Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
OUTLINES
TRUST LEGISLATION
Gives His Views to Democrats
of House Judiciary
Committee.
WOULD MAKE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE MUCH EASIER
Perfecting of Civil Administration
for Canal Zone Urged by Rep
resentative Sherley.

| impressed with the fact that the Presi
dent knows "a few things about the trust
question The conference was the first
| held that looks to a tentative beginning
Tor trust legislation and bids fair to fur.
nlsh the Judiciary committee with a nu-
cleus Tor the bill the committee will re
port at its earliest convenience. Further
| conferences will follow and bv the earl,
part OF the new year the committee viii
| De fairly well advanced toward a measur.
/ that may receive the approval OF the
! President.
Members of the committee went Ia
| the White House decidedly up i'm the
air AS to what to do or how to do it,
! They admitted that the drawing of a
| trust bill that will accomplish something
was a much harder problem than most
! people believe, and especially when the
| leader OF the party had thrown little
real hight on what he thought or de-
| sired That the committee has made
no progress toward Il bill is admittedly
| true, but that it will now begin work
with better understanding is also a
| fact
Gives His Views of LEGISLATION.
Vt is understood that the President
did not outline in detail what he be-
neves bill should contain but he
uid present comprehensive ideas on
be directed toward accomplishing.
through further conferences aand inter
changes the President will soon be in
possession of all trust ideas held by
congressional associates of his party
and slowly the administration bill will
develop.
The conference today points beyond
uo9pt, IT Is said, to the fact that trust
and will be handled as was the tariff
and lately the currency bill have been
handled. The opposition will simply sit
by and wait until called in to view the
menu.
The Presidents principal thought for
new legislation is declared to be the
strengthen of the Sherman law by
which criminal procedure will be much
easier against officials and directors of
concerns believed to be violating the
trust laws Personal responsibility will
be insisted upon by him, SO that no of
ncial of company can plead ignorance
of what some other officials have been
doing.
~ was simply general talk" said
chairman Clayton, after the conference
land an inter hange of ideas with no
concrete conclusions. We talked over
various phases of the question and the
bills now pending and are going ahead
with our work with a better understand
ing of the Presidents ideas"
Other members of the committee said
interlocking directorates, interstate trade
commissions, definition of the Sherman
law. and anti-monopoly measures of va
rious kinds were discussed in a general
way. but not in detail. They said the
conference would probably be followed by
other consultations.
Urges Canal Zone Government.
Another request was made to President
Wilson today for speedy action in per-
fecting the civil administration of the
Panama Canal Zone. Representative
Sherley of Kentucky. ranking member of
the House committee appropriations
related to the executive observations made
on his recent trip to the zone.
lie explained that there exists
grave necessity at the present time
for d definite declaration by this gov
ernment regarding its intentions. There
Is feeling of unrest there now. he
explained, because the permanent resi-
dents do not know what is to come
This is especially SO in the case of
merchants and others who will be an
swerable to the civil government for
what they dc. The President promised
to take up the question as soon as he
| can.
Representative Sherley also took I'D
with the President the proposition to
have the various departments of the
government prepare financial budget
! for submission to the House. on which
/ the various appropriation bills can be
| predicated He told the executive that
unless such a plan can be perfected
money must necessarily be wasted by
the various departments. A proper
standardized budget, and an insistence
| that it be lived up to. he said, would
materially reduce the expenses of gov
ernment.
Appeal Made to President.
| OficiaIs of the American Federation OF
| Labor today told the President that they
We're informed that an immediate attempt
| was about to be made to banish labor or
| ganizers from outside states from the
| copper fields in Michigan. Their informa-
| ton, transmitted to the President, came
| in a telegram from Charles H. Mover
| president of the Western Federation ol
| Miners, and sent from Calumet, Mich.
| The telegram follows:
! Mine operators and citizens alliance
| have announced in the morning loca
| press that tomorrow they will give al
! representatives of organized labor from
outside of this state twenty-four hours
TO leave. That if they fail to do they
| will DE sent out of the district in the
/ manner that suggests itself as most con
| venient and effective. We urge you t.
| give this the fullest publicity and bring
| il to the attention OF the President of tn.
| United States Immediately, to the enc
| that the constitutional rights of labor
| representatives may be protected"
| Senators Fletcher and Gore and the
entire commission appointed by Presi-
| dent Wilson to study rural credits
abroad presented their report today a,
the White House. 1t will be made pub
lie in a few days after the President
has examined il.
| More than GOO guests at the annua
dinner OF the Rochester chamber OF com
merce will be sitting tonight with tele
phone receivers at their ears listening Il
| brief greetings and courteous commenda
! tory remarks from the President, sit
ting in the White House. By means o
extra transmission lines and apparatu.
, installed all along the line and at eacl
end. President Wilson will De able t,
| hear himself talk. and will listen to tn,
applause as 1t echoes back over the line,
that have been established especially fo
the purpose.
4 The President will begin speaking n
9 o'clock. Four additional transmitter
and receivers have been installed 10
the President. He will use one trans
mitter and listen through a receive,
| the other two being extra in case q
need. Telephone officials are confiden
that every word of the President will
be distinctly heard and understood i
the banquet room at Rochester. an
state that President Wilson will be abb