was opposed to engulfing all
mankind in a nuclear war and
said she would welcome a
better chance to tell the peo
ple of Oregon about it.
Smith said he hoped the
television and radio stations
would want to make time
available for the debate as a
public service. He said TV and
radio were the best way to
"reach everyone in the state."
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