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Show Trade Bill Fu-tile Fu-tile as Well as Unjust rr " California Senator Vigorously Attacks the Administration Anti-Measure Anti-Measure Washington, July 18. Senate committees com-mittees took another firm grip today on tho admlnlstrat'on's antl-txust legislative program and made some progress on the Clayton bill, the measure to regulate securities of common carriers, nnd the trndo commission com-mission bill. While the Interstate trade comm's-slon comm's-slon bill was under dlBousslon again in the Senate, being vigorously criticised criti-cised by Senator Works of Cal'for-nln, Cal'for-nln, the Interstate .commerco commit-tee commit-tee had it under advisement and practical')- agreed to amend tho section sec-tion which would mnko lawful unfair competition. Criticism within tho party hns been mado ns to tho vagueness vague-ness of this section, tho claim being advanced that It is too general In Its terms nnd that It would result In endless court action for Interpretation. Interpreta-tion. Tho amendment proposed and according ac-cording to Senator NcwlnndB, chair-man, chair-man, practically ngrced upon In committee, com-mittee, would authorize the proposed trade commission to determine what constitutes unfnlr competition and to order It stopped when determined In each case there would bo n full court review ns to tho facts and the law. Whllo the committee made some progress on the bill, which would give tho interstate commerce commlsVon power to regu'ato tho Issuance of securities by common carriers, tho question whether tho commission I should he empowered to determine 10 j what use funds realized by ?arrler(, j from Icsuc3 of socu'Itles had been I used eUII Is undetermined. H will I ho sovernl d.ivs boforo tho bill dm bo reported to tho Senate. Th Judiciary committee, In It.i consideration con-sideration of the Clayton bill, dee'dud thnt the section of tho measure relating re-lating to holding companies, whivh had been tempered by the committee several dnys ego, should bo mtule strouqer, but It has not been .tblo ns yet to amend tho secftlou to Its sat-Isfact'on. sat-Isfact'on. The matter will ho considered con-sidered further tomorrow. Rop,a.tor Works told tho Ssmtq iln administration's trust program fil'ed him with nnuizement. "If the business, ot tho country Is dishrncst enough and oppressive enough to Justify such les'nht'on as Is proposed by tho three bills, our condition would seem tJ hi hopeless and to remedy conditions by law impossible, im-possible, said he. To attempt It would work no practical good an.l add to tho burdens of the iieop'o who deal with tho business conc-'im sought to be regu'ated. Such legislation as this Is moro than likely to bo as futile ns it Is unjust. Senator Works also attacked tho exemptions In favor of labor organizations. |