Word: anti-trust
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...increase in the effectiveness and independence of its staff (for example, by extending such programs as the Harvard Nieman fellowships). Since monopolistic tendencies involving newsprint, news services, and trade antagonism make increasingly difficult the founding of new newspapers, the government should enter the picture in a limited capacity. Anti-trust laws must be used to ensure real competition. The present libel laws must be made more effective in protecting persons injured by false statements. Going further, the government should employ mass communications media of its own where necessary to inform the people at home and in foreign countries...
...biggest anti-trust suit in U.S. history...
...York, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Inco, its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, International Nickel Co. Inc., and three U.S. officers of both companies, President Robert C. Stanley, Executive Vice President John F. Thompson, Vice President Paul D. Merica. The charges: 1) conspiracy to prevent competition in the nickel industry, 2) fixing prices, 3) making cartel agreements with I. G. Farbenindustrie, A. G. and two French companies to prevent competition and peg prices in the world market. Said Justice: Inco had so increased its nickel shipments to Farben in 1937 that Germany...
Sharing the platform with the two Davises will be Gilbert Montague, prominent New York anti-trust lawyer, and Hugh Cox, from the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice...
Hunt's promptly sought an injunction, sued the union for treble damages, charged that the union had violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by combining to restrain trade. Ruling on an appeal, the Supreme Court, in a bitterly argued 5-to-4 decision, threw the company's case out the window...