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Show PALMER HEARS TALK Qi CLOU PIES All Interests Engaged in Producing Pro-ducing Men's Clothing Asking Ask-ing to Shave Down Profits. I WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Insistence that all interests engaged In producing men's clothing shave their profits by 'agreement in order to force down prices is understood to have marked a conference behind closed doors today to-day between department of Justice officials of-ficials and representatives of all elements ele-ments industries. Cotton and wool gro.vers, manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers were represented at tho meeting with Assistant-Attorney General Flgg in charge of the lower price campaign. A tentative program drafted by the I department, the bnsis of which was I not disclosed, was said to .have been llaid before the meeting by Mr. Flgg, j together with the views of Attorney I General Palmer I The conference brought out for the I first time a new policy of the depart-'ment depart-'ment with respect to its activities in I the campaign to reduce the cost of living. liv-ing. No statement will be made by the department relative to the present pres-ent discussions until some definite agreement 1ms been reached, Mr. Flgg said. In this connection It was learned learn-ed 1 hat Mr. Palmer had instructed his 1 subordinates not to issue "promiscu- ous announcements" concerning its I plans. He was said to have declared I against "promising the public some-thing some-thing which could not be assured until j tho second party to the agreement had l carried out its end of the program." |