Show j 1 F FAVOR VOR POOLS IN FOREIGN TRADE Southern California Business BusinessMen BusinessMen BusinessMen Men Argue for Modification of Antitrust L Laws ws Los Angeles Aug 23 A A brief briet hearing hearing hear hear- ing InS toda today b by the Uri United States trado trade commission indicated that In southern California a majority of ot tho the mc men In Interested interested In- In In expansion of or American trade abroad arc are In favor or of ot mending amending the national antitrust laws to permit pools or CI combinations for tor the benefit of ot foreign commerce but are aro divided upon the scope and application of euch such combinations or pools pool Among those who ho testified were manufacturers manufacturers man mart interested in pushing patented patented t p pat pat- or trade-marked trade articles In foreign foreign foreign for for- eign markets These were un unanimously unanimous unanimous- I ly opposed to marketing combinations of competitive lines Jines On the tho other hand bankers and manufacturers or dealers in staples favored marketing combinations or co operative agreements agreements agree agree- ments meats between manufacturers of at all lines lIne of ot goods goode suitable to foreign mar mar- kots At tho the same time every even man who Q ga hi views declared that the expansion expansion sion slon of oC American tra trade trado o in South AmerIca America Amer Airier ica lea and the rest C cf of the world depended primarily upon extension of credits and adequate shipping facilities The Tho invitation of G G. G Harold Powell manager of ot the California ers' ers exchange c members or tho the commission commission commission com com- mission before their departure for San Diego tonight Inspected packing packinghouses house louses houses of or tho the and examIned exam- exam I ned med their theft methods of cf operation co and I marketing The exchange finds markets mar mar- marI I and sells annually an average a of or cars of ot citrus fr fruits Powell also was a a. witness the ho commission and expressed doubt that hat American eer ever would be able to compete in tor foreign markets owing to tho the low cost of ot production in Spain Italy Itah and other ether foreign countries |