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...combat automobile exhaust fumes, which are responsible for about 60% of air pollution in the U.S., the Federal Government has encouraged automakers to work together in developing antipollution devices for cars and trucks. Last week, in a civil antitrust suit filed in the U.S. District Court at Los Angeles, the Justice Department contended that the nation's auto companies have in deed cooperated - but to impede, rather than promote, pollution control. Named in the suit as defendants were General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, American Motors and the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Seven smaller manufacturers were listed as co-conspirators...
...last December, Hearst had 150 out-of-town strikebreakers on salary, waiting in local motels. His concern was not salaries but union resistance to automation. He had powerful local support from the beginning. Otis Chandler's nonunion and increasingly automated Los Angeles Times, a bit beset by federal antitrust action, feels more comfortable with a rival around. For a time, it helped Hearst print his strike-bound paper. Mayor Sam Yorty, a Democrat of sorts, put city hall on Hearst's side. "I think the unions should get wise to themselves," he said. "They're putting...
...convention, both men worked for Eisenhower's nomination. The Vice Presidentelect recommended his friend for the No. 2 spot in the Justice Department, and when Attorney General Herbert Brownell resigned in 1957, Rogers, then 44, succeeded him. Rogers was best known for vigorous prosecution of antitrust cases and for his part in drafting the 1957 civil rights bill and pushing it through Congress...
...million; Control Data already has five sales orders from U.S. Government agencies. Not surprisingly, the company did not want to run the risk that IBM might again try some oneupmanship. So Control Data last week accused IBM of monopolistic practices and asked the Government to enforce antitrust laws or, as a last resort, to dissolve the company. IBM accounts for almost three-quarters of the sales in one of the nation's fastest-growing major industries...
Coercing, Exploiting. In a civil antitrust suit filed at the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Control Data said that IBM's "manipulations" had caused it "substantial and irreparable" losses and demanded treble damages. The complaint charges IBM with 37 violations of the Sherman Act, accuses the company of "coercing," "interfering," "intimidating" and "exploiting." Among other things, Control Data asserts that IBM sold or leased some models at a loss to hinder competition, that it interfered in its customers' negotiations with competitors, and that it was guilty of "misrepresenting the status and performance" of its own prematurely announced...