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Show i Price Fixing Forbidden After First of Year WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 Concerted price fixing by any industry after the government ceases to exercise price control January 1 will be regarded by the department of justice as in restraint re-straint of free competition. It was stated today. The explanation Avas made officially in answer to queries as to what happens to wartime price-fixing price-fixing when the war industries board j ceases to function at midnight tomorrow. tomor-row. Tho attitude of the department o Justice, as outlined by Attorney General Gen-eral Gregory, is that the anli-truslj j laws vill be enforced vigorously by tho I department. Thoy have been in full effect throughout the war but the department de-partment has not regarded the action of industry in maintaining prices fixed, I by the government as contrary to law j It was said that so far tho depart-1 ! ment had not given particular atten- j i tion to the steel industry which sub-i sub-i mittcd to the war industries board a j revised list of prices to be effective af-I af-I ter Janunry 1. The board did not pass upon the prices and declined to continue con-tinue its supervision. |