Show I 1 digest I 1 I 1 t harass 14 business 0 with suits sips I 1 aa while seeking dupla as 0 its OD cooperation I 1 g 1 one ollo government agency presses litigation I 1 OV against isaim 1 t industry while others urge airl it to 9 get lop ready J forwar 1 time mull tj production lollypops Lolly pops being investigated 1 by WILLIAM BRUCKART 1 service national press a 0 o 0 I 1 washington there were two news stories emanating from wo iola hero recently that juin seemed to 0 emphasize ug an unusual contradictory situation that obtains ul in present national government policies iches one DUO of 10 the OLD lols stories sal had to 01 op do with it aroid projected polo expansion o of 0 our ino military services representative vinson of O 0 fOOD georgia ull Is I 1 doid prepared palie to 0 ask congress U nt sit its next to 01 epand nn additional clit on our ano navy other house leaders gig are submitting nn swig army expansion pro old 12 gram tun that will film cost 1903 a record break jul ing I 1 WIt now N ato I 1 ou no quo one uca can deny the otil importance of lluu national louO defense ii osugi they may AM differ ev as to ol how much of jo n u structure sl la required inq but ou not so OB to ol the principle printhe it if always of Is well nom to 01 remember that join mal few nations or JO individuals pick nold a light when they know they awn arc aap du to ol meet real trouble which SF is to 0 cay aes that juin 0 strong army PUB and navy ore cia essential to ol peace these two announcements a con military muirid olom mode known on different days it II so os happened I 1 that on the DID day aup that join the dill I 1 program was SUM given to ot the newspapers i department of justice was sum distributing a 13 statement telling so of what it il believed to ol bo a great victory in at court over JOAO a corporation that elory concern i edthe antitrust anti trust action against the gin aluminum company o of 0 I 1 america tho department lawyers admul a 9 were olam obviously in high gleo because a 9 new max york judge putt had admitted somo aa documents into evidence in at the gin proceeding mention was sum not IOU made that the gin judge had rejected something ilka other documents or ao exhibits so as they were clam called but much glory was sum claimed jos for the governments side ills not tor jo out me to ol say aus whether the dill gigantic aluminum company suil has violated 1 a mul law that iota sl Is the gin function so of the atil court the thing aulta that juin I 1 object offo to ol of la the din apparent role iloa so of the gin government mul lawyers sao ul in this slin and numerous I 1 other proceedings their ilou attl tudo of is almost the same so 03 though they were atia engaged posu tat in private litigation instead so of serving PUB and seeking justice in ill behalf bein beill cfall of the oil people it 11 si la an attitude that si is dangerously near to 01 persecution rather than prosecution and I it 1 is 61 wrong oam Oti business swag being harassed fa by whole ploy flock of JO ins suits aej the announcement regarding the aluminum trial iola recalled that there were alam a whole ooij flock kooij so of other suits being pressed against nearly every pull kind of ul in the nation the dop department so of justice seems to 0 oct bo 1941 trying u it to 01 0 get I 1 some pull kind so of a record ul in its jolla cf lorts sl to 0 harass business and this sl is tou not surprising when one duo considers julij tha thurmand arnold ic at 9 policy that attorney general i frank murphy of is more so of to a postua cr 13 than MAO even the oil lato theodore I 1 roosevelt thus upon examination I 1 pupo found that join there were piam some CC 25 or jo more proceedings being pushed by the atil government actions that join satu may be called utu m ajor mbutu mf litigation ul in that they involve some so of the main unita so ot american industry I 1 have oil no UT in I 1 tent lon of 0 offering a 13 defense jos for 11 u 4 aillo them ux because I 1 op do koullou llou not know mou I 1 the bib facts it II of Is however JOADA I 1 cant ut actions eav are going forward moll from QUO one governmental agency while other groups OJO are call A e 1 i ing gui upon american business to make itself ready tor wartime production atif lr wad e vent of JO need it 11 will I 1 be recalled I 1 how president I 1 roosevelt told paol a 9 press conference not IOU so 09 long ago that join there glain were 11 i t w f ralda being war resources by come foreign powers that latue sl is 1 aluta material loli usable in war was being bought here pug and there was I 1 lit I 1 tie on luba control loa so of these purchases by our 2110 military services alila whether this condition brought about the GEP creation jollu so of a control board within army PUB and navy I 1 ap not IOU i 1 1 know JI it of Is nevertheless a fact that join i the control board soon was cum created gala pal i and purchasing missions from england and france have to consult with that join board 1 long range planning SU OJ for J f war al reserves I 1 proceeding lpyd 1 ru mention should be made in this I 1 connection q of the gill frequent state merits from duall sources so of the gin long range planning jol for serves that has been going on this situ program has been in process deso since 1821 but I it 1 i kyhas taken on new mou impetus since fire iolj broke out ino in europe business has been advised repeatedly and ul in various ways exam that it must conald 1 jo er itself 0 et I 1 the gin beck and noo call so of sit its government ul in event so of war and that join SI Is thoroughly sound but how I 1 wonder can these gain two omi things go 02 paull hand pug and band moll how can business be joaq en OV to make itself ready in case 4 of 10 e national I 1 emergency V and pu go 02 about I 1 that I 1 job wholeheartedly while the gill t aass silme 1 government supposed to be opi su as abnit gl s attacking puo and aas B to 04 destroy the very 41 t V if sao cry which the ott national defense requires jibb even demands I 1 used tho otil aluminum company only so BS an illustration pug and it 11 hop dt suad pens to 0 be a good one there are something like 9 60 army LUO concerned with consultation guidance in ill the gill various plants so of the dill aluminum company there are dozens yes several hundreds o of 0 stuat army officers PUB ond naval doing alk work ul in scores of I 1 other amno great majl manufacturing plants you uvo can see gas them crawling all over JOAO skeletons so of ships ul in shipyards thip yards they have to 0 malto inspections to 0 sure gans tho eau met they are to ol eq be puno found ul in experimental lab oratories i using private funda pilo and private facilities for jo testa looking Vu to ol improvement of JO the ot various til things Bul used pasil ul n war tom all so of which Is 91 fine it 11 of Is a pa erf operation business ought to ol ohio give inq but again there si is sod posed that question of 16 moil how can government jor get nil ila O of 0 these things done while a group o ot 0 theorists plod paid by tho dill same taxpayers devote their time owl to 0 so of the most film sy so interpretation jo mul law violations when I 1 was sum digging around on the list isil so of pending government goad I 1 puno found the gin so os called big three ford chrysler Chry put and general loll motors Elo ul in the at automobile field PIG being duj prosecuted tor jos alleged violation tion so of antitrust anti trust ismil smut laws irr automobile installment financing upon what surely sl Is w a strange basis when the gin suit lins was sum started it if was sum aldais a charge so of unfair competition ul in the matter so of financing the dulin has simmered down now MOU Oti holeve PUB and the gin issue actually lau Allun sl is whether it Is 91 violation o of 0 mul law for ao using methods so of financing installment boyera ul in a manner that results ut in less isoo cost to ol the gin buyer hold ita a wrong SAI atao to 0 rad provide ap iod for cheap auto 1 financing that sl is to ol say aus the atil present issue is at tIM whether JoIng it 11 1 is a violation of 10 law to OI set jai means of cheap financing from all O of 0 the din facts I 1 have been able to ol gather our ano government through its ell department so of justice actually is 91 asserting asis in at court that join it if sl is wrong for 10 tha BID automotive companies to ol maintain mainol financing vial Bulou corporations which will bilm result ul in a 0 saving to 0 the dill purchasers svila O of 0 motor cars I if 1 that join Is oil not hills til then ua I 1 have a cockeyed cock eyed mentality one DUO ought not jou pass over JOAO the atil temporary national economic committee 00 which has cott been sitting off PUB and on tor 10 moret lian a 0 year the gill committee si Is supposed to ol be leading the otil way aum to ol a new mou national economic policy a new mou method of doing business ness ui in the atil united states it 11 may inq but 1 I doubt it if thus far liv about gin most tangible sox results slIn isoo certainly alulu the din most important effect o of the gill investigation inthe A vesti gation PUB and hearing sl Is the atil op do nas deen oon government theorists to ol expound their ideas for them it if stitt haa been buado a great opportunity dozens so of them have been abla tor the gill isit time atun ul in their lives to cn see gas their alain opinions as set down ul in alad printed form in the committee cittee record so of the din hearings so of course ul in referring to 0 the botn L T N 3 C one duo surely ought to ol ilva call iu at to ol the gin great tunu number of o 0 witnesses wito from commerce and industry pug and the gin gouging puo and sniping so ot them that join has been going on by a 9 11 group so of thinkers who serve GAIOS so as lawyers tor jos the gin committee one DUO ought to ol mention also to 0 the oil half baked testimony su soad presented pau ul in a hunu her so of instances by witnesses ufim sasso whose chief olala gripe seemed to ol be that imp din they or ao 11 their alit businesses tom were O not IOU making money lastly reference should be made to 0 the din effort that suit has been made throughout the gin hearings to ol alp credit every line of jo business that ivin limit has 13 grown amo big lollipop lollypop Lolly pop industry actually I 1 X Is under ua jap investigation 4 I 1 have oil no way of 10 knowing what the gin government is 91 spending ul in no all so of these trials and investigations nor JON sl Is it 11 possible to n moul know what juam the atil cost to 01 business has been the T L N M E g 0 has had half a million dollars pua and it 11 will ulm loa get some aluos more tho ota department o of 0 justice has been hiring lawyers by the gin bagnull bag full the attl federal trade commission allf likewise sail has q been bao jumping onto business d practices I 1 from tuoc great industries will like steel pau and cement on through the din list ru to the gill manufacturers so of nol lollypops lolly pops dont laugh V at that join last isel one duo tho lollipop lollypop lolly pop industry actually it Is under investigation or some believes that join there is 91 a 9 large monopoly o of 0 ina but to 01 name is a few aa others among the natrona na tlona industries that eager government prosecutors are using to make reputations for themselves as 90 lawyers we am find these milk 1110 oil steel building lutu material julao in U no all phases dIns sulphur lanti rubber glass motion pic turcs telegraph telephone lITIn utilities cail o of 0 ila all kinds food distributors to ol 01 bacco insurance typewriters and trade associations the UT 0 0 effort JU 0 J I 1 I 1 to D show motis that medical doctors are tradesmen and subject to ol the alue trust laws osle also should be included I 1 I 1 |