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Show TREND How the wind is blowing CHAIN STORES Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace raised opposition to the ruinous chain store tax bill introduced by Texas' Rep. Wright Patman. Said WaUace: The bill would "discourage and prevent" efficient methods of marketing by driving larger, interstate chains out of business. LABOR Consenting to consider another phase of the question over whether U. S. anti-trust laws apply to labor unions, the Supreme court agreed to review an A. F. of L. protest against an anti-picketing injunction in-junction which restrained Chicago milk wagon drivers for alleged violation vio-lation of anti-trust statutes. AGRICULTURE Compared with December 1 forecast of 399,000.000 bushels, winter wheat prospects are now placed at 450.000,000 bushels by unofficial statisticians. WAGE-HOUR At New Orleans, the fifth U. S. circuit court upheld constitutionality of the wage-hour law, refusing to set aside a minimum mini-mum wage order for cotton mills. TAXATION March income tax receipts of SGG5.4SG.000 were 31 per cent above the same month in 1939. COMMUNICATIONS A. T. & T. reported a gain of 82.000 telephones in the U. S. during llarch. |