Gardner Club Beats Pitney To Win Ames Competition

Eight members of the Law School's Gardner Club won the seventh-term Ames competition last night in Langdell Courtroom, beating out the rival Pitney Club.

Supreme Court Justice Harold H. Burton presided at the session, which consisted of oral argument of a case testing the right of a Federal Court to enjoin a district attorney from prosecuting under the Taft-Hartley Act a union which bought newspaper space and radio time to endorse a candidate for federal office. The two clubs had previously submitted briefs on the same issue.

The other two justices composing the court were the Honorable Harrie B. Chase of the U.S. District Court of Appeals and the Honorable Charles E. Wyzanski of the U.S. District Court in Boston.

The Winners

The eight members of the winning Gardner Club-Oral advocates Douglas F. Stevenson and Nelson Taylor, and counsels Charles H. Batlett, Jr.; Marvin Borman; Harold L. Hitchens, Jr., Holmes E. Hobart; Robert H. Troescher; and Miles G. Wedeman--will receive $300 for their efforts.

The losing Pitney Club members--oral advocates Ralph D. Buck, Jr., and Gurdon W. Wattles '42 and counsels John H. Bass '43; Charles B. Gates, Jr, '43; Philip P. Green, Jr.; Robert U. Holden '44; and Richard J. Jennings '40 --win a total of $200.

Justice burton praised both sides' briefs and oral arguments, and congratulated the Law School on the program.