Arizona republican., 1914-06-06
All Three Administration Measures of Anti Trust
 Program Are Approved by the Lower Branch of
 Congress
ALL OPPOSITION
 MELTS AWAY
The Covington Interstate Trade Commission Bill Passes Without Record Others Have Good Maj jor- itieS
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 WASHINGTON, June 5.-All three bills on the administration trust leg islation program passed the house late today and went to the senate for action. Opposition melted away when the final test came and the voting went through quickly. The Covington interstate trade commits sion bill passed without a record vote: the Clayton omnibus antitrust measure received 275 votes to A against it; the vote on the Reyburn railroad capitalization bill was 325 to 12
 The clerk hardly had finished the last rollcall before the house settled down to a consideration of the sun dry civil appropriation bills and one Of several supply measures that must be disposed of before the session ends. The adjournment problem is now squarely up to the senate, and democratic leaders on that side of the capitol are expected to agree upon a program in the near future. The Covington trade commission bill would create a commission with bl oad inquisitorial powers over cor porations engaged in interstate com merce The bill provides for the ap pointment of three commissioners, no more than two of them of one po- litical party. by the president The commissioners would serve six years at S10.000 a year and employ secre tary at 5000 They would be barred from engaging in any other vocation while serving
 Upon direction of the president and the attorney general or either house of congress, the commission would be authorized to investigate the facts relating to any alleged violation of the anti trust laws The commission also would recommend the possible readjustment of the business of cor pOrations so investigated when the commission finds information as to l "any unfair competition or practice in commerce, not necessarily consti- tuting a violation of the law" and that it be called upon to report to the president and aid him in making recommendations to congress for re- medial legislation.
 The bill would authorize the com mission to take up cases in which the courts have decided that the com plainant is entitled to relief under the antitrust laws, and recommend an appropriate form of decree to the court
 Action on trust bills in the house came unexpectedly in three measures that had been agreed to in the com mittee of the whole after weeks of speech making, consideration of the Reyburn bill as amended by the committee, being completed late this afternoon.
 When the trade commission bill came before the house for final vote Progressive Leader Murdock moved it be sent back to the interstate commerce commission with instruc- tions to report the Murdock bill as a substitute This was rejected and the pending bill passed without roll call. Then votes on the other two measures were taken in rapid suc- ceSsion.
 Representative White of Ohio was the only democrat to vote against the Clayton bill, and all the prog ressives voted for it except Chandler. of New York Forty three repub- : licans and sixteen progressives join ed the majority in supporting the measure.
 The bill would authorize the com mission to take a case in which the courts have decided the complainant is entitled to relief under the anti trust laws and recommend an appropriate form of decree to the court"
 It would also empower the commis request of the attorney general, to in vestigate the manner in which decrees under the antitrust laws have been carried out. Reports on such investi- gations would be submitted to the at torney general for action.
 The commission is given wide au- thority to make public all information
 secured inthe course of it's investiga tons. The bill provides. however. that mo trade secrets or private lists of customers" shall be made public.
 The Clayton bill carries provisions i designed to strengthen and support to
 the Sherman law, and other acts , against monopolies and restraints ol f trade. As framed by administration
 leaders the bill contained:
 Prohibitions against price discrimin- , ation, or arbitrary refusal to sell nat f ural mineral products, and against the f enforcement of conditional leases, ol , contracts or sale under which lessees i. (Continued on Page Five,l