Show HOLD PACKERS I OR SEE RETAIL GROCER VANISH Tr Trade ade Boa Board Chief Tells Wh Why WIlY Wilson Wants Ne New Power Washington Jan 4 It It will be unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary necessary- to take tako advantage nd o of ot the full powers of ot regulation contemplated inthe In Inthe Inthe the administration bill aimed at control control control con con- of or the packers according to an opinion expressed before tho the House HO O committee on Interstate and foreign commerce toda today by William E. E Colvor chairman of the federal e eral trade trado commis commis- sion Mr 11 Colver Coher said raid al 1 the first step under tho the series of ot alternatives proposed In Inthe Inthe inthe I the bill would be to license persons en engaged engaged en- en gaJc 1 In the tho packing industry and I en-I the second step to license tho the use of or fa facilities facilities fa- fa necessary In the tho transportation i I and marketing ends of ot the business s IThe J I Tho The purpose c of or tho the licensing licensing- of or persons persons per per- sons Bons he ho said salet would be to restrict their activities In other related relate 1 and un unrelated unrelated unrelated un- un related In industries affecting interstate commerce Doubt DouMn y of Seizure ore Personally I doubt if ie it will bo be necessary necessary noc essar essary to go 0 further furU than tho the licensing of or the tho business conduct of ot per persons persona and tho the use of ot facilities Mr Colver said ald Then If It this is not sufficient to meet the difficulties it is 19 permitted to ac acquire acquire acquire ac- ac quire the property conn connected with the transportation and marketing In the name of ot the tho United 1 S States of ofas The bill permits the tho acquirement aa na much as may lay be he necessary not all necessarily With Ith ownership It might not follow that the tho government would operate these 3 facilities It m might li license li- li censo cense their operation The Th extent to which tho the regulation goes Jo Is absolutely in tho the hands of ot the industry If Itt it shall shaH reform itself it itself it- it self Belt b by tho the operation of or the simplest remedy In this bill nothing further will willbe willbo willbo bo be necessary If It It resists then themore the themora moro more drastic remedy will be applied Qu Question Wisdom of ot Broad P Po vcrs Some Soma of ot tho the members member of ot tho the committee com corn questioned tho the wisdom of grantIng grantIng grant grant- Ing InS such broad powers as proposed i ithe Inthe in inthe n the bill Mr Ir Colver having admitted d I that vesting without restriction n In tho the hands of ot tho the president in th thI the s I manner propose proposed 1 was a now departure o I for peace times I Representative D Do Walt all said Bald ho hi believed be be- 0 1 tho the restrictions proposed would woul I seriously affect private bus businesses e hampering Initiative Mr Ir Colvor cr warned of or possible effects effect s of or tho the branching out ont I of f the tho packers packer ers ersInto s Into other fields If It this knitting of thus these o related 1 and unrelated businesses B is t to o continuo continue the wholesale grocery business business busi bus ness of ot tho the country as independently op operated on a n. competitive basis will wil disappear In tho the next five lV or six alx years said aahl Mr or Colvor It tares no imagination nation to BOO see that in ten ton or twelve e years yearn tho the ret retail groceries as now conducted con con- dueLed ducted will disappear being succeeded d b by chains chalua of or stores r |