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Show THREE III-TiSI BILLS INTRODUCED WASHINGTON, May 17. As Indicating Indi-cating the possible effect on legislation legisla-tion of the supreme court's Standard Oil decision, three bills were introduced intro-duced in the senate today, one by Senator Sen-ator Jones of Washington. Republican, Republi-can, and the other two from Senators Culberson of Texas and Reed of Missouri, Mis-souri, Democrats. All look to the amendment of the Sherman anti-trust law to Include all combinations In restraint of trade, ro-gardless ro-gardless of their reasonableness or unreasonableness nnd all resulting from Justice Harlan's dissenting view In the Standard Oil case. Senator Culberson seeks to make the provi sion prohibiting combination apply to all such combinations of "whatever chnracter " Tho Jones bill amends tho law so as to declare all combinations' illegal, "whether reasonable or unreasonable" unreasona-ble" Mr Reed's bill provides that all combinations in restraint of trade shall be held "unreasonable and illegal ille-gal in all proceedings In all and equity eq-uity " Senators generally agreo that the Indications In-dications favor a general agitation to amend the existing law, but the subject sub-ject Is of such importance that no one expects any sorlous effort In the pros ent session Chairman Clayton of tho house committee com-mittee on judiciary expressed the prevailing pre-vailing view when he said, "I don't anticipate any activity with regard to remedial trust legislation. It seems to me that .'t would bo wise for congress con-gress to wall and see tho effect of the decision upon the trusts, particularly as to tho distinction between reasonable reason-able and unreasonable restraint of trade, before we initiate anv legislation." legisla-tion." oo |