Show ENFORCE ANTITRUST LAW I House Agrees to Appropriate Half Million Dollars for This Purpose Washington Dec 17Mr Bartlett a Georgia l Democrat during con ltera lon of time legislative appropriation bill In the HOUHI today unexpectedly and without warning sprang nn amendment amend-ment to appropriate SSOOOO to enforce the Sherman antltrust law and to direct l di-rect the AttorneyGeneral to proceed to the prosecution of all violators of the law Although such n provision was plainly plain-ly nnlnmible to a point l of order not a member of either side of the House laised objection Both sides wheeled Into line and nil agreed that some such action was advisable Some of the Republicans raised objection ob-jection to Limo looseness of the language of the amendment and Mr Hepburn i of lown ottered aa 0 substitute for It I the language of the bill he Introduced on the opening day of the iicsslon to I appropriate 500000 for the enforcement enforce-ment of the law Thin was further strengthened to niche the appropriation appropria-tion Immediately available and as amended thc substitute was agreed to without division The legislative bill was passed practically au it came from the committee except the amendment The language of tho Hepburn amendment amend-ment as adopted today Is as follows That for the enforcement of the provisions pro-visions of the net of July 2 1SO the sum of 500000 is hereby appropriated out of any money In the treasury not heretofore appropriated to be expended expend-ed under the direction of the Attorney General in the employment of special counsel and agents of the Department of Justice to conduct proceedings suits and prosecutions under said act In the courts of the United States provided that no person shall be prosecuted or be subjected to any penalty or forfeiture forfeit-ure for or onaccounl of any transaction transac-tion matter or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence documentary or otherwise In any proceeding pro-ceeding suit or prosecution under said acts provided further that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury commuted In so testifying This appropriation ap-propriation shall be Immediately available |