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Sawyer's remarks were apparently in conflict with recent Justice Department policy and court decisions. The Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division has, during the past decade, undertaken cases against large concerns in the grocery, oil, movie, aluminium, and tobacco industries, charging that individual large firms, or several large firms were dominating these industries, either in particular localities or throughout the country...
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer told the 20th National Business Conference of the Business School Saturday that the nation's anti-trust laws need revision, and by inference, he attacked current Justice Department suits and court rulings against big business...
Besides many cases involving labor rights, and several anti-trust suits, the Court has some important civil rights decisions to make. It must decide whether the separate Negro law school that the University of Texas set up for Marion Sweatt is equal--Sweatt claims it is not. And the Court must rule whether George McLaurin is correct in stating that his rights have been abused by segregation at Oklahoma State University. The Henderson case, involving discrimination on southern railroads, is also still on the docket. Since the Court said in 1896 that separate facilities could be made equal, decisions...
Peek Up a Rope. If necessary, he will twist an arm. Last year he called John Sonnett, who was taking over the Justice Department's anti-trust division, to point out that he was accustomed to getting anti-trust scoops. Retorted Sonnett: "Aw, go peek up a rope." Sonnett was punished with rough rides on the Merry-Go-Round. The column is equally open about rewarding those who do cooperate: some newsmen spot Pearson's sources simply by seeing who gets his backpats...
...deal, they charged, violated the anti-trust laws; the department will press its charges against Alcoa. Washington wondered if Justice would now prosecute...