Evening journal., 1914-06-15
Wilson insists
THAT ANTITRUST
BILLS BE PASSED
VIII Not Consent TO Under
wood Plan For Adjourn
ment Until Fall
thinks DELAY WOULD
INJURE NATIONS TRADE
BY JOHN EDWIN NEvIN


WASHINGTON, June l5.-The efforts
OF opponents Of antitrust legislation 20
force adjournment OF Congress without
action on the administrations anti
trust program will probably fail Presi-
dent Wilson today very emphaticallv
declared that he will not consent 10 the
plan, espoused by Majority Leader In.
derwood, for an immediate adjournment
until after election, the trust bills then
to be taken up at a special session.
The President told his newspaper call
crs today that there was plenty OF evil
dence that so-called business depression
was being manufactured to force DELAY.
Business actually Is healthy, he said,
and the organized campaign to demon.
strate the contrary is due to be defeat.
ed As q matter OF fact the President
said, the worst thing that could happen
to business would be- TO have a further
delay Of several months with business
men kept in the dark regarding the
plans of the lawmakers
The President stated that SO far as
he was concerned he would insist on
the entire trust program going through
as planned. He believes that it has been
demonstrated to the country at large
that there was much unnecessary delay
in disposing OF the canal tolls legisla-
tion and that at least part of this
was directly attributable to desire 10
prevent trust legislation. But if the
Senate is convinced that trust legisla-
tion must be passed az the present
term, then the President feels certain
the legislation viii be given the right OF
way.
President Wilson let II be known to-
day that he has received a protest
from the United States Chamber Of
Commerce against the exemptions
given to labor organizations in tho
proposed trust bills and the sundry
civil bill. He will consider the pro
test when the legislation reaches his
desk but Il was apparent from his
attitude that he does not think the
opposition is warranted
The President explained to his call
ers that he had not made up his mind
just which Of the five men he named
this afternoon to be members OF the
Federal Reserve Board will be desig-
mated as governor. He said that he
would later examine the qualifications
of all of them and determine who is
best-titted to head the board The re-
ports that there would be serious op-
position to Paul Warburg, because
OF his connection with the banking
firm Of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, and 70
B. Jones, of Chicago. because
OF the latter's alleged former CON
nection with the high officials OF the
Harvester Trust and J. p. Morgan a.
CO., have not impressed the President.
Few of these protests have been
brought to his attention, he said. and
he made it plain that he would stand
by his aDpointees and insist on their
Much interest is felt at the White
House in the ultimate fate Of the hill
of Representative Crosser. of Ohio.
providing for Federal ownership and
operation Of the public utilities Of
the District of Columbia This bill |
Is being opposed by the street rail- |
way interests of this city. but friends !
Of the President have insisted that |
he faYors il They base this belief /
on the fact that the men he appoint !
ed district commissioners have
spoken in favor of the bill. He re. |
fused today, however, to take any |
active part in discussing the meas /
ure. The President holds that in I
as he will be the final auth I
ority to pass upon the plan If the /
bill is ever passed, he should main /
tain an Open mind on the suhinet