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Show CABINET MEMBERS HIGHLY GRATIFIED Washington, D. c, Jan 2. Administration Admin-istration officials here have known for some time that a movement was on foot in New York to separate tne Morgan house from some of its larger directorates, and as expressed by one familiar with their ailalrs. to get in line with the wishes of the people and the spirit of the times, as set forth by the president. This Information was highly gratify ing to c-.ihmei circles, but in the ab sence of President Wilson from Wash Ington it wus not known whether the prospective movement had been made known to him It is viewed as primarily pri-marily important in being the first practical step on a colossal scale to adopt the spirit of tho movement against so-called interlocklug director ates. and also as affecting a number of properties In which government ac tion for dissolution is pending. J. P. Morgan it Co.'s participation in the control of many corporations, and the presence of members of the firm on the boards of directors ot many Industrial concerns and power ful financial institutions in New York and elsewhere, was one of the prlnci pal points of attack by the so-calh'd money trust investigation of the sixty-second congress. The voting trusts of the Guaranty Trust company and the Bankers Trust company of New York, of which mem bers of the Morgan firm were mem bers, was scored In the money trust report, and membership on many oth er boards by individuals of the firm was characterized by the Pujo investigating inves-tigating committee and by Samuel Un-termeycr, Un-termeycr, its chief Investigator, as one of the evidences of the so-called "money trust." Secretary Redfleld of the depart menl of commerce, in hla annual re port, recommended legislation against interlocking combines. President Wilson's views on that phase of the question, according to well-lnformca officials, were expressed in the recent arrangement by which the American Telephone and Telegraph company gave up its relations with the West ern Union Telegraph company. it is generally understood that thrc president's views were communicated in a measure to ' big business through Attorney General McRey-nolds, McRey-nolds, who conducted the Telephone case negotiations and was heartily commended by President Wilson on ihe result. Indiv idual members and directors ol the Morgan firm and some former members arc defendants in govern ment suits now pending for the dis solution of combinations under the Slferman law. Notable among them are the suits against the Unitec States Steel corporation, the Inter national Harvester company, and tnc so-called shipping trust. Morgans Included in Action. The government's contemplated ac tion against the New Haven also, would include the Morgan directors it it is finally filed Instead of being set tied out of court, as promised to be the case. Members of the old money trust committee were away from Washington Washing-ton today, but their report declared that the Morgan house had twenty-three twenty-three directorships in thirteen banks and trust companies, having total resources re-sources of $1. 406, 000, 000 and total receipts re-ceipts of $089,000,000, four directorships director-ships In four insurance companies and a controlling stock interest in another, an-other, the total assets being $1 24'..-000,000; 24'..-000,000; twenty directorships in twelve transportation systems haing a total capitalization of $4,879,000,-000; $4,879,000,-000; twelve directorships in seven producing and trading corporations including the United States Steel, Pullman and General Electric, and others, having a total capitalization of $1, !JS9, 000,000, and total grosr, earnings earn-ings cxc.'pdlng fsW.nno.uou. and four directorships in three public utility corporations, having a total capitalist tion of $1,013,000,000, and total gross earnings of $234,000,600 That made sixty-three directorships in thirty-nine corporations having total resources ot capitalization of $10,036, 000, nou no |