Show Compromise a I Negotiated w WASHINGTON ASHI Dec Dec- 18 18 j Negotiations lions between the meat packers and the government It became known today nave have been going on for some somo time with the object of compromising the antitrust antitrust anti antl- trust prosecution which Is still in the stage of oC a a. grand jury Investigation It Is understood that one of the plans considered is the withdrawal v. of the packers from Crom side lines such as the wholesale sale grocery business It Is understood that the packers represented represented represented that they already had begun withdrawing from the grocery business and were willing to carry the plan still further Plans also have been under consideration consideration consideration con con- by some of the packers for tor forthe forthe the separation of their corporations into separate entitles entities somewhat as the Standard Oil and American Tobacco companies accepted after the supreme courts court's dissolution decrees |