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Article of Faith. The Bethlehem-Youngstown merger decision was the latest example of how Barnes has applied the antitrust lawyers "a nonpartisan article of faith." While many a Democratic skeptic expected the Republican Administration to be an easy taskmaster to businessmen, Barnes has proved to be quite the opposite. He inherited 136 antitrust cases from the previous Administration, so far has disposed of 76 (only ten by dismissal). Barnes's favorite technique is to reach consent decrees with antitrust offenders (38 to date), thus avoiding long and costly court fights...
...Journal-Bulletin, Mr. Collins and Mr. Bagdikian deserve an accolade for giving wide publicity to this vicious organization. It is insidious because part of the programs are nonpartisan and lead one to believe that all its programs are such...
...Washington bureau of the Providence morning Journal (circ. 45,767) and evening Bulletin (145,255), Bureau Chief Frederic W. Collins got a routine offer. He was invited to appear (for $125) on a TV interview show put on by Facts Forum, a nonprofit, "nonpartisan, nonpolitical educational organization." Newsman Collins made a quick check of Facts Forum, turned down the offer and wrote a story suggesting that Facts Forum is "not all it appeared to be." The Journal-Bulletin did not let the matter drop; they assigned Reporter Ben H. Bagdikian, 33, to a two-month investigation of Facts Forum. Last...
...Facts Forum were nonpartisan and educational as it claims to be, said the Journal-Bulletin, there would be little reason for people to quarrel with its activities. "One of the most admirable projects a man of wealth could undertake," wrote Bagdikian, "would be the stimulation of rational debate among Americans...
Other M.P.s echoed Sir Winston's good wishes. From the Labor benches, elderly Welshman David Grenfell rose to declare that in 31 years he had never before made a nonpartisan speech. "I have been unashamedly a party man," he said, "[but] this is not a controversial occasion. It contains the promise of the most marvelous demonstration of unity that the empire has ever witnessed...