Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Aboard S. S. Exilona, April 19--Samuel Insull sailed for Casablanca, Morocco, at 8.40 P. M. tonight aboard this American freighter, carrying him back to America for trial on charges of fraud...
...Congress, Mr. Farley declared that these companies must "reorganize" to have their bids considered. Beyond stating that mere change of name would not be sufficient, the Postmaster General did not specify what would constitute satisfactory reorganization. Sticking to his original contention that the annulled contracts were obtained by fraud & collusion, he agreed to accept briefs from carriers wishing to exculpate themselves. But he would not consent to hold open hearings, since in any case the companies, by losing their contracts, had legally disqualified themselves for five years from receiving new contracts under their old corporate setups...
...grimy little Greek freighter, the Maiotis, on which the fugitive Chicagoan fled from Greece to escape return to the United States to face trial for fraud, passed the Turkish port of Chanak, on the Straits, where the ship was inspected by local officials...
...striking absence of effort on the defendants' part to approach their solution in a truly disinterested and constructive spirit. Too often they have disregarded the true facts and the interests of distributors and consumers. . . . They have contended that their guiding motive has been the elimination of secret discrimination, fraud and waste. ... It is clear that their dominant aim was to preserve uniformity in price structure and to maintain relatively high prices to relieve themselves of burdensome and competitive devices...
...meantime we are treated to the edifying spectacle of the United States government expending great energy to harry and chase a sick and broken old man all over the face of Europe. Granting that Insult was guilty of a certain amount of fraud in his transactions--and the evidence on this point is by no means clear--he was certainly no more guilty than many of his colleagues, none of whom are behind bars as yet. It is also difficult to see just what will be accomplished by hauling Insult back to Chicago for trial, for if he received...