Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-06
PUBLICITY OF PLANS
D|SP[EASES WILSON
President Summons Attorney
General to White House
for Conference.
REGARDS FUTURE ACTION
OF u. S. AGAINST TRUSTS
No Course Yet Approved by Chief
Executive. It Is Said-May
Go to St. Paul.

Attorney General McReynolds was sum
moned 10 the White House half an hour
befor. the cabinet meeting today to dis
cuss With the President many of the re-
ports that have been going the rounds
that the head OF the Department of Jus
tice * preparing fresh attacks upon the
Standard Oil and tobacco trusts, which
ne does not feel are living NJ to the re-
quirements OF the Sherman law under the
DEGREES entered against them some time
ago.
What was said between the President
and the Attorney General will not become
public. but there are many reasons for
the statement that the President is dis
pleased with the publicity given to so
called plans concerning the two trusts
that have not been approved by him. The
Information is that the Attorney General
has laid before the President his views
that both OF the combines are still chok-
ing competition wherever possible and are
doing business in restraint of trade and
that the administration should proceed
to remedy this condition through what
ever method seems advisable.
No Plans Yet Approved.
on the other hand the President has
not approved any specific plan to go
after the two trusts and cannot do
SO until Mr.. McReynolds submits such
a plan. The idea of imposing a grad
uated tax on manufactures of tobacco
has been one Of the schemes tentatively
in the mind of Mr.. McReynolds, and his
instructions from the President were
to ascertain congressional sentiment
on this and make Il report.
Coming at the same time with the dis
turbanceS in business due to tariff revi-
sion the contemplated assault upon the
two big trusts is undoubtedly further I'M
settling conditions, it is said. The Presi-
dent is disposed to give the newspapers
all that is actually going on In his adj
mnistration, but it Is said that he does
not think any good is accomplished by
permitting publicity to tentative plans
by no means consummated and merely
under discussion. Scares result from this,
he feels.
May Leave for st. Paul.
On leaving the regular session of the
cabinet later in the day. Mr.. McReynolds
said that he could not further discuss
the trust plans he has in mind. He
stated that he feared he would have to
go to ST. Paul next Thursday to be pres
ent when plans are submitted for the
dissolution of the Union and Southern
Pacific roads as ordered by the Supreme
Court some months ago.
The authorities of the two roads appear
not to have agreed upon plan of dis
solution acceptable to the Department
of Justice.
The Supreme Court required that a
suitable plan should be submitted to the
lower courts by July 1. This plan must
be acceptable to the government. Mr..
McReynolds would not go to st. Paul
unless he proposed to oppose the plans
submitted by the railroad people.
Discussing Diplomatic List.
President Wilson today renewed con-
sideration of his list of diplomatic Sc
lections.
Senator OGorman discussed with
the President diplomatic appointees
from New York. Inasmuch as it has
been decided to send Justice J. w.
Gerard to Madrid, the conference to-
day was understood to have been
about Henry Morganthau and William
F. McCombs.
MI. Morgonthau, chairman of the
finance committee of the Wilson cam
paign. is slated to be ambassador to
Turkey, while Mr.. McCombs, chairman
of the democratic national committee,
may yet be ambassador to France.
Though he has twice declined this post
the President has not abandoned hope of
a final acceptance. Mr.. McCombs now Is
in France and 1T is known that Mr. Will
son is holding the position open for him.