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Show STANLEY DECLARES ! SIM TRUST HEAD REALLY SOCIALIST CHICAGO, Aug. t. Congressman A. O. Stanley, chairman of the special committee com-mittee investigating; the so-called steel trust, last night declared that Elbert H-Oery, H-Oery, chairman of the executive committee commit-tee of the United States Steel corporation. Is a Socialist. The only difference between be-tween Gary and Congressman Victor Ber-ger Ber-ger Is that Gary does not know he la a Socialist. "If we endeavor to follow out Mr. Gary's Ideas of government supervision we are going o land In Mr. Berger's fantastic fan-tastic heaven of government ownership," said Mr. Stanley. "The Idea of taking up Oary's plan of government supervision of corporations ts like thinking one could leap from the roof of one of these skyscrapers and stop at the fifth floor," said the congressman. con-gressman. "It can't be done. The result would be complete government ownership within with-in a short time. And to that I. personally, personal-ly, am radically oppoeea. t believe In competition. "Kpeaklng of government supervision, there was another absurd Idea broached some time ago. I believe it was Senator Cummlna's plan to call In all the greet law-breakers of the land snd have them Mitt In framing a law all could obey. I don't believe In It. "All I want Is to know that every man, whether he be a 'bull or a 'bear' In Wall street, or a common thug somewhere some-where else. Is obeying the law as It Is written. Just follow the law that e my creed. . . . "" CongrWfimair"BtaTTtfJf reattieil here mm night on a tour of all the steel pom- -pany's plants. He will spend today !at Gary. Ind.. and will probably leave the next day for Duiuth. |